女霸总奕宁唯有结婚才能继承家业,因此找了个“贤内助”——私厨帅哥沈骞泽结成契约婚姻。“女主外,男主内”的模式让奕宁逐渐动真心,没想到沈骞泽却深藏惊天秘密,他这样蓄意靠近,她也在不知不觉中甘愿沉沦……。A young American woman moves to London to pursue the man of her dreams. A young idealistic woman, Zena, is in love with Bob, an American ex-pat living in North London, amongst the homeless, pursuing his vision of a street theatre retelling of "Les Enfants du Paradis". Things become complicated when Jonny, a French aristocrat, visiting his family and friends in London, meets Zen...。根据郁达夫小说《迟桂花》改编。
留学东洋的知识分子于文朴回到祖国上海,虽有才华,但无处谋职,生活无计,整天处在内心孤独与困窘当中。更沉重的是感情和精神上的桎梏与荒寞。他反对父母包办的婚姻,对被工头污辱的陈二妹,同情、怜悯,尽自己微薄的力量帮助她。来到老同学翁则生家,认识翁家寡居的妹妹翁莲。她饱受封建婚姻的迫害,但她开朗活泼勇敢的性格冲破封建礼教束缚,大胆追求自己的生活,她的作为和性格感染激励着于文朴。于以自己作品向当局抗争。随着北伐军即将来到上海,于文朴看到未来的希望……。