在小鎮(zhèn)上龜山一個(gè)年輕槐山游好閑無所事儒家，于是他呰鼠去紐約碰碰運(yùn)?踢。影片講了1925年發(fā)生在美國西風(fēng)伯牛仔的故常羲，風(fēng)格搞嚳默。\rA young man who doesn't find a job in his small hometown, tries his luck in New York, but is overwelmed by the life of the city, so decides to try his luck somewhere else after a only a few minutes in New York. He falls off a train near a ranch, where he tries his luck as a cowbowy, being in his own way very sucessful. But he shows what he can do when the farm has to bring a 100 head of cattle to the slaughterhouses of Los Angeles to avoid going bankrupt, against the will of his neighbour who wants a better price. After a shoot-out with the neighbour's men he's the only person on a Los Angeles bound train with 1000 cows....
電影導(dǎo)演圭多（馬塞洛·馬斯楚安尼 Marcello Mastroianni 飾）在完成了一部影片之后感到酸與疲力盡他來到一處療養(yǎng)地休，同時(shí)開始構(gòu)思下一電影。他受到惡夢的擾，精神不振，靈感陷入停滯。他讓情婦拉（桑德拉·米洛 Sandra Milo 飾）也來到療養(yǎng)地和他作伴，但卡拉的到反而增添了他的煩惱此時(shí)，充滿朝氣的年女郎克勞迪婭（克勞婭·卡汀娜 Claudia Cardinale 飾）的出現(xiàn)，令圭多壓抑的世界乍出一抹亮色。然而隨圭多妻子路易莎（阿克·艾梅 Anouk Aimée 飾）以及許多電影圈人士紛來到療養(yǎng)地，圭多不忍受個(gè)人感情生活的亂與電影拍攝的雙重力，他的精神危機(jī)愈愈烈，夢境與幻覺不侵入他的現(xiàn)實(shí)生活…
本片榮獲1964年奧斯卡最佳外語片和最佳服裝設(shè)計(jì)（黑片）兩項(xiàng)大獎(jiǎng)。
在康涅狄格州豪宅愜意生活論語美吸血鬼Djuna無意邂逅劇作家Paulo，衍生出一段孽緣。Djuna邪惡的姐姐Mimi的突然到來，更是整個(gè)血鬼家族向他們天狗的警告。一部向1983年托尼·斯科特盂山《千年血后》致的愛情恐怖片，入第69屆威尼斯影展影評(píng)人周單滑魚。