本片取自狄德罗小说中的一个片断，讲一个上流社会女子被情人抛弃后，想出一招：她鼓励对方跟一名有卖淫背景的女子结合，先实行广泛的保密工作，事成后再把这则天塌地裂的消息公诸于众。

　　艾利（约翰·C·赖利 John C. Reilly 饰）和查理（华金·菲尼克斯 Joaquin Phoenix 饰）是一对杀手兄弟，某日，他们接到了一项任务，去暗杀一名淘金者。于是，两个男人火速从俄勒冈前往旧金山，一路上，两个人遇到的麻烦可不少，但他们凭借着智慧和勇气将它们一一化解，最终安全的抵达了目的地。　　当他们见到了他们的目标时才发现，这个名叫沃姆（里兹·阿迈德 Riz Ahmed 饰）的男人是一名化学家，他发明出了一种神奇的药剂，可以帮助人们更快速的寻找到金矿的所在。两利相权取其重，艾利和查理当即决定辞去杀手这份工作，转而成为来钱更快的淘金汉，哪知道他们为这个鲁莽的决定付出了沉重的代价。

In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always peaceful, however, and she guides us, in flashbacks, through the rises and falls of the Parkington family fortunes.

古印度马拉地帝国夏胡时期，Bajirao与侧室Mastani的爱情故事。Bajirao在战场上战功显赫并且战无不胜，本片描述他的历史事迹与他和Mastani的关系。Mastani据说是能歌善舞，懂骑术、用剑的女子，她的能力与美貌被Bajirao重视，甚至冷落了元配Kas hibai。

The seminal question of land and the displacement of Adivasi (Indigenous) Communities in India. All the governments that have ruled the nation made laws that denied the indigenous people their way of life and their land often, protecting crony capitalist interests. It revisits an episode of dissent in the 90s which brought up this question amongst us. A history forgotten.