一个男孩因为向父母讨要零花钱失败,去当了自己的手表,却换回一张500元法郎的假钞。之后,这张假钞在很多人之间转手,最后落到了一个叫伊文(克里斯琴·佩蒂 Christian Patey 饰)的年轻人手中。伊文试着去餐馆花掉这张假钞,但被服务员发现了。警察认为他参与了假钞贩卖案而逮捕了他,但法官念他初犯,没有给他判刑。伊文释放之后,丢了工作。没有了钱,他只好和朋友去银行抢劫,却又一次栽在警察手里,被抓进监狱,被判刑三年…… 本片是布列松的最后一部作品,改编自托尔斯泰的短篇小说《伪息券》,曾获第36届戛纳电影节主竞赛单元最佳导演奖。
Jack Willis is a handsome roadtrain driver with a secret - he has just become a top-selling romance novelist. However, being a 'man's man' in the Australian outlook, to avoid embarrassment, he needs a name, a woman's name - and he chooses that of his best friend, Ruby Vale. He must do some fancy footwork to continue the charade when the glamorous city publisher, Ziggy, arrives in dusty outback Lucktown to sign 'Ruby Vale' to a major book deal. Ruby agrees to help Jack though it's for her own gain as well - the publisher will pay for her coming wedding (with Hamish, Jack's buddy). Accompanied by Jack, Ruby goes to Sydney to meet the media, appear on TV and cocktail parties, etc. Gradually, Jack realizes that he has fallen in love with Ruby, while Ruby is also touched by Jack's novel. However, Hamish arrives in Sydney a few days later and asks both of them to stop all these foolish things...
母亲严厉的管教和无休止的控制欲让少女云妮(阿丽克西斯·布莱德尔 Alexis Bledel 饰)感到痛苦不堪,只有家附近的一片森林才能让她暂时放下忧愁和沮丧。一次偶然中,云妮在森林里结识了名叫杰西(乔纳森·杰克逊 Jonathan Jackson 饰)的男子,意趣相投的两人很快就成为了朋友。
在杰西英俊的外表背后隐藏了一个惊人的秘密,他和他的家人因为饮用了带有魔力的泉水而获得了永生不老的特权,可是,这人人艳慕的永生却给杰西一家人带来了永恒的痛苦。不幸的是,发现了这个秘密的并不只有云妮一人,一双邪恶的眼睛正虎视眈眈的盯着无价的魔泉。是为了和杰西永远在一起而饮下魔泉,还是回归到自己原本的生活中去?面对这严酷的问题,云妮必须做出选择。