Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, he grows up to become a musical genius.

阿丽亚娜（娜塔丽·沃佳诺娃 Natalia Vodianova 饰）出生于家底雄厚的宗教家庭，美丽单纯的她早早就步入了婚姻的殿堂。一次偶然中，阿丽亚娜结识了一位名为索拉尔（乔纳森·莱斯·梅耶斯 Jonathan Rhys Meyers 饰）的英俊男子，后者为当时在政坛上叱咤风云的犹太裔外交官。
同样年轻气盛的两人，在一段短暂的相互挖掘和试探的过程之后理所当然的走到了一起，他们之间的爱火燃烧得是这样的猛烈，让他们几乎都失去了理智和自我。然而，随着时间的推移，分歧开始渐渐露出端倪，索拉尔欣赏阿丽亚娜的智慧和思想，但阿丽亚娜似乎仅仅沉溺于同索拉尔的鱼水之欢中无法自拔。在内心的冲突和外界的压力之下，一对璧人逐渐走上了悲剧的道路。