Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.

故事发生在1671年的法国，王公贵族们纸醉金迷的奢侈生活让百姓们陷入了水深火热和民不聊生的糟糕境地中，愤怒和反抗的情绪日益增加。可是，即便是在这样的情况下，库德王子（朱利安·格洛弗 Julian Glover 饰）满脑子里想着的，依旧是如何讨好自己的父亲路易十四（朱利安·山德斯 Julian Sands 饰）。为此，库德王子决定举办一个为期三天的壮大宴会，他将此任务全权交给了侍从瓦尔特（杰拉尔·德帕迪约 Gérard Depardieu 饰）处理。 瓦尔特出色的完成了王子交代给他的任务，宴会上的所有来宾都对他们的所闻所见感到满意和惊奇。一个名叫安妮（乌玛·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 饰）的贵妇的出现让瓦尔特坠入了情网，不幸的是，路易十四似乎也想要得到安妮。在如此强大的情敌面前，瓦尔特陷入了痛苦之中。

From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th century.

2001 film directed by Michael Haneke