托马斯(莱奥·勒格兰德 Léo Legrand 饰)年过五十,一次机缘巧合之下,他回到了阔别已久的家乡,让他没有想到的是,自己竟然意外的穿越回了四十年前,衰老的灵魂回到了年轻的身躯之中,记忆深处似曾相识的回忆和景象如今一一栩栩如生地展现在了托马斯眼前。 就这样,托马斯得以重新见到了母亲安娜(亚历山德拉·玛丽亚·拉那 Alexandra Maria Lara 饰)和父亲布鲁诺(乔纳森·扎凯 Jonathan Zaccaï 饰),久别重逢的喜悦平静之后,他决定做一件他早就想做的事情。曾经,布鲁诺抛弃了安娜,而这一次,托马斯要利用这个千载难逢的机会改变这一历史。然而,无论怎样努力,父亲还是离开了,但是,这一次,托马斯终于知道了父亲做出这一选择的真正原因。
故事发生在1660年的法国,国王路易(理查德·查伯兰 Richard Chamberlain 饰)整日沉湎于酒色之中,无心朝政,使臣民们生活在水深火热之中。路易有一个孪生弟弟名为菲利普(理查德·查伯兰 Richard Chamberlain 饰),史书中记载的菲利普刚刚出生便已夭折,可实际上,他被偷偷送往阿尔卑斯山的一个庄园中,隐姓埋名,生长在此。 国王的昏庸让内务大臣科贝尔(拉尔夫·理查德森 Ralph Richardson 饰)和火枪手队长达达尼昂(路易斯·乔丹 Louis Jourdan 饰)感到大为不满,他们决定找到菲利普,扶持他推翻哥哥的统治,登上王位。贪婪的财政大臣富凯(帕特里克·麦高汉 Patrick McGoohan 饰)早先一步找到了菲利普,他和国王一起设计,给菲利普带上铁面,投入了深牢之中。
Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples --- he thinks they bring him luck. But Dave and girlfriend Queenie Martin need a lot more than luck when it turns out that Annie is in a jam and only they can help Annie's daughter Louise, who has lived all her life in a Spanish convent, is coming to America with a Count and his son. The count's son wants to marry Louise, who thinks her mother is part of New York society. It's up to Dave and Queenie and their Runyonesque cronies to turn Annie into a lady and convince the Count and his son that they are hobnobbing with New York's elite.