根据“短篇小说之王”莫泊桑的同名小说《漂亮朋友》改编而成。 老兵乔治·杜瓦洛（ 罗伯特·帕丁森Robert Pattinson 饰）退伍后从非洲只身来到巴黎，在铁道局打杂过着清苦交加的日子。偶然机会碰到昔日战友，在其帮助下进入《法兰西生活报》担任编辑一职，苦心钻营成为“瓦尔特帮”的重要写手，参与倒戈阴谋。凭借一张漂亮的外表和一些取悦女人的伎俩辗转于贵妇人之间，克罗蒂尔德（克里斯蒂娜·里奇 Christina Ricci 饰），玛德莱纳（乌玛·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 饰），瓦尔特夫人（克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 饰）都成为他平步青云的牺牲品，他无耻的利用女人来发迹，大搞投机冒险，步步为营跻身上流社会，并最终通过拐骗报馆老板瓦尔特的女儿苏珊（霍利·格林格 Holliday Grainger 饰），与之结婚成为报社总编辑，将权钱名并入囊中，成功得取远大前程。
谁说超人只能是男人？曾经任职于银行的女强人——梁巧芝（蔡少芬饰）因为一次意外，成为了外表火热、力大无穷、上天入地、无所不能的女超人。在变身成为女超人之前的巧芝是个对自己和他人要求极高，颇自负的女性，过了三十岁依然没有结婚，只因为眼界太高。成为了女超人后，巧芝的异性缘也开始有所好转，先后邂逅了三大型男。型男一：整形医师简明轩（陈豪饰）性格浪漫，非常会讨女性欢心，但过于执着黄金比例，让巧芝好不受打击；型男二：警界强人杨浩然（黄德斌饰），性格豪爽，具有大男子主义，因为一次意外被作为女超人的巧芝所救，伤了其自尊心，因此一直在追逐着女超人；型男三：曾经的穷小子后来的富豪之子徐永晖（曹永廉饰），一直痴心于巧芝的他却在身份变后性格也大变……无所不能的超人却无法抉择对象，最终的结果又是如何呢？
Martamaybeanorphan,andshemaybeaffectedbyalethalillness,yetsheisthemostpositivepersononecanmeet.Shewantsaboytofallforher.Notanyboy-themosthandsomeofthemall.Oneday,shemayhavefoundhermatch.
In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont (Romain Duris), traumatised by the horrific trench warfar, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa into the vast territories of Upper Volta in the company of Diofo, artist and also survivor of the Great War. From village to village, Georges uses Diofo's talents as a griot to recruit the villagers as labour for plantations in Ghana. But his adventure leads him to a dead-end, and he comes back to Paris where is brother Marcel (Grégory Gadebois), a war invalid, lives with their mother's. After the war in Europe, life went out without him. Georges will desperately try to find his place, with the help of Hélène (Céline Salette), a sign language teacher with whom he will have a tumultuous relationship, and his family, that he selfishly left behind. He will finally attempt to heal their wounds, and his.