在20世纪初印度孟加拉的一个小村庄里。生活的艰辛使得村里穷苦人家充满了苦闷、忧虑与不和。哈里哈尔写了一首首诗,一个个剧本,但到处碰壁,无法出版。六年过去了,哈里哈尔家的房子更加破败不堪,贫穷一步不舍地伴随着他们。无穷无尽的烦恼,纠缠着他们。富人丢了东西,就赖杜尔加偷走了,尽管妻子萨尔博加娅不愿忍受这种侮辱,却也只能拿孩子撒气。哈里哈尔希望通过一举成名来重振早已破落的“门第”,可是,他每月八个卢比的微薄收入,以及沉重的家庭负担,致使他始终无法实现其各种美好的计划,就连维持家里人填饱肚子也做不到……。Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy Company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is herself unhappily married - to the boss. They spend an innocent night in New York becoming more and more attracted to each other, so that when Catherine announces she intends to leave her husband and return to Paris Howard asks to go al...。