莱斯利（张国荣 饰）是戏剧系学生，他离开了女友玛姬（张曼玉 饰）远赴艺术之都巴黎，希望能够在此学习深造，磨练技艺。在这里，莱斯利邂逅了名为谢丽（钟楚红 饰）的女子，谢丽是一名画家，趣味相投的两人相见恨晚，聊得十分投机。然而，两人都知道，彼此之间的感情不会有结果，于是双双选择发乎情止于礼，然而某日，莱斯利在无意之中发现了玛姬所画的许多自己的肖像，深受感动。 终于，莱斯利和玛姬还是越过了友谊的界限，与此同时，玛姬来到了巴黎探望男友，在玛姬的面前，谢丽隐瞒了自己和莱斯利之间的关系。可是，莱斯利和玛姬的感情早已经变质了，没过多久，他们便走到了分手的边缘。而莱斯利和谢丽之间的爱火，却愈演愈烈。
故事讲述了康福药厂老厂长的突然离世，其拥有的一颗“百年野参王”引得众人觊觎。三个各怀心思的男人，阴差阳错之下组成了“侠盗联盟”，与跨国雌雄大盗展开了一番土洋味儿十足的“夺参”对决。却不曾想真正的幕后操盘手正在默默注视着一切...
Set in Prague in 1953, this suspenseful crime drama follows honest police captain Hakl (Trojan) and his investigation of a seemingly mundane robbery at a goldsmith’s shop. In a fraught political climate, this incident is seized on by the Communist authorities, who require a smokescreen for their own, far grander, deception. On the orders of State Security, Hakl’s investigation is taken over by Major Zenke (Sebastian Koch, The Lives of Others), an East German specialist, who has been told to “prove” that the gold was stolen by the Jewish community to finance Zionist terrorism. But the experienced Hakl’s instincts puts him on the path of an altogether different story. Can one just man stand up to the forces of an increasingly oppressive state? The shadow of the past looms over all involved, and this can make a culprit of a victim and a hero of a culprit. Somber and atmospheric, this is a moving and compelling study of the Stalinist era.
