有着“小云雀”之称的法国国宝级歌手艾迪特·皮雅芙（玛丽昂·歌迪亚饰），她有着传奇的一生。皮雅芙的童年颠沛流离，先是被母亲抛弃，然后被父亲送到妓院由祖母抚养，随后在父亲从军队退役后，又被强行带走随马戏团演出生活。再之后皮雅芙跟随父亲卖艺为生，街头初啼并到成为一名酒吧卖唱的 少女。 正式登台的皮雅芙顺利成为一名歌喉迷人的明星，演唱了许多脍炙人口的歌曲。然而她的情感却一再受挫，尤其是和拳击手马塞尔（让-皮埃尔·马丁斯饰）的情感经历。她的晚年每况愈下，最后死于肝癌。
Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father (Frederick Vroom) has just sold to a small country at war. Agents for the other small nation in the conflict decide to set the ship adrift that same night. When Betsy's father checks up on the ship, he is captured and tied up by the saboteurs. Betsy hears his cry for help and boards the ship to look for him, just before it is cut loose. The Navigator drifts out into the Pacific Ocean. The two unwitting passengers eventually find each other. At first, they have great difficulty looking after themselves, but adapt after a few weeks. At one point, they sight a navy ship and hoist a brightly-colored flag, not realizing it signals that the ship is under quarantine. As a result, the other vessel turns away. Finally, the ship grounds itself near an inhabited tropical island and springs a leak. While Rollo dons a deep sea diving suit and submerges to patch the hole, the black natives canoe out and take Betsy captive. When Rollo emerges from the ocean, the natives are scared off, enabling him to rescue Betsy and take her back to the ship. The natives return and try to board the ship. After a fierce struggle, Rollo and Betsy try to escape in a small dinghy. It starts to sink, and the natives swiftly overtake them in their canoes. Just when all seems lost, a navy submarine surfaces right underneath them and they are saved.
