十七世纪的路易十四时代，在肮脏混乱小镇上的少女玛奇丝（苏菲•玛索 Sophie Marceau 饰）以一曲美丽的舞蹈打动了来此演出的莫里哀剧团，玛奇丝跟着剧团来到了巴黎，开始做起了绝世名伶的美梦。然而演员路并不像她想象的顺利，她大多时候只能出演木讷愚蠢的哑人，并且要靠出卖身体的代价来换取演出的机会。诗人拉辛（兰伯特•威尔逊 Lambert Wilson 饰）与宫廷贵族在看戏时看中了玛奇丝，她因此获得了去为路易十四国王表演的机会。并由此与拉辛相识，两人逐渐产生了感情。玛奇丝开始在剧团和拉辛之间徘徊不断，最终决定出演了拉辛的悲剧，并且大获成功，也获得了国王的青睐。而再次演出时她却抱病昏倒，代替她演出的侍女不但打破了她与拉辛之间关于剧目角色的约定，更让她怀疑自己的价值……...
When a gifted 9-year-old girl, who works in a garment factory, is offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to attend school, she is forced to make a heart-wrenching decision that will determine her and her sister's fate....
Betriek lives at the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands. When she and her family are attacked by a random stranger one night, Betriek sets out to find an explanation. The more she digs, the more she becomes convinced that she is being hunted by something ancient....
