一次偶然中,心如死灰的女子阿黛勒(凡妮莎·帕拉迪丝 Vanessa Paradis 饰)在决定自杀的生死关头遇见了名叫加宝(丹尼尔·奥图 Daniel Auteuil 饰)的男子,一种奇妙的缘分将两人联结了起来,阿黛勒不再生无可恋,加宝也找到了他今后要做的事情。阿黛勒和加宝组成了一个团体,表演人体飞刀,阿黛勒做靶子,加宝出刀。 幸运之神眷顾了这对原本不幸的男女,他们不仅表演从未有过失误,还获得了巨大的成功。好景不长,从困顿中摆脱出来的阿黛勒渐渐显露了本性,她流连于欢场之中,辗转在各式各样的男人之间。阿黛勒的轻浮让加宝十分痛苦,因为他早已经爱她爱到无法自拔,终于,阿黛勒离开了加宝,开始了全新的生活,而加宝的事业和生活也自此开始走上了下坡路。It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform and in the process win a big fortune through gambling. Although both of them continue a platonic relationship, the sex-starved girl attempts to sleep with handsome guys she encounters throughout the journey. Finally, Adele falls in love with a newly-wed groom and both of them elope to Greece, while Gabor is stuck in Turkey. Then Adele is dumped by the groom. Only by now both Gabor and Adele realize that luck isn't with them unless they get together again. But both of them are so broke that they can't even feed themselves, let alone getting back to Paris and reunite...