为了能够见到阔别多时的女儿,作家汤姆(伊桑·霍克 Ethan Hawke 饰)千里迢迢来到了巴黎,没想到在这里,他不仅差点被警方逮捕,更是在公交车上丢失了所有的行李。汤姆身无分文,法语又不太灵光,无奈之下,自觉前途渺茫的他在一家餐馆里当上了夜班守门人。 黑白颠倒的生活带给了汤姆诸多的感触,也将两个独特而又充满魅力的女人带到了他的生命之中。安妮雅(乔安娜·库里格 Joanna Kulig 饰)热情奔放,马吉特(克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 饰)高雅迷人,但在这两个神秘的女人背后,均隐藏了一段不为人知的秘密。陌生的城市,陌生的语言,随着时间的流逝,汤姆渐渐发觉一切并没有看上去的那么单纯。American writer Tom Ricks comes to Paris desperate to put his life together again and win back the love of his estranged wife and daughter. When things don't go according to plan, he ends up in a shady hotel in the suburbs, having to work as a night guard to make ends meet. Then Margit, a beautiful, mysterious stranger walks into his life and things start looking up. Their passionate and intense relationship triggers a string of inexplicable events... as if an obscure power was taking control of his life.