辉煌Splendor是乔丹Jordan(马切洛·马斯特洛亚尼Marcello Mastroianni 饰)经营的一个老电影院的名字,他也是从他父亲那里继承的这个电影院. 现在电影院已经败落了,只是不断地增加着债务和麻烦。当乔丹Jordan不切实际地向电影放映员路易吉Luigi(马西莫·特罗西 Massimo Troisi 饰)和若代尔Chantale(玛丽那·维拉迪 Marina Vlady 饰)求助时却获得了帮助。但是,乔丹Jordan最后还是被迫把辉煌Splendor影院卖给了商人罗·法齐奥Lo Fazio(贾科莫·皮皮亚诺Giacomo Piperno 饰),法齐奥打算把电影院改建成家具店。 当乔丹Jordan最后离开电影院的时候(第一个场景),他回想起了辉煌Splendor影院以前辉煌的日子 ······Splendor is the name of an old movie theater managed by Jordan (Mastroianni), who inherited it from his father. The theater is in decay and only generates debts and trouble, but Jordan gets aid in his almost quixotian quest from projectionist Luigi (Troisi) and ushurette Chantale (Vlady). However, Jordan is finally forced to sell the Splendor to businessman Lo Fazio (Piperno), which plans to transform it in some kind of furniture store. When Jordan leaves the theater for the last time (the very first scene), he recalls the glorious days of Splendor and movies in general.