1992年,年轻的迪娜生活在一个偏远的小山村,这里的生活被延续数世纪的传统所禁锢。迪娜的祖父早已把她许配给刚从战场回来的大卫,但迪娜却与同大卫一起回来的战友盖吉一见钟情。迪娜不断打破传统的禁忌,也因此遭受了命运的考验。
On the day she celebrates her birthday, Jeanne, a young actress, is told by her mother her father is an Indian she once met on the banks on the river Ganges. From then on, Jeanne acts with singleness of purpose: she leaves the rehearsal of the the play "Sainte Jeanne des Abattoirs" she had wanted so much to be in, accepts a shameful role in a poor movie just for the money, buys...