Charlie, a young aristocrat in turn of the century England, meets a boy named Frank on the road to Portsmouth. What Charlie doesn't realize is that Frank is actually Frances, who's donned a disguise to escape working at a brothel. Charlie takes Frank/Frances into his home, and when he discovers her true identity, the two become lovers. He sends her to London to be trained by his mistress in the art of sex, but she learns much more about her identity as a woman. Before the opening credits, explicitly on-screen it reads: "Based on the famous Victorian erotic novel by an anonymous writer".
才女柳如是与文人钱谦益的爱情传奇流传了几百年。 柳如是(万茜 饰)是青楼的头牌,琴棋书画样样精通,她主张男女平等,关心家国大事。而在政治风波中历尽尔虞我诈的钱谦益(秦汉 饰),身心疲惫,纵情诗酒却又心怀社稷。机缘凑巧,他们以诗为媒,惺惺相惜,因为互相欣赏走到了 一起。然 而,山雨欲来风满楼,巨大的变故随之而来,一个朝代眼看就要沦亡。面临改朝换代,因观察历史的角度不同,钱、柳两人对时局的看法发生分歧,两人的感情出现裂痕:一个远去北上做了清廷的官员,一个南下去追寻抗清的南明军队。繁华过尽,他们又破镜重圆,在红豆山庄过着普通平淡的田园生活。
When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bierce is a famous writer, who knowing that he is dying, wishes to keep his identity secret so he can determine his own fate. Though he likes Arroyo, Bierce tries to provoke the General's anger whenever possible in an attempt to get himself killed, thus avoiding suffering through his illness. Winslow is intrigued by both Bierce and Arroyo, and the men are in turn attracted to her. She becomes romantically involved with Arroyo. When Winslow learns of Bierce's true identity (a writer whose work she has loved and respected for years), she is singlemindedly determined to fulfill his dying wish.