坡州

　　1936年，英国小伙子蔡斯科特（休•丹西 Hugh Dancy 饰）遵从父命来到了英属殖民地沙月拉，这里的土著首领别兰塞以盛情款待了这个异乡人，并且给他派了一位特殊的女仆——“字典情人”希丽玛（杰西卡•阿尔芭 Jessica Alba 饰），她除了服侍他的衣食起居之外， 还要担任他的语言教师，两个人在相处中逐渐产生了感情。
　　当蔡斯科特跟英国长官亨利（鲍勃•霍斯金斯 Bob Hoskins 饰）谈论“字典情人”的时候，对方却言辞激烈地劝他不要以身试法。此后，父母为他圈定了一桩婚事，未婚妻来到了这片土地，并且开始进入他的生活。究竟是遵循惯例，还是突破传统，蔡斯科特面临痛苦的抉择……

　　女孩克洛伊（玛丽恩·瓦斯 Marine Vacth 饰）胃痛寻医无果，医生推断她的病情乃心病所致，推荐她去看心理医生，就这样，克洛伊成为了保罗（杰瑞米·雷乃 Jérémie Renier 饰）的患者。在保罗的循循善诱之下，克洛伊逐渐敞开心扉，向保罗坦白了她曾经的灰暗遭遇，随着时间的推移，保罗和克洛伊之间产生了超越了医患关系的感情。
　　最终，克洛伊和保罗走到了一起，两人开始了同居生活，奇妙的事，自此之后，克洛伊再也没有胃痛过。某日，克洛伊在保罗的行李里发现了一张护照，护照上的照片虽然是保罗，可名字那一栏却写着“路易斯”，克洛伊顿时对保罗的身份产生了深深的怀疑，噩梦再一次降临了。

　　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.