故事发生在三十年代的伦敦,这座巨大的城市里,处处弥漫着奢靡和浮华的气息,男男女女们沉浸于此,不知魏晋。亚当(史蒂芬·坎贝尔·摩尔 Stephen Campbell Moore 饰)是一位默默无闻的作家,他将名媛妮娜(艾米莉·莫迪默 Emily Mortimer 饰)当做了“垫脚石”,希望能够通过两人的婚姻成功打入纸醉金迷的上流社会。 妮娜陷入了同亚当的热恋中无法自拔,可她那保守而又古老的家族却并不看好两人的婚事,他们根本就不把亚当看在眼里,觉得他根本就配不上妮娜。面对家人的反对,妮娜决定叛逆一把,她从家中偷偷溜了出来,找到了亚当,然而,对于自己和妮娜两人的处境,亚当也手足无措,两人的未来看似一片黑暗。A fool and his money. In the 1930s, Adam Fenwick-Symes is part of the English idle class, wanting to marry the flighty Nina Blount. He's a novelist with a hundred-pound advance for a manuscript confiscated by English customs. He spends the next several years trying to get money and to set a wedding date: he trades in gossip, wins money on wagers then gives it to a drunken major who's suggested he bet on a horse in an upcoming race. Adam tries to get the money back, but can't find the major. Meanwhile, Nina needs security, friends drink too much, and general unhappiness spoils the party. Then war breaks out. Is Adam's bright youth dimming with the fall of an empire?