三十年代美国经济大萧条,市面上一片荒芜。家庭主妇Cecilia(米亚·法罗 Mia Farrow 饰)白天应对沉闷的服务生工作(由于经济崩溃 ,很快也失去这份工作),晚上面对毫无情趣的丈夫。身为狂热影迷的她日日走进影院观看一部叫《开罗紫罗兰》的电影,熟习到连台词表情都能记住,电影里没有经济萧条,电影里是上流社会的宴席与取乐。这日奇怪的事发…
Storyline When Holloman Academy, a posh New England private school, is visited by a demonic headmaster, a humble janitor, who is secretly the guardian of the school, teams up with the headmaster's grandson in order to save the academy
In an attempt to rectify their criminal past, a once successful Hollywood starlet, turn prostitute, and a petty, misogynistic thief, set out together to solve a high profile child abduction case in San Francisco.