安东尼奥的感情被两次相似的经历支配着，首先12岁的他和一个性感的中年美发师有过一次恋爱经历，而当他到了中年时又和另一个美发师马海尔德相识，并被她的美艳所征服，两人发展了一段浪漫的爱情故事，这样的一段感情怎么会变成“爱比死更冷"呢？

安（朱丽叶·比诺什 Juliette Binoche 饰）是一位颇有名气的记者，在旁人眼里，工作能力出色同时又被丈夫和孩子簇拥着的安无疑是成功女性的典范。但在安的内心里，焦虑和烦躁无时不刻不困扰着她，家庭所带来的束缚让她越来越无法全心全意的将自己投入到工作中去。
安目前手头上的工作是调查社会上盛行的援助交际的内幕，在某个知名的援交网站上，安结识了阿莉恰（Joanna Kulig 饰）和夏洛特（阿奈丝·德穆斯捷 Anaïs Demoustier 饰）两名女子。从她们的叙述中，安发现了一个自己至今闻所未闻的残酷世界，在那里，性无关乎爱，仅仅是一笔交易。在采访的过程中，安没有忘记审视自己的内心，此时此刻，那些深藏其中的欲望和激情开始发出光芒。

In the hot summer of 1917, the nineteen-year-old peasant Georgy Zakareishvili left his village in search of work and, settling on a French ship, soon found himself in Paris, where he married a Frenchwoman. Modest wealth, beloved wife, sons and a faithful friend helped him to endure separation from his homeland. When the opportunity came to his homeland, George was already old and could not postpone the upcoming meeting with his native Georgia. He tried to convey his love to his grandson George: he sang folk songs, taught Georgian, talked about the people of his village. And now, in fulfillment of his grandfather’s orders, George the Younger took his ashes to his homeland...