李青青(林黛 饰)是一名淳朴善良的乡村少女,一次偶然中,她邂逅了名为汤鹏南(关山 饰)的男子,在汤鹏南的帮助之下,李青青进入了夜总会工作,并且很快就成为了那里的当红头牌。在此期间,李青青和汤鹏南之间也碰撞出了爱情的火花。 汤鹏南的父亲去世了,深受打击的他在精神和事业上都走入了低谷,为了帮助汤鹏南,李青青决定接受一位富商的资助,而作为报答,她要和富商一起出去旅行。无法向汤鹏南说出真相的李青青选择了人间蒸发。一晃眼数年过去,李青青和汤鹏南再度相遇了,但先前的误会没有接触,汤鹏南还在憎恨着李青青。In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings, Plantagenet king Edward II hands the power-craving nobility the perfect excuse by taking as lover besides his diplomatic wife, the French princess Isabel, not an acceptable lady at court but the ambitious Piers Gaveston, who uses his favor in bed even to wield political influence - the stage is set for a palace revolt which sends the gay pair from the throne to a terminal torture dungeon.