故事的背景设定在1972年,芭比原本是一个本分的家庭主妇,在被丈夫抛弃后,一位主张妇女解放的朋友鼓动她扔掉胸罩,勇敢的走到街上去。此后芭比接触到了许多关于裸体营、嬉皮士、双性恋等新事物,身处时代解放的洪流之中的她,重新认识到了自己的价值。这部片子更像是对那个年代的一种致敬。VIVA is about a bored housewife in 1972 who gets sucked into the sexual revolution. Abandoned by her husband, Barbi is dragged into trouble by her girlfriend, who spouts women's lib as she gets Barbi to discard her bra and go out on the town. Barbi becomes a Red Riding Hood in a sea of wolves, and quickly learns a lot more than she wanted to about nudist camps, the hippie scene, orgies, bisexuality, sadism, drugs, and bohemia. Saturated to the hilt with vibrant color and exquisite period detail, and full of the kind of innocent nude romps you see before censorship codes lifted, VIVA looks like a lost film from the late '60's, and is a tribute to the best of exploitation cinema, from Herschell Gordon Lewis' Suburban Roulette to Radley Metzger's Camille 2000.