年轻气盛的墨西哥厨师佩德罗(劳尔·布里奥内斯 饰)怀揣梦想来到了纽约的一家餐厅工作,却成了麻烦制造者。佩德罗爱上了女服务员朱莉娅(鲁妮·玛拉 饰),却因为被指控偷钱给朱莉娅堕胎,面临失业危机。佩德罗在异国他乡的追梦之旅被迫中断,一切开始朝着不可收拾的地步发展。
这部浪漫喜剧是对大都会中人们盲目追求财富地位,与道德良知趋微的现代价值观加以探讨。 道格是一家纽约高级饭店门房,他十分积极进取,履履为饭店客人创造奇迹。他梦想有朝一日也能拥有自己的豪华旅馆,于是缩衣节食,将每分钱存下。终于,他遇上一位富商肯出资帮助他完成心愿,条件是服侍他的情妇。眼见理想马上就要实现,道格却发现自己逐渐陷入爱情漩窝,面临爱情和面包的抉择。
明中期,京畿衙门捕快张晟和袁肃因同僚程运打死犯人被逐出衙门一事,势不两立。后程运被杀,迷雾重重,证据指向刑狱长葛林以及神秘富贾沈康。两人究竟能否不计前嫌,绝境反击?一片繁华之下,那些不为人知的罪恶终将“浮出水面”······
Gray-haired furniture retailer Paul Winkelmann still has his dinner cooked and his laundry done by his mother. He spends his evenings playing Scrabble with Mama's friends and discussing the role of women in society in his carnival club. When he meets psychologist Margarete Tietze, "Pussi" finally begins to rebel against his dominant mother.