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The year is 1942, and Archie Glass Is trying to get into Hollywood. His chance comes as he is offered a job: Find a young white movie star before the press reports that she is missing and he will have a shot at his Hollywood dream. Thus begins a journey into a Los Angeles you have never seen before, the actors who play the maids, the busboys, the background actors in jungle fil...。工人阶级出身的文学青年祖儿（伊万.麦克戈雷格 Ewan McGregor 饰）在驳船主里斯夫妇的船上打工并和夫妇二人一起生活在船上。一天，祖儿在岸边发现水里浮起了一具已经发白的女尸，惊慌的祖儿和里斯捞起了女尸。
当晚，祖儿在和里斯夫妇吃饭的时候讲了白天捞起女尸的事情，并对女主人艾娜（蒂尔达.斯温顿 Tilda Swinton 饰）百般勾引，在丈夫身上得不到满足、平日阴沉抑郁的艾娜晚饭后就和祖儿搭上了。祖儿再一次提起了女尸的事情。
原来，女尸生前曾是祖儿的情人。随着祖儿的回忆，事情一幕幕揭开……。
