跟随着导演观众来到巴黎展开一场充满悬念的旅程。一个拥有四个不同名字与身份的男子引出四段风格迥异的故事：有关爱情、欲望、犯罪和时间。
十八世纪的路易十六时代，一名乡下的地方官麦勒维潘格果侯爵，发现当地居民因洪水问题而普遍感染一种罕见的脚气病，不得不进宫向皇上陈述一套水利改革计划，但到了宫廷却始终找不到向皇上进言的机会。好心的识途老马指点他如何适应宫廷文化，并表示路易十六最喜欢舌灿莲花的幽默谈吐和机智问答，于是潘格果侯爵刻意争取机会耍嘴皮子，果然技惊四座，因而在京城中走红。
A seasoned woman from the world of show business, recruits 11 Romanian dancers dreaming of fame and glory to take them to Paris. One of them decides to leave her husband, but he doesn't take it very well and starts on a journey to get back his wife and plenty of hilarious things happen along the way.
