犹太小姑娘“飞莺儿”和父亲、奶奶生活在俄罗斯的小村庄里，为了生计父亲前往美国希望可以延续自己的歌唱生涯。父亲离开后不久村庄遭到了洗劫，飞莺儿和两个男孩一同逃脱，在准备登船去美国的时候她却跟他们走散登上了去英国的邮轮。但幸运的是一对夫妇收养了她并改名叫苏西，成年后的苏西（克里斯蒂娜·里奇 Christina Ricci 饰）被歌舞团录取来到了巴黎。期间她结识了热爱物质的萝拉（凯特·布兰切特Cate Blanchett 饰）和贪婪的歌唱家但丁（约翰·特托罗 John Turturro 饰），还有神秘的吉普赛马夫凯撒（约翰尼·德普 Johnny Depp 饰）。纳粹的铁蹄一天天逼近巴黎，不巧的是苏西犹太人的血统被但丁发现了，而在这时苏西已经与凯撒深深相爱，陷入苦恼的苏西无法抉择，一天晚上，凯撒来到了苏西的房间……
A look at the life and career of Chelsea Manning, a trans woman soldier in the United States Army, who was sentenced to serve 35 years at an all-male military prison for leaking information about the country's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
And follows a teenage rebel placed in foster care, who suspects that her father is not dead, but has been kidnapped by UFOs. With the help from a UFO association, she is determined to find out the truth.