A Parisian museum director believes his wife has lost interest in him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk - thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death....
艾克(理查•基尔 Richard Gere 饰)是一名专栏记者,他的妻子就是顶头上司。然而,这并没有给他带来多少好运气,相反,和妻子性格不合离婚后,因这层关系艾克过得更加抑郁。一次偶然,艾克在酒吧里听闻了马里兰州一名女子玛琪(朱莉娅•罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰)三次踏上红地毯时临阵脱逃的故事。他对这件事深感兴趣,并将其写成了专栏。 当艾克去到实地采访当地人时,没想到人们普遍对他的做法...