弗兰西斯·拉

　　In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always peaceful, however, and she guides us, in flashbacks, through the rises and falls of the Parkington family fortunes.

　　贫苦的冉·阿让（休·杰克曼 Hugh Jackman 饰）为了挨饿的孩子去偷面包，结果被判处19年的苦役。出狱后，走投无路的他偷走了收留他过夜的主教的银器潜逃，被警察捉回。主教声称银器是送给他的，使他免于被捕。主教的言行感化了他，他化名马德兰，从此洗心革面奋发向上开始新生活。但缉拿过他的警长沙威（罗素·克劳 Russell Crowe 饰）却一心要找他麻烦。在得知了芳汀（安妮·海瑟薇 Anne Hathaway 饰）的悲惨遭遇后，他承诺照顾她的私生女柯赛特（阿曼达·塞弗里德 Amanda Seyfried 饰）。八年后，柯赛特爱上了共和派青年马利尤斯（埃迪·雷德梅恩 Eddie Redmayne 饰），轰轰烈烈的巴黎人民起义爆发了，无赖德纳迪埃（萨莎·拜伦·科恩 Sacha Baron Cohen 饰）和他又狭路相逢，而多年来从未放弃追捕他的沙威又出现在他的面前……