故事发生在沙俄统治时期的一座俄国庄园内,妮娜(西尔莎·罗南 Saoirse Ronan 饰)是居住在那里的一位少女,天真而又单纯的她对爱情有着非常浪漫美好的憧憬,对未来的生活也抱有着极大的希冀。康斯坦丁(比利·霍尔 Billy Howle 饰)希望能够成为一名作家,同时也深深的爱着妮娜,对她进行着火热的追求。 康斯坦丁的父亲去世了,母亲伊莲娜(安妮特·贝宁 Annette Bening 饰)带着一位名叫鲍里斯(寇瑞·斯托尔 Corey Stoll 饰)的作家前往庄园修养,在此期间,妮娜被放荡不羁的鲍里斯所吸引,然而鲍里斯实际上是一位浪荡的花花公子,他并不是真的爱上了妮娜,只不过是在玩弄她的感情。An aging actress named Irina Arkadina pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin and her son Konstantin on a country estate. On one occasion, she brings Trigorin, a successful novelist, with her. Nina, a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls in love with Boris Trigorin. As Trigorin lightly consumes and rejects Nina, as the actress all her life has consumed and rejected her son, who loves Nina. The victims are destroyed while the sophisticates continue on their way.