The Price of Desire tells the controversial story of how Le Corbusier effaced and defaced Eileen Gray's moral right to be recognized as the author of her work and as one of the most forceful and influential inspirations of a century of modern architecture and design.

影片讲述了一个16岁的小女孩Lucy有着一对十分酷的父母，他们上16岁的时候就怀上了她，而现在30出头的他们一个在体面的写字楼里当白领，一个是出差型的伐木工，偶尔才回家一次。这对活力四射的父母无论怎么看都感觉很酷，不过他们自己好像不这么觉得，甚至可以说他们对年轻时所做的事情感到了后悔不已。