在罗马郊区的一座公墓内，正在进行墓地改造的工人们偶然挖出了一口埋藏了两百多年的棺材，连同棺材出土的还有一只神秘的匣子。这个发现令在场的神父有着不祥的预感，他命工人重新埋葬棺木，而将匣子邮寄给历史博物馆的馆长麦克•皮尔斯（Adam James 亚当•詹姆斯 饰），请求这位研究神秘学的老友帮忙进行深入调查。 然而，这个匣子却被麦克的助手吉赛尔（Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni 饰）和麦克的女友莎拉（Asia Argento 艾莎•阿基多 饰）贸然打开，一个被封禁数百年的邪恶女巫就此重返人间…… 导演达里奥•阿基多“母亲三部曲”终结篇（前两部为《阴风阵阵》和《地狱》）。

Italy, late thirties. The regime of Mussolini are sent Italian volunteers to the civil war in Spain. On the background of a peaceful village landscapes, behind the walls of the old farmhouses Florianna creating its own dictatorship: everything is run by her brother Guido, who requires unquestioning obedience to his will www.molikan.com. He believes all women around is his property, and, as a rooster in the hen house, he constantly confirm this action. His young son Alberto is his problem - all is not similar to the father. He dreams of breaking free from the dictatorial care. When his beautiful cousin Gloria comes to the estate, novel flashes between young people. Guido learns that his sister is going to bequeath her estate to his unworthy son. This heralds a tragic ending.

The last year of life of the Italian-French painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) who died with 36 years, was played by Gérard Philipe, who was lethally sick during the shooting of this movie and died shortly after its release, 1959, with 36 years - on one of the two diseases that Modigliano had himself and exactly in his age. Further, this movie was directed by Jacques Becker - after the sudden death of Max Ophüls. Becker, too, died only 2 years after this movie.

The famous writer Bernard travels to a small town nearby a lake to spend vacation out of season in the winter. He check in an old hotel owned by Enrico and his daughter Irma expecting to meet the maid Tilde, from whom he had a crush last time he visited the town. However, he discovers that Tilde has committed suicide and when he meets the local photographer, Bernard learns that she was pregnant. He becomes obsessed to find whether she really committed suicide and to guess what really happened. When Enrico's son Mario and his wife Adriana arrive at the hotel, Bernard has daydreams about the fate of Tilde.

再婚带着儿子的夏洛特和丈夫一起住在巴黎郊区，她的丈夫皮埃尔是一名飞行员，她的情人罗伯特是一个演员。她徘徊在两个男人之间，最后她怀孕了，却不知道孩子的父亲是谁。

17岁的少女Geneviève（凯瑟琳·德纳芙 Catherine Deneuve 饰）是法国瑟堡一家雨伞店老板娘的女儿；20岁的少年Guy（尼诺·卡斯泰尔诺沃 Nino Castelnuovo 饰）是一家汽车修理店的员工，和他的伯母和伯母的养女Madeleine (Ellen Farner 饰演)生活在一起。 Geneviève和Guy是一对情侣，然而他们的恋情一直受到Geneviève母亲的阻挠。阿尔及利亚战争爆发了，Guy被迫要去前线服两年兵役。离别前一夜，两人发生了关系。分开的日子里，Geneviève很少收到Guy寄来的信，她开始怀疑他的真心。在母亲的撮合下，怀有身孕的她嫁给了一个一直对她穷追不舍的巴黎珠宝商 Roland Cassard (Marc Michel 饰演)。两年后，服完兵役的Guy回到瑟堡，想要寻回他和Geneviève的爱情，却发现一切早已物是人非...... 本片被提名37届奥斯卡最佳外语片、获1964年戛纳电影节“金棕榈”奖殊荣。本片所有的对白都是“唱”出来的，配乐也十分出色。

另类的爱情故事，肢体纠结的情色语言。 1957年，原纳粹军官Max（Dirk  Bogarde 饰）隐姓埋名，在维也纳一家酒店当午夜守门人。某日，他遇到著名指挥家的妻子Lucia（Charlotte Rampling  饰），往事排山倒海而来。 原来，Lucia是纳粹集中营的幸存者，当年是Max的性奴，也是他的情人，Max对她一直念念不忘。 Max趁Lucia外出演出，和Lucia重逢，随即将她接到了自己的公寓，二人迅速恢复了往日的关系。 于此同时，Max所属纳粹余孽小团体也在寻找Lucia，想除掉这个有力的证人，Lucia的丈夫也因为妻子失踪而报警。Max走投无路，只能囤积了大量食品在公寓里，和Lucia足不出户，靠性爱彼此安慰，忘记现实的困境，等待终将来临的救赎或者毁灭。

妮琪塔（安妮·帕里洛德饰）与一群朋友抢劫一家商店的药品，商店的主人与她的朋友都在这次的事件中身亡，妮琪塔则是因为杀了一位警察而被送入狱。此时来了一个神秘的政府组织，选上了妮琪塔，并训练她成为特务杀手，在经过数年的特务训练之后，妮琪塔以一个平凡的护士身份回到现实的生活中，在此时她爱上了一个男人，他们的关系在妮琪塔接到一个特务命令时，面临了紧张的局面...

贾科莫（Fabio De Luigi）是工业界的伟大继承人，但他更喜欢将自己的思想投入到思想和幻想中。一个神秘的人会改变贾科莫的生活，告诉他他确定了他父亲的转世，他的父亲在他还是个小男孩时就去世了。轮回转世的是Mario Pitagora（Elio Germano），一个对金钱唯一感兴趣的人。他们的会议将改变他们的生活。