故事发生在车水马龙的大都市纽约，杰瑞（加里·格兰特 Cary Grant 饰）和露西（艾琳·邓恩 Irene Dunne 饰）是一对感情十分要好的夫妻，两人时常结伴出入上流人士所举办的高端晚宴之中，生活极尽奢华，但随着时间的推移，这表面幸福的婚姻生活终究还是出现了裂痕，杰瑞和露西决定离婚。　　在两人分开之后，杰瑞邂逅了富有而又美丽的遗孀芭芭拉…

Released in France as La Kermesse Heroique, Carnival in Flanders is set during the long-ago war between the Dutch and Spanish. A tiny village in Flanders is invaded by Spanish troops. The townsfolk have heard of Spanish cruelties in other towns, and decide to deflect the vanquishers by playing dead. This isn't terribly…