根据导演Franco Zeffirelli本人的早年个人经历改编，国产讲述二战期间，国产一群热爱意大利文化艺术的女性在佛罗伦萨和圣吉米尼亚诺的经历，其中包括和墨索里尼喝茶的前英国大使夫人(Maggie Smith饰)、帮雇主照顾私生子卢卡的玛丽(Joan Plowright饰)、艺术热爱者阿拉贝拉(Judi Dench饰)、年轻英国记者康妮(Tessa Pritchard饰)、干练的美国女性乔琪(Lily Tomlin饰)、放浪但好心的美国女性埃尔莎(Cher饰)。战争爆发前，她们常常聚在前大使夫人处，或是在乌菲齐美术馆里喝茶聊天，二战爆发后，她们都被软禁在了古城圣吉米尼亚诺，被她们照顾过的卢卡已经长大，时常前来帮助她们。
回复 :李国强（王志文 饰）和何利英（江珊 饰）是一对结婚多年的夫妻，两人共同抚养着懂事听话的儿子，家庭生活在一片幸福的氛围之中。何利英刚刚学会开车没多久，一天晚上，天上下着瓢泼大雨，何利英驾车驶在路上，撞到了一名行人，慌乱之中，何利英选择了逃跑。当晚月黑风高，没有人知道这场车祸的发生。之后的日子里，何利英的内心里背负上了沉重的枷锁，她不忍心让自己的家庭走上破碎的道路，却又时时被道德感和愧疚感折磨。车祸现场出现了一个举着牌子寻找目击证人的小女孩，这个小女孩的出现将何利英的精神推向了濒临崩溃的边缘。李国强发现了妻子的异样，他决定挺身而出，和妻子共同背负她所犯下的罪行。
回复 :On a hot summer afternoon in New York, Emma Jones gossips with other neighbors in her residential building about the affair that Mrs. Anna Maurrant and the milkman Steve Sankey are having. When the rude and unfriendly Mr. Frank Maurrant arrives, they change the subject. Meanwhile, their teenage daughter Rose Maurrant is being sexually pressured by her married boss Mr. Bert Easter. She does however very much like her kind young Jewish neighbor Sam, who has a serious crush on her.The next morning, Frank Maurrant tells his wife that he is traveling to Stamford on business. Mrs. Maurrant meets the gentle Sankey in her apartment, but out of the blue Frank comes back home. He realizes his wife is upstairs with Sankey, and runs upstairs. We hear shots and see the two men struggling as Sankey tries to escape through the window. Maurrant runs out with a gun. He has killed Sankey and fatally wounded his wife.Maurrant is apprehended and is led away by police. He apologizes to his daughter Rose, who will now have to take care of herself and her young brother without either parent. Rose's boss offers once again to set her up in her own apartment, but she refuses. Then she sees Sam, and tells him she wants to leave the city. Sam pleads with her to let him go with her, but she tells him it will be better for the two of them to have a couple of years apart before they consider becoming a couple. Rose walks off down the street by herself.
回复 :跨国偷渡引发货柜死人命案，引起国际社会关注，各国警方联手侦查，打击此类犯罪勾当。香港警方为洗刷偷渡转运站的污名，派出青年干探行宇远赴纽约，配合当警方，侦查有组织偷渡集团罪案。当地警委派行宇到唐人街卧底，调查不法活动的线索与真相。行宇及时向纽约警方提供情报，令人蛇集团的生意大受打击，有力阻止了偷渡罪案。在纽约警方配合下，行宇查出偷渡人蛇的方式和路线，终于将歹徒绳之于法，一网打尽。
