讲述一个男人（埃米尔·库斯图里卡 饰）生命的三个阶段：第一阶段战时幸运的送奶工；第二阶段婚姻出轨爱上情人（莫妮卡·贝鲁奇 饰），第三阶段出家为僧。

Brij Mohan(36岁)是德里一个繁忙市场的袜店老板，他非常想改变自己的生活。他受够了他的妻子和不断增加的债务。为了逃离悲惨的生活，他改变了自己的外表，采用了一个新的身份阿玛尔塞西，但最终犯下了一场拙劣的谋杀。他和年轻的女友私奔…

Brij Mohan (36), a hosiery shop owner in a busy Delhi market, desperately wants to change his life. He is fed up of his ball-crusher wife and mounting debts. In order to escape his wretched life, he changes his appearanc…