故事背景设定在1970年，影片对1922年同名的失传无声电影进行了重新演绎。一个绝望的年轻人与一个精神失常的医生达成了一项黑暗的交易，他将自己的母亲作为实验对象，供这位医生进行其扭曲的实验。

Vietnam veteran Jonathan Teller, struggling with guilt and delusions, plans suicide, but a chance encounter disrupts his decision as he grapples with reality, leaving his fate uncertain.

拳击手成祥，在北京和初恋女友娜娜一起创业奋斗，十年后，处于事业落魄低谷中的成祥创业失败又遭初恋背叛，黯然返回家乡后喜欢上同村女孩元丽。在深度相处后，成祥爱的一发不可收拾，表白元丽被拒，失落的成祥一蹶不振。得知元丽因自身困境忍痛拒绝，成祥父母与元丽设订婚谎言激励他。成祥带着家乡的特产重返北京奋斗，即将功成归乡知晓真相后，倾其所有相助元丽，只希望她过的比自己好，元丽破防，再也忍不住内心爱的悸动，大胆的表达了自己对成祥的爱，两人自此走在了一起。两人携手相伴。

逃离伊斯法罕后，医生罗伯·科尔来到伦敦，决心传播医学知识。他卷入了一场法庭阴谋，在为病人的生命和荣誉而战的同时，也直面减轻痛苦这一深刻的人类困境。

During a hot summer in Quebec’s countryside, a recently settled couple struggles. Marie (35), a sound artist in lack of inspiration doubts her relationship with her partner. The arrival of Noée (25), a young French traveler who mourns her father, will destabilise the status quo and trouble their neighbour Yan (30), a solitary farmer, by awakening new desires. In Montreal, Eva (15), a teenage Filipina who recently moved to Canada, tries to find new roots in the city. Since her arrival, she suffers from insomnia, often interrupted by strange dreams of her hometown in the Philippines. Jeanne (25) is having trouble finishing her thesis on the work of Marie, the artist in the countryside. As Eva tries to anchor herself, Jeanne plans to leave everything. The Splendour of Life is a sensual film that explores how we relate to each other in a changing world that transcends us - an invitation to live to the fullest.

保姆叶晓霖（万茜 饰）伪装进入老人家庭图谋行凶，因与饲养员马德勇（饶晓志 饰）的相遇打破了原有生活平衡，警察周平（屈楚萧 饰）在追查案件中与他们的命运交织。