The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the owner of the vault is trying to cheat his uncle and have his name in the documents. Everything is even more complicated because the manager of the bank has a finger in the pie, too. Who but a humble bank-teller (Pierre Richard) will ruin the scheme?

巴巴拉·哈顿是美国家喻户晓的女富豪，五岁时就继了亿万美元遗产。她窈窕多姿，艳美绝伦，深情而单纯地追求爱情和幸福，不惜耗费巨资收买感情，却七次婚变，倍受几个出身高贵，道貌岸然而实为骗子，他们是些赌棍，性虐待狂，同性恋的丈夫欺骗，利用、玩弄、甚至强奸、精神陷入迷醉状态。后来，她自甘堕落，四处漂泊，酗酒，吸毒，与喜欢她的每一个男人同床共枕。晚年，巴巴拉失去唯一的爱子，破灭池爱情的梦幻，伴着孤独和贫穷静静的死去……