Yuan Xiuling, a former star and has-been actress plans to return to the spotlight of the theater a year after her philandering husband died. She decides to star in Two Sisters, written and directed by transwoman An Ouyang. But, her biggest rival, He Yuwen, a rising actress, also stars in the play. Yuwen plans her theatrical debut through it. During the preparation of the play, such a drama unfolds at the backstage as much as on stage. With the opening night at Hong Kong’s City Hall Theater just seven days away, tensions at rehearsal increase and tempers flare as actresses Xiuling and Yuwen’s buried resentments rise to the surface.

香港少女阮贝儿（温碧霞）和来自台湾的廖玉屏（金燕玲）、赵淑珍（蔡琴）皆以成名为人生目的，但现实证明她们离当明星的生活仍有一段不短的距离。三人在酒廊偶识米铺少爷张树东（梁朝伟），不久阮贝儿与其发展成同居关系。
赵淑珍不明原因的死亡引来警探蓝振强（周润发），但他的所谓调查徒 具形式。廖玉屏无法安然面对赵淑珍的离去，悲痛引来张树东对其肉体的安抚，不料不小心致其怀孕。其后廖玉屏的震惊没能让张树东在取舍问题上有眉目，彼此发现所谓爱人只是爱己。而蓝振强临死前的一段话更让他们将自己看清（同他人发生关系是觉得多个人的无聊总好过一个人），可是他们依旧没有独自面对没有希望的日子的勇气。

1994 film by Stanley Kwan

1996 film directed by Stanley Kwan

1989 film by Stanley Kwan

Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to fame as a movie actress in Shanghai during the 1930s. Nicknamed the 'Chinese Garbo', Ruan Lingyu began her career at 16 and committed suicide at 24.

1998 film by Stanley Kwan

2001 film by Stanley Kwan

1988 film by Stanley Kwan