这个系列的电影来自巴黎卢浮宫的六幅名画，藉由国际六大奥斯卡知名导演之手赋予了名画新的生命力和故事性。
这六个短片分别为Two Nudes Bathing入浴裸女、Language of the Heart心语、Song of Songs歌中之歌、Soir Bleu蓝色日光、Lightning闪电、Armed Response相融。

故事背景是以南美移民子女为主的洛杉矶加菲莆高中。原来任职电脑公司的伊斯克兰特为施展抱负到该校任教，因该校经费拮据没有电脑，只好改教数学。他用强悍的教学方式台阶驯服了以菲利浦为首的顽劣学生，并帮他们以高分通过了越级考试，不料竟被人怀疑为集体作弊。学生们为了澄清误会决定重考，师生之间合作无间，终创下合格人数之最高纪录，也为该校争取到购卖电脑的经费

The day after suffering a miscarriage, a young couple attend their local comic con.

Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days.

Small rocks fall from the sky which, when touched, trigger a latent virus that has always existed in humans and begins mutating them into an alien species. Taking advantage of its hive mentality, the aliens are absolutely dedicated to transforming every human on Earth and do so with alarming swiftness. Only a small group of humans remain who have the medical knowledge to devise antibodies to reverse the effects of the virus.