Modern dress adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.

故事发生在19世纪的英国，亨查德（塞伦·希德 Ciarán Hinds 饰）是出身微贱的工人，平日里喜欢酗酒的他竟然在一次喝的酩酊大醉之后把妻子苏珊（朱丽叶特·奥布瑞 Juliet Aubrey 饰）和女儿伊丽莎白（乔迪·梅 Jodhi May 饰）给卖了。清醒之后的亨查德发现自己失去了一切，追悔莫及，发誓从此滴酒不沾，决心发愤图强。 一晃眼二十年过去，亨查德凭借着自己的努力成为了卡斯特桥市长，同时他的妻子和女儿也回到了他的身边。然而，幸福美满的生活没有持续太久，亨查德和合伙人唐纳德（杰姆斯·鲍弗 James Purefoy 饰）之间爆发了无法调和的矛盾，唐纳德不仅夺走了亨查德的财产，还侵占了他市长的位置。

Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career. But when the truth comes out, Nora is shocked to learn where she really stands in her husband's esteem.