本剧的世界设定是普通人类和拟人化的动物共同生活在一起，除了外形，这些动物跟人类没什么不同。因饰演电影《一代骄马》，曾经的过气明星马男波杰克（威尔·阿奈特 Will Arnett 配音）重新回到大众视野，还有望角逐今年奥斯卡最佳男主角。在经纪人卡罗琳公主（艾米·塞德丽丝 Amy Sedaris 配音）和朋友戴安（爱丽森·布里 Alison Brie 配音）的帮助下，加上聘请了新的代理人，波杰克到处宣传电影，全力冲刺奥斯卡。过去浑浑噩噩的颓废生活，以及现在受人追捧令人瞩目的明星生活，形成鲜明对比。但是这一切，似乎并没有填补波杰克内心的空虚。

　　Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. This sets in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.

　　十九世纪中期，意大利正处在奥匈帝国水深火热的统治中。为了解放祖国，轻骑兵上教安吉罗（奥利维•马丁内兹 Olivier Martinez 饰）密谋发动暴动推翻殖民统治，然而却因计划外漏而不得不流亡法国。因为儿时好友的出卖，安吉罗在法国受到了奥地利间谍的追杀。逃亡中的安吉罗无意闯进了法国的一个瘟疫区，那里哀鸿遍野，人们近乎疯狂。当地人认为是安吉罗投的毒药，安吉罗无端又成了追捕的对象。　　一天，安吉罗无意中从屋顶掉到了一间阁楼里，偶遇了与丈夫失散了的女子宝林娜（朱丽叶•比诺什 Juliette Binoche 饰）。得知宝林娜现在处境艰难时，安吉罗决心帮助她找回她的丈夫。当他们在疫区穿行时，宝林娜不幸身染疫症……

Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. This sets in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.

十九世纪中期，意大利正处在奥匈帝国水深火热的统治中。为了解放祖国，轻骑兵上教安吉罗（奥利维•马丁内兹暂无内容Olivier暂无内容Martinez暂无内容饰）密谋发动暴动推翻殖民统治，然而却因计划外漏而不得不流亡法国。因为儿时好友的出卖，安吉罗在法国受到了奥地利间谍的追杀。逃亡中的安吉罗无意闯进了法国的一个瘟疫区，那里哀鸿遍野，人们近乎疯狂。当地人认为是安吉罗投的毒药，安吉罗无端又成了追捕的对象。