这部影片被形容为一部“三个乐章的交响乐”，回档合集片中集合了几位有着不同国家、回档合集种族背景的角色。影片的故事发生在一艘地中海豪华邮轮上，游轮行经六处著名的欧洲神话故事遗址，其中包括埃及、巴勒斯坦、希腊、敖德萨、那不勒斯、巴塞罗那。来自世界各地不同文化背景、说着不同语言的乘客在这里相遇。主要角色包括一位来自莫斯科警察局的探长，一名出身背景不详、由孙女陪同的老战犯，一名上了年纪的法国警察，一位巴勒斯坦大使，一位前联合国女官员，一名间谍，以及法国哲学家阿兰·巴丢和美国“朋克教母”帕蒂·史密斯。
李锦
回复 :塞巴斯蒂安（巴普蒂斯特·勒卡普兰 饰）生命中只有一个心愿：什么也不做。他的世界，就是他的沙发。他并不想维持生活，只想发呆。但今天，如果你什么也不做，那你什么也不是。塞巴斯蒂安的两个室友安娜（夏洛特·勒·邦 饰）和布鲁诺（费利克斯·莫阿蒂 饰）则不断地做 实习打零工，在室友的影响下，塞巴斯蒂安不得不做一点事来改变现状……
方治权
回复 :“It is a film from an extended series. It is hard to say who is the main character of “The Soviet Elegy.” There are more than a hundred faces of our compatriots. But, of course, it is not by chance that it is the destiny of a famous political figure, Boris Nikolayevitch Yeltsin, that bears a special accent in the film. Though he got to power following quite typical ways, his uncommon character puts him out of the ordinary, and in the author’s opinion it may be determined by his uncommon human nature. Our hero exists within the tragic pattern of the soviet socialist life. He is a character of a drama, of which he is one of the authors. “The Soviet Elegy” can hardly be called a documentary film in the proper sense. Of course, the author guarantees the accuracy of chronology, but he insists on an artistic mode of thinking, not on a political or historical investigation.”
工兵乐队
回复 :安娜和薇琪是艾福德的侄女，两人为了筹给妈妈治病，跟随艾福德来到马尼拉。一心想要工作的两人没想到艾福德是一个皮条客，把两人骗来就是让两人接客赚钱。安娜无法接受现实，便自杀身亡，坚强的薇琪留了下来，她发誓要找到艾福德为安娜报仇。于是薇琪便穿梭各大色情场所，寻找报仇的机会，最后薇琪终于了了心愿，亲自杀了害死安娜的仇人…
