本片改编自卢西奥·厄图比亚的真实生平故事，这位无政府主义者曾缜密策划伪造行动，对全球规模数一数二的银行下手。

欧内斯特（迈克尔·珊农 Michael Shannon 饰）同儿子杰罗姆（柯蒂·斯密特-麦菲 Kodi Smit-McPhee 饰）、女儿马莉（艾丽·范宁 Elle Fanning 饰）一起过着相依为命的生活，虽然经济拮据生活清苦，但一家人好歹紧紧的联结在一次，互相支撑着，鼓励着。

Paris, the late 1960s. Madame Claude is at the head of a flourishing business dedicated to prostitution that gives her power over both the french political and criminal worlds. But the end of her empire is closer than she thinks.