A mother walks out on her husband and two children without a word of explanation. She’s driven by an irresistible force. She wants to be free. Nora (40) roams through a museum in Vienna, has sex with a young man and hitchhikes randomly on to Bratislava. She hides her identity by telling little lies. She changes her look, finds work as a chambermaid and makes friends with a youn...。清末民初,阿牛(黄日华)本為何家東村男工,一向安於現狀,生活愉快,他與青梅竹馬的女工春梅(庄静而)感情甚佳,更視她為結婚對象。可惜,春梅不甘奴僕生涯,常好高騖遠,更希望有朝一日飛上枝頭變鳳凰,二人在思想上日漸產生隔膜,令阿牛對這段感情開始抱有懷疑的態度。 何家少爺自省城返鄉,因被發現為革命黨,性命危在旦夕,何老爺愛子心切,遂將阿牛頂罪。就在阿牛被判斬首行刑之前,春梅偷偷將他救走,二人更結成夫婦,但因一次誤會,從此各散東西。阿牛以為春梅已死,惟有加入山賊行列,開始流亡生涯,由於他為人義氣,與眾山賊形同家人。。