大学刚读半年的颂莲(巩俐)被贪钱的母亲逼迫着嫁进陈家大院,成了老爷的第四房姨太。陈府有老规矩,姨太太们傍晚时分要站在自已的屋子前,等待下人送来的意味被老爷“临幸”的大红灯笼。
起初因为“新人”身份,颂莲得到老爷最多宠幸,但也因此被其它三位姨太太尤其笑里藏刀的二姨太(曹翠芬)挤兑得叫苦不迭。因为涉世不深,生性反叛好强的颂莲急欲争一口气,使计又成老爷身边红人,不想计被看穿,终败于二姨太手下酿成悲剧。而三姨太(何赛飞)的经历虽与颂莲迥异,却也殊途同归逃不出宿命。。Inspired by Istanbul-born Armenian intellectual Eremya Celebi Komurciyan's travel diaries from the 17th century, Invisible to the Eye traces this particular itinerary in today’s Istanbul. As a cinematic travelogue in a contemporary Istanbul, the film explores Komurciyan’s farsighted relationship with the concepts of looking, seeing, and viewing. In his book titled History of Is...。袁彩霞、穆村、常胜、刘懂是大学室友兼好友。多年以后,常胜去世,彩霞、刘懂、穆村再次聚在一起悼念常胜,却发现常胜给他们留下了一笔很大的遗产,但必须帮他完成三个愿望才可以得到遗产,于是三人开始帮常胜实现愿望,却发现这三个愿望都与他们三人有关。。