Kip Polyard is an obsessive-compulsive shut-in whose antiseptic world is invaded by Celine, the beautiful seductress who moves in next door to Kip's rent-controlled Manhattan apartment. Kip and Celine begin a tentative love affair that turns passionate and then deadly, as Celine's secrets turn Kip's perfectly organized life upside-down.。黎耀辉(梁朝伟)与何宝荣(张国荣)是一对同性恋人,为了有新的开始,他们怀着美丽的梦想(去看南美洲大瀑布)离开香港来到阿根廷,却在布宜诺斯艾利斯迷了路。黎耀辉想安下心来过日子,无奈何宝荣于夜夜笙歌中放纵着自己的生命,以期找寻更多的刺激,只当黎耀辉是他受伤后的港湾,两人分歧 、争吵越来越多,心的距离越来越远。
黎耀辉明白过去的日子不可能再复返时,决定离开何宝荣,而正是在他离开后,绝望的意味(对黎耀辉的爱)才在何宝荣的脑海中完整地浮现。。