在这部垂死的高卢人剧情/爱情/同性片中,杰弗里是好莱坞最著名的制片人之一，苛刻、严厉、贪婪、还是个双性恋者，他与妻子伊莱恩的两个孩子住在好莱坞富人区马利布山上，过着奢华生活。伊莱恩是一个编剧，但是却为越来越缺乏的创造力而紧张。为了自己在好莱坞的荣誉，杰弗里一直在想办法，终于初出茅庐的编剧罗伯特引起了他的注意。罗伯特为死于艾滋病的爱人写了一部剧本，杰弗里出价100万美元得到了其改编权，条件是让伊莱恩加入改编中，而且要把剧本中的女性改成男性。这份工作不但重燃了伊莱恩创作的热情，也让罗伯特异常兴奋，但没有想到这也让三人之间的关系变得复杂起来了……
The gay screenwriter Robert, who is grieving the recent loss of his lover, writes a screenplay based on his biography and tries to sell it to the Hollywood producer Jeffrey. He offers one million dollars for his work, provided changes in the story replacing the dying man per a woman to make a commercial film. Jeffrey shows the screenplay to his wife Elaine, who loves to write and to plant flowers, and she is also delighted with the story. Robert works introducing the required modifications and Jeffrey, who is bisexual, has an affair with him. Meanwhile Elaine finds the gay website where Robert writes and she creates a fake profile to have conversation with him pretending that she is his deceased lover. Soon she learns the affair of her husband and she decides to leave him. But when the gay Robert discovers the truth, he has a breakdown and takes vengeance for Elaine with tragic consequences.
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