52岁的凯撒（雷克斯•哈里森RexHarrison饰）以罗马执行官的身份驾临埃及，为了解决王室姐弟争位的事端。皇姐克里奥佩特拉（伊丽莎白•泰勒ElizabethTaylor饰）美艳绝伦，凭借自身的魅力和政治手腕，迅速让凯撒拜倒在她的石榴裙下，不但获得了对埃及的统治权，而且还以美貌征服了罗马。克氏与凯撒完婚后，为其产下一子，深得凯撒喜欢，被立为继承人。但此事引起了凯撒手下大将安东尼（理查德•伯顿RichardBurton饰）与屋大维（罗迪•麦克道尔RoddyMcDowall饰）的不满。在凯撒遇刺驾崩之后，安东尼接掌了罗马的统治权，但他同样无法抵挡克氏的绝世美貌。当安东尼彻底沉溺于暴风雨般爱情的时候，身在罗马的屋大维已经吹响了夺权的号角……公元前48年的法萨卢斯战役后，尤利乌斯·凯撒借口被任命为年轻法老 托勒密十三世和他的妹妹克利奥帕特拉的父亲遗嘱的执行人，前往埃及。托勒密和克利奥帕特拉正处于他们自己的内战之中，她被赶出了亚历山大城。托勒密在他的三位“监护人”——首席宦官波提努斯、他的导师狄奥多德和阿基拉斯将军的照顾下独自统治。克利奥帕特拉说服凯撒从她弟弟手中恢复王位。凯撒有效地控制了王国，因波蒂努斯策划刺杀克利奥帕特拉而判处波蒂努斯死刑，并将托勒密流放到东部沙漠，在那里他和他的寡不敌众的军队将面临米特里达梯的必死无疑。克利奥帕特拉加冕为埃及女王，并开始梦想与凯撒一起统治世界，而凯撒则希望成为罗马国王。他们结婚了，当他们的儿子凯撒里昂出生时，凯撒公开接受了他，这成为罗马和元老院的话题。凯撒被任命为终身独裁者后，派人去召见克利奥帕特拉。她在盛大的游行队伍中抵达罗马，赢得了罗马人民的崇拜。元老院对凯撒希望成为国王的谣言越来越不满。公元前44 年三月十五日，一群阴谋家刺杀了凯撒并逃离城市，引发了叛乱。屋大维（凯撒的养子）、马克·安东尼（凯撒的得力助手兼将军）和马库斯·阿米利乌斯·雷必达组成的联盟镇压了叛乱并分裂了共和国。凯撒的遗嘱承认屋大维而非凯撒里昂为他的正式继承人，克利奥帕特拉感到愤怒并返回埃及。在计划对东部帕提亚发动战役时，安东尼意识到他需要的资金和物资只有埃及才能提供。在多次拒绝离开埃及后，克利奥帕特拉默许了他，并在塔尔苏斯的皇家驳船上与他会面。两人开始了一段恋情。屋大维除掉了莱必达，迫使安东尼返回罗马，并与屋大维的妹妹奥克塔维亚结婚，以防止政治冲突。这激怒了克利奥帕特拉。安东尼和克利奥帕特拉和解并结婚，安东尼与奥克塔维亚离婚。愤怒的屋大维向罗马元老院宣读了安东尼的遗嘱，透露安东尼希望被埋葬在埃及。罗马转而反对安东尼，屋大维对埃及发动战争的呼吁得到了热烈的回应。战争是由海军决定的公元前31年9月2日的亚克兴海战，屋大维的舰队在阿格里帕的指挥下击败了安东尼-埃及舰队的先头舰。假设安东尼死了，克利奥帕特拉命令埃及军队回家。安东尼跟随她，让他的舰队群龙无首，很快就被击败了。几个月后，克利奥帕特拉派乔装打扮的塞萨里昂离开亚历山大。她还说服安东尼恢复指挥他的部队并与屋大维的前进军队作战。然而，安东尼的士兵在夜间抛弃了他。鲁菲奥，最后一个忠于安东尼的人，自杀了。安东尼试图刺激屋大维单打独斗，但最终被迫逃进城里。当安东尼回到宫殿时，阿波罗多洛斯爱上了克利奥帕特拉本人，告诉他她按照她的指示在坟墓里，并让安东尼相信她已经死了。安东尼倒在自己的剑上。阿波罗多洛斯随后承认他误导了安东尼，并协助他前往克利奥帕特拉和两名仆人避难的坟墓。安东尼死在克利奥帕特拉的怀里。屋大维和他的军队带着凯撒里昂的尸体进军亚历山大。他发现了服毒的阿波罗多洛斯的尸体。屋大维收到消息称安东尼已死，而克利奥帕特拉则躲在坟墓里。在那里，他提出如果她陪他去罗马，就允许她将埃及作为罗马的一个行省来统治。克利奥帕特拉知道她的儿子已经死了，同意了奥克塔维安的条件，包括保证儿子的生命不会伤害自己。奥克塔维安离开后，她秘密命令仆人协助她自杀。发现她要自杀后，屋大维和他的卫兵冲进克利奥帕特拉的房间，发现她已经死了，身着金衣，还有她的仆人和杀死她的毒蛇 。

Set in a small Quebec town in the late-1920′s, this emotional drama follows the life and exploits of Celeste Beaumont, a talented young pianist who gains local celebrity at the town movie theater for her gifts as a silent film pianist.   Awkward Pierre Blaudell is her biggest fan and eventually marries her.   Shortly after this she bears his son, Pierre, who joins the army.   She insists on joining him at the base and his meddlesome, snooty parents insist she give them her son.   Pierre is killed in the war, and Celeste flees to New York where she finds steady employment as a jazz pianist.   She finds a life-long companion with a black musician and chronicles her experiences in a diary that she passes on to her son after he grows up.   Her son becomes a painter and once his own son, Antoine, is grown, reads him the story of Celeste, the youth’s grandmother.   Intrigued, Antoine heads to the Big Apple in hopes of finding her.　　This movie is an emotional drama about how Antoine, played beautifully by François Méthé, discovers the details of his heritage.   This film won many awards in Canada and at Cannes in 1988.   François Méthé, who was about 11-years-old, never acted again after this movie.　　From IMDb　　A quiet painter, separated from his wife for a year, receives a suitcase in the mail from his mother, whom he hasn’t seen since infancy.   He believes she abandoned him to his wealthy, paternal grandparents.   The suitcase contains mementos and a diary, a long letter to him, written over the years, with details of her youth, her first job as a pianist at a cinema, the coming of talkies, her marriage, and how he came to live with his grandparents.   As he reads through the materials and her story comes to life, his son Antoine, who’s about 10 or 12, tries to break through his father’s silence and sorrow by taking matters into his own hands.

Set in a small Quebec town in the late-1920′s, this emotional drama follows the life and exploits of Celeste Beaumont, a talented young pianist who gains local celebrity at the town movie theater for her gifts as a silent film pianist.   Awkward Pierre Blaudell is her biggest fan and eventually marries her.   Shortly after this she bears his son, Pierre, who joins the army.   She insists on joining him at the base and his meddlesome, snooty parents insist she give them her son.   Pierre is killed in the war, and Celeste flees to New York where she finds steady employment as a jazz pianist.   She finds a life-long companion with a black musician and chronicles her experiences in a diary that she passes on to her son after he grows up.   Her son becomes a painter and once his own son, Antoine, is grown, reads him the story of Celeste, the youth’s grandmother.   Intrigued, Antoine heads to the Big Apple in hopes of finding her. This movie is an emotional drama about how Antoine, played beautifully by François Méthé, discovers the details of his heritage.   This film won many awards in Canada and at Cannes in 1988.   François Méthé, who was about 11-years-old, never acted again after this movie. From IMDb: A quiet painter, separated from his wife for a year, receives a suitcase in the mail from his mother, whom he hasn’t seen since infancy.   He believes she abandoned him to his wealthy, paternal grandparents.   The suitcase contains mementos and a diary, a long letter to him, written over the years, with details of her youth, her first job as a pianist at a cinema, the coming of talkies, her marriage, and how he came to live with his grandparents.   As he reads through the materials and her story comes to life, his son Antoine, who’s about 10 or 12, tries to break through his father’s silence and sorrow by taking matters into his own hands.