影片根据著名奥地利画家埃贡席勒（马修·加里瑞 Mathieu Carrière 饰）的生平改编。1912年对于席勒来说并不是一个好年，这一年他邂逅了名为塔特亚娜的十三岁女孩，这个女孩成为了他艺术灵感的来源，可同样的，席勒因为这个女儿，而背上了诱拐未成年少女的罪名，甚至因此遭到了逮捕。 虽然他的模特女友瓦莉（简·伯金 Jane Birkin 饰）一直为了席勒能够重获自由而奔波操劳，但最后席勒还是被判决罪名成立，他的作品也被付之一炬。出狱后的席勒并没有吸取之前的教训，而是依旧我行我素，虽然他的画渐渐的有了销路，名气也越来越大，但他和瓦莉之间的关系却日益冷淡。
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