Joachim 是一个生活在巴(ba)黎、事业成(cheng)功的电视编剧(ju)。四(si)十岁(sui)生日的临(lin)晨，他决定放弃一切——孩子、友人、敌人、爱(ai)情与遗憾——去美国从零(ling)开始。之后，他带领“新(xin)滑稽艳(yan)舞团”（New Burlesque ）回到(dao)故乡(xiang)进行巡(xun)演(yan)。艳舞(wu)团团(tuan)员因Joachim 而对法国巴黎充满向往。幽默的表演和(he)脱衣舞娘(niang)丰满的身(shen)材令(ling)男女(nv)老少沉迷不已(yi)。尽管(guan)下榻的旅馆平庸(yong)不(bu)堪，使用的电梯音乐（musique d’ascenseur ）乏善可陈，又缺乏资金，女演员依然营造出(chu)了新奇、热情而欢乐的气氛。但是，他们决(jue)定在巴黎演出(chu)压轴戏，将(jiang)巡演推向(xiang)高潮的梦想破(po)裂了(le)：Joachim 的(de)老“朋友”背叛(pan)了他，取消(xiao)了其预定的演戏场所。巴黎之行(hang)似乎注定来(lai)去匆匆，过去种种(zhong)伤(shang)感的回(hui)忆突(tu)然(ran)被揭(jie)开……
　　Joachim, a former Parisian television producer had left everything behind - his children, friends, enemies, lovers and regrets to start a new life in America. But he returns with a team of New Burlesque strip-tease performers whom he has filled with romantic dreams of a tour of France, of Paris!
　　Traveling from town to town, despite the cheap hotel rooms and lack of money, the curvaceous showgirls invent an extravagant fantasy world of warmth and hedonism that wins an enthusiastic response from men and women alike.
　　But their dream of a tour culminating in a last grand show in Paris goes up in smoke when Joachim is betrayed by an old friend and loses the theatre where they were due to perform. An obligatory return journey to the capital violently reopens the old wounds of his past...