来自克里夫兰黑街的五名笨贼决定团结起来大干一票，但最终发现失去的比获得的还多。
爱玛（乌玛·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 饰）是一名电台情感节目的主持人，在工作上一帆风顺的她在爱情上也是硕果累累，很快她就要和相恋多年的男友理查德（柯林·菲尔斯 Colin Firth 饰）一同踏入婚姻的殿堂了。没想到，在登记的当天，这对情侣竟然被告知其中的女方已经有了一个法律意义上的丈夫，而对于这个神秘的男人，爱玛一无所知。
一个年轻人想成为鸟，在一位天使的帮助下，造了一对翅膀，达到了可以飞翔的目的. . .
Mario Cavallaro is a Milanese who has just turned fifty. One day, Oba, a Senegalese sock vendor, appearing with his wares right in front of Mario’s hosiery shop. In order to put things back, Mario decides to kidnap Oba simply to send him back home. Oba consents to his “deportation” under the condition that Mario also accompany his sister, Dalida, back home. Too bad for Mario is that she is actual Oba’s fiancée – and that the two of them have decided to use this crazy man to secure a free trip home. But once the trip begins, sentiments mingle, will everything go back where it belongs?
