该片由科斯塔·康迪洛普洛斯编剧，讲述了两名赌徒出狱后决定开设非法赌场的故事。昆汀·塔伦蒂诺将饰演其中一位主角的女友，两人在影片中逐渐卷入黑手党的纷争。
家境平平的阿珍（李丽珍 饰）外表娴淑美丽，实则泼辣果敢，她因参与打架斗殴而被迫转校。在新学校里，阿珍受到同学欺负，关键时刻校董女儿阿美（罗美薇 饰）出手相助。放学后阿美遭到报复，这时阿珍挺身而出，将坏同学悉数打倒，她和阿美自此也成为了好朋友。
The young Marie, daughter of a Thuringian glassblower, violates all traditions after the death of mother and father. To feed herself and her sisters, she became the first female glassblower in the small town of Lauscha in 1890, and her artful glassy Christmas balls find themselves in America.
