由于生活所迫,母亲把女孩杰索米娜(茱莉艾塔·玛西娜 Giulietta Masina 饰)卖给了江湖艺人藏巴诺(安东尼·奎恩 Anthony Quinn 饰)。在相处中,女孩却发现这个空有一身蛮力的家伙,根本不懂得照顾女人,他买她只是为了让她做牛做马,在他演出的时候扮演小丑,平时给他做饭,陪他睡觉。这种粗暴蛮横的家伙,让她萌生逃离的念头,然而,几次出逃,均告失败。 在一次观看高空走钢丝表演的时候,杰索米娜认识了绰号“傻瓜”的马戏团艺人——玛托(理查德·贝斯哈特 Richard Basehart 饰演),并且在他的引导下学会了演奏乐器。她非常感激,对这个男人产生了依恋。然而,但是藏巴诺的出现,再次打破了她的一切幻想,毁掉了来之不易的幸福……
In fourteenth-century England, peasant girl Christine Carpenter is so attracted to a statue of the Virgin Mary that the local priest (who lusts after her) suggests she be walled up in the church as an anchoress, a holy woman with responsibility for blessing the villagers. But when the priest has Christine's mother tried as a witch, she digs herself out of her cell, a crime for which the punishment is death.
Hamid’s (8) father has gone missing. His mother Ishrat has turned indifferent towards Hamid and the entire world after the incident. Neglected and lonely, with a heart searching for answers, Hamid star gazes in the hope of meeting his father. The number 786 always bewildered Hamid. One day a teacher tells Hamid that this is God’s number. Using his father’s old mobile phone, after trying different combinations, he finally manages to connect to a person, who he is convinced is God. On the other side is Abhay, a hard-knuckled CRPF Jawaan. Hamid’s phone call, though surprising at first, intrigues Abhay who engages in humouring Hamid. These two, unknowingly and unintentionally, change each other’s world for the better.