Joseph Fulton, a well-regarded fifty-eight-year-old director of romantic comedies, wants to become assistant groundskeeper at a local cemetery. He wants to work outdoors and be close to nature. Meanwhile, he thinks it’s important to have his last will and testament drawn up. But his highly dramatic actress girlfriend thinks he must be dying and that he is just too brave to tell anyone. The rumor spreads and soon everyone he knows—and some he doesn’t—are crowded into his small apartment to say their last farewells.
1992年，炒股热悄悄在上海兴起。许多老百姓厌倦了平凡无味的生活，开始纷纷投入这个让人疯狂失常的怪圈中。 香港男人阿伦（刘青云 饰）热衷赚钱，因此忽略了女友安娜的感受。随着时间的推移，两人的关系逐渐出现裂痕。安娜不辞而别来到上海，阿伦于是追来这里。失望的阿伦在上海小青年三宝的介绍下，权且借炒股打发时间，也因此结识了公交车售票员阿莉（潘虹 饰）。阿莉和丈夫、女儿住在底层的弄堂里，邻里间吵架拌嘴不断，生活条件迟迟得不到改善。凭借阿伦的指点，阿莉终于尝到日进斗金的快感，她的生活逐渐改善，周围人也对她尊敬有加，只是在这一过程中她渐渐成为股票和金钱的奴隶，沉湎其中，无法自拔……
