影片根据同名短片改编，寺岛忍扮演一位不再年轻、孤独、爱抽烟的东京职业女性节子，为了改变现状，在侄女美花的建议之下，报名了一个英文课程。来自美国的英文老师约翰让节子戴上金色的假发，为她取了英文名字露西。节子变身露西后，性格更加开朗，并渐渐爱上了约翰。一天，约翰突然失踪。节子得知约翰和美花在谈恋爱并且私奔到加州后，决心为爱来到南加州郊区寻找两人。节子为了实现“露西”的美国梦而竭尽全力，同时也在经历着家庭和往事的考验。
二流棒球运动员蒙弟，当他最穷困潦倒时，舅父的三亿美元遗产从天而降，只要他在一个月内先将三千万美元花掉就可继承，于是种种五花八门的花钱方法陆续粉墨登场。本片的故事犹如一个现代童话，对现代人的金钱观念进行了嘲讽，其中最有意思的一段，是蒙弟一掷千金参加纽约州长竟选，但竟选标语却是“谁也不要选"，对金钱贿赂选举的丑恶现象讽刺鞭挞得淋漓尽致。
With Stranger Things: The First Shadow launching its first preview performance tonight on Broadway, Netflix has announced Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow. Follow the cast and crew as they race against time to prepare the ambitious, critically acclaimed West End stage play, which opened at London’s Phoenix Theater in December 2023. Stranger Things: The First Shadow is written by Kate Trefry (“Stranger Things”), based on an original story by “Stranger Things” creators the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), and Trefry. Serving as a standalone prequel to the hit Netflix series, the Olivier Award-winning play is directed by Stephen Daldry and co-directed by Justin Martin.
