Joachim 是一個(gè)生活在巴黎、事業(yè)成功的電視編6080。四十歲生日的臨晨，他決定放棄一切——孩子、友人、敵人、愛情與遺憾——去美國從零開始。之后，他帶領(lǐng)“新滑稽艷舞團(tuán)”（New Burlesque ）回到故鄉(xiāng)進(jìn)行巡演。艷舞團(tuán)團(tuán)員因Joachim 而對(duì)法國巴黎充滿向往。幽默的表演和脫衣舞娘豐滿的身材令男女老少沉迷不已。盡管下榻的旅館平庸不堪，使用的電梯音樂（musique d’ascenseur ）乏善可陳，又缺乏資金，女演員依然營造出了新奇、熱情而歡樂的氣氛。但是，他們決定在巴黎演出壓軸戲，將巡演推向高潮的夢(mèng)想破裂了：Joachim 的老“朋友”背叛了他，取消了其預(yù)定的演戲場(chǎng)所。巴黎之行似乎注定來去匆匆，過去種種傷感的回憶突然被揭開……　　Joachim, a former Parisian television producer had left everything behind - his children, friends, enemies, lovers and regrets to start a new life in America. But he returns with a team of New Burlesque strip-tease performers whom he has filled with romantic dreams of a tour of France, of Paris!　　Traveling from town to town, despite the cheap hotel rooms and lack of money, the curvaceous showgirls invent an extravagant fantasy world of warmth and hedonism that wins an enthusiastic response from men and women alike.　　But their dream of a tour culminating in a last grand show in Paris goes up in smoke when Joachim is betrayed by an old friend and loses the theatre where they were due to perform. An obligatory return journey to the capital violently reopens the old wounds of his past...……