Christian (Ewan McGregor) is an aspiring bohemian writer, eking out a living in late 19th century Paris. An unlikely series of events result in him impersonating a Duke at the Moulin Rouge, Paris' most decadent club, and he falls tragically in love with its biggest star, Satine (Nicole Kidman). Events conspire against young love as the film speeds energetically towards its fateful conclusion.

Romantic comedy set in 1920s rural England, adapted from the play by Noel Coward. Young English aristocrat John (Ben Barnes) returns to his family's country estate with his new wife Larita (Jessica Biel), an American race driver and divorcee, following a whirlwind romance in France. While his mother Veronica (Kristin Scott Thomas) is resolutely unimpressed by her new daughter-in-law, John's father Jim (Colin Firth) finds Larita a breath of fresh air.