当年树梢高高挂的时候

　　一个爱人和一个城市，改变什么呢？影片的主要描述的是一个男人逃不了的爱情故事。

　　雅丽（姜惠贞 饰）仅与一只蜥蜴为伴，她自称自己身上带有咒语。她一直孤立自己，直到她认识了新同桌赵强（曹承佑 饰）。这位新同学会相信她说的话，愿意陪在她的身边。不知为何，雅丽不见了。
　　再见面是高二的时候，赵强以学习的名义找到雅丽，这时雅丽已不再穿着黄色雨衣，出落成一个美丽大方的女孩。两人共度的时光非常快乐，但雅丽又再次消失，赵强再次伤心。
　　在雅丽消失的日子里，赵强当上了一名银行职员。他一直没有放弃寻找雅丽，但他雇佣了私家侦探也找不到雅丽的下落。某天，雅丽的突然出现使赵强兴奋不已，但雅丽是来道别的。

 19世纪热情洋溢的墨西哥小镇，吉普赛女郎叶塞尼亚（杰奎琳·安德瑞 Jacqueline Andere 饰）和伙伴们畅快淋漓歌舞，她高傲聪慧，宛若一株带刺的玫瑰，由于时常遭到白人的歧视，因此叶塞尼亚偶尔会偷钱惩治这帮势力眼，却不知道自己拥有怎样曲折的身世。某天，叶塞尼亚在酒馆算命，结识了自信满满的白人军官奥斯瓦尔多（Jorge Lavat 饰）。一来二去的交往，这对有情男女坠入爱河。爱情的甜蜜与苦涩，令他们饱受折磨。勇敢的奥斯瓦尔多请求吉普赛头人同意他们的结合，在叶塞尼亚外婆的点拨和撮合下，这个狂野女郎最终如愿和奥斯瓦尔多结为夫妇。 幸福总是短暂易逝，叶塞尼亚和丈夫迎来了长时间的生离死别，他们的爱情也经历了严峻的考验……

　　When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bierce is a famous writer, who knowing that he is dying, wishes to keep his identity secret so he can determine his own fate. Though he likes Arroyo, Bierce tries to provoke the General's anger whenever possible in an attempt to get himself killed, thus avoiding suffering through his illness. Winslow is intrigued by both Bierce and Arroyo, and the men are in turn attracted to her. She becomes romantically involved with Arroyo. When Winslow learns of Bierce's true identity (a writer whose work she has loved and respected for years), she is singlemindedly determined to fulfill his dying wish.