Nella Parigi del 1896, il can-can è considerato peccaminoso oltre che illegale, tanto che Simone - proprietaria di un tabarin dove il ballo incriminato va in scena ogni sera - ha dei guai con la giustizia. Ma il giudice moralizzatore si scoprirà tutt'altro che indifferente al fascino della donna e del provocante ballo.

Born into aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec moves to Paris to pursue his art as he hangs out at the Moulin Rouge where he feels like he fits in being a misfit among other misfits. Yet, because of the deformity of his legs from an accident, he believes he is never destined to experience the true love of a woman. But that lack of love in his life may change as he meets two women

In this mythical fantasy, the evil queen of Atlantis lives in a magnificent palace, the halls of which are filled with the mummified remains of former lovers.