Stagionata star del muto, Norma Desmond si nutre di gloriosi ricordi e vive isolata nella sua villa. Un giovane sceneggiatore al verde la conosce per caso, accetta di scrivere il copione che dovrebbe segnarne il trionfale ritorno alle scene e ne diviene l'amante.
Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
Joe is a cynical screenplay writer disenchanted by his ill luck on the Hollywood scene. Norma is a washed-up silent-film star who didn't survive the transition to talking pictures. Together they begin a strange, mostly psychological, affair in her decaying house on Sunset Boulevard. Film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the iconic 1950 film.