玫瑰（张曼玉 饰）是一个天真美丽的少女，身边不乏各种追求者。而她唯一的亲人 —— 哥哥（周润发 饰）更是对她呵护备至。直到她遇见了已经订婚的庄国栋，才真正体会到了爱一个人所带来的痛苦。玫瑰决定远离香港这个伤心地，于是不顾哥哥的不舍便飞往巴黎求学，并嫁作他人妇。直到哥哥生病离世，已离婚的玫瑰又再度返港，遇到了对她百般关爱的傅家明（周润发 饰），就在她再次披上婚纱之时，噩耗又再次传来…… 　　本片改编自亦舒的《玫瑰的故事》。

Rose and her big brother Charles live a fairy-tale existence in their seaside villa. Rose is young, beautiful, and spoiled - in a word, irresistible. Disappointed in love, she moves to Paris. When Charles dies suddenly, she rushes back to Hong Kong to take over the family estate. Fate intervenes when she meets Ka-ming, who is the exact image of her late brother. The two fall in love, but their romance is in the hands of a not always benevolent fate.