The film follows 6-year-old Villads in school and at home. Villads often runs into trouble because he loves to play, and most of the times the rules of Villads' playing are in conflict with the rules of the adults.

故事发生在十九世纪的英国，贝姬（瑞茜·威瑟斯彭 Reese Witherspoon 饰）出生于贫寒家庭，但是，野心勃勃的她做梦都想要能够跻身上流社会，为此，贝姬来到了爵士彼得考利（鲍勃·霍斯金斯 Bob Hoskins 饰）家中，担任起了家庭教师的职务…