1915年，年邁的法國印象派大師雷諾瓦遭逢愛妻逝世、飽受關節炎之苦，他的兒子尚雷諾（日後成為法國大導演）更在服役中受傷，讓他身心飽受折磨。當年輕貌美的模特兒安蝶降臨到雷諾瓦的生活後，讓他綻放前所未有的創作能量。然而回到蔚藍海岸休養的尚雷諾，不顧雷諾瓦的反對愛上安蝶，父子關係一觸即發！面對無止無盡的苦痛折磨，雷諾瓦繼續坐在特製的輪椅上，將變形的手用繃帶纏上畫筆，把苦澀轉化成繽紛愉悅的色彩，為世人留下一幅幅永不磨滅的動人光影。 The Côte d’Azur. 1915. In his twilight years, Auguste Renoir is tormented by the loss of his wife, the pains of arthritic old age and the terrible news that his son Jean has been wounded in action. But when a young girl miraculously enters his world, the old painter is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy. Blazing with life, radiantly beautiful, Andrée will become his last model, and the wellspring of a remarkable rejuvenation. 　　Back at the family home to convalesce , Jean too falls under the spell of the new, redheaded star in the Renoir firmament. In their Mediterranean Eden - and in the face of his father"s fierce opposition - he falls in love with this wild, untameable spirit... and as he does so, within weak-willed, battle-shaken Jean, a filmmaker begins to grow.