The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate, and begins to suspect that his new manager has designs not only on his wife but on his business. Meanwhile, someone from the new manager's past shows up with information that could wreck his plans.

　　莉莉（米拉•乔沃维奇Milla Jovovich 饰）和理查德（布莱恩•克劳斯 Brian Krause 饰）在他们还是小婴儿的时候就相遇了，不幸的是，他们所乘坐的游船发生了船难，全部的乘客，除了她两和一个幸运的女人外，全部都遇难了。三人漂流岛了一座荒岛之上，在那里，女人凭借着自己的智慧和伟大的母性将莉莉与理查德抚养长大，也就是说，这两个孩子从小到大都未曾体会过所谓的社会规则，是真真正正的“野孩子”。
　　随着年龄的增长，莉莉和理查德逐渐进入了青春期，朝夕相对的两人之间产生了纯洁的情感，他们发誓要相伴终生。一天，一艘船经过了他们所在的岛屿，船长的女儿对查理一见钟情。