龙船河边女儿会上，龙船寨主的女儿阿朵与水手阿龙一见倾心，不久却因母亲龙船夫人要维护本寨利益而被迫许婚权贵。迎亲路上，阿龙冒死抢亲。两人誓死捍卫真爱，真情最终感染大家，机缘天成。。“Praise be to the cinema: the law is not said, it is seen and heard. A story is born and given to us. This is how, through an image, life is resuscitated”. (Jean-Luc Godard, 1985)。