在这部船续前行喜剧/剧情/音乐片中,第一次世界大战爆发前夕，一群欧洲的贵族和艺术家为了护送刚逝世知名歌剧女伶的骨灰回到她出生的小岛，展开了一次航行。不料在途中遇到大战爆发，船上涌进一批难民，在封闭的空间中形成了鲜明的阶级对比。费里尼化身为弗莱迪．琼斯饰演的热心记者，为观众介绍船上形形色色的人生百态，其中犹有些锐利的人性观察，暴露了艺术家伪善的面孔。
In July 1914 a luxury cruise ship leaves Italy with the ashes of the famous opera singer Tetua. The boat is filled with her friends, opera singers, actors and all kinds of exotic people. Life is sweet the first days, but on the third day the captain has to save a a large number of Serbian refugees from the sea, refugees who has escaped the first tremors of WWI.
嘲讽篇之《扬帆》。恋爱的犀牛。从戏谑到悲壮。E LA NAVE VA 船续前行。E la nave va。船上的谎言，和一个梦。
