以半劇情、半紀錄方式刻畫昆曲世界。片中展現了體現昆曲神韻的兩出精彩折子戲──《爛柯山.癡夢》和《紫釵記.折柳陽關》，《癡夢》中的崔氏由著名昆劇藝術表演家張繼青扮演，《折柳陽關》中的霍小玉和李益由蘇州昆劇院的王芳和趙文林飾演，影片中同時融入了主角對於昆曲的賞析，及他們的日常生活情景、在蘇昆劇院臺前幕後的排戲場景。

　　In Breaking the Willow, tells the story of two Chinese women, of different dynasty & society, their personal link to a bejeweled Phoenix Tierra. Cui, a woman of humble background, who divorce her husband to marry again for comfort, who dreams her husband will gain title and bring the official Phoenix Tierra to honor her. One day her dream come true but is too late. Hsiao Yu, a beautiful songstress from a royal decent of the past dynasty, meets the First Scholar and falls in love. The day after their wedding, the husband is called for the frontier. The fallen Princess wears her Phoenix Tierra to bid him fare well poetry.