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　　纯洁无瑕的天国，宁静祥和。逝者乘坐通往天国的列车，来到位于天国与人间的小站作短暂停留。在接下来的一周时间，他们将努力回忆一生中最幸福的时刻，然后由天国的工作人员拍成影片，放映留念。逝者们或娓娓道来，或情绪激动，或沉默不语，那一个个平凡温馨的小故事在天国宛若秋日午后的时光中缓缓流淌……
　　本片荣获1999年Manaki兄弟国际电影节铜相机300奖、1999年布宜诺斯艾利斯国际独立电影节最佳影片和最佳剧本奖、2000年每日电影最佳艺术指导奖、1999年法国南特三大洲电影节最佳电影奖、1998年圣•塞巴斯蒂安国际电影节影评人费比西奖、1998年都灵国际青年人电影节最佳剧本奖。

　　像世界上那些的孩子们一样，桑提亚格（库诺•贝克饰）有一个梦想，就是成为职业足球运动员。但是，身居洛杉矶贫民区的他，只是个墨西哥来的穷小子，职业足球运动员，对他仅仅是一个梦。直到有一天，命运的大门向桑提亚格敞开，英国超级联赛的纽卡斯尔联队向他敞开了大门。突然间，桑提亚格成为了阿兰•希勒、马丁•泰勒、大卫•贝克汉姆等人中的一员。幸福来的太快让桑提亚格迷失了方向，职业球员的训练远比他经历过的困难，面对挫折与挑战，桑提亚格向着自己的球星之梦前进。

　　德拉萨尔寄宿学校里，女教师克里斯蒂娜和丈夫、校长米歇尔·德拉萨尔感情不偕，德拉萨尔对待他妻子也很粗暴。克里斯蒂娜经过长时间考虑，决定摆脱丈夫，在另一个教师、女友尼古尔的劝说下，她们决定实施一个谋杀计划……

　　川西某县城的古井小巷里的三户人家——开工艺美术社卖花圈的司马寿仙，开旧衣铺的卓寡妇母女，以及杀狗为主的牛三，原来他们互相嗤之以鼻，老死不相往来，“十年浩劫”却把他们变得命运攸关、相濡以沫，并以自己独特的方式，同恶势力进行生存的抗争。

　　在黑帮争斗上失败了的山本（北野武饰），走投无路只能去找远在美国洛杉矶的弟弟阿键（真木藏人饰）。在言语不通的陌生城市里，山本找到了弟弟，但他已经成了不务正业的毒品贩子。
　　必然地，他们卷入黑帮仇杀、势力争斗当中，山本凭着心狠手辣，冷静果断，再身边有忠诚的手下加藤（寺岛进饰）以及黑人丹尼（欧玛•艾普斯饰），剿灭墨西哥贩毒党，不断壮大自己的地盘，四处挑战其他帮会，还拉拢一大黑帮头领白濑（加藤雅也饰）的甘心加盟。但是黑手党已经将目标瞄准了他们，一场血雨腥风的恶斗在所难免。

　　故事设定于1955年，叙述摄影师丹尼斯·史托克和好莱坞男星詹姆斯·迪恩在一场派对上首次碰面；狄恩想透过杂志的照片来为自己添增名气，因此瞒着老板与丹尼斯一同到对方的家乡印第安纳州，途中丹尼斯除了拍下他多张美照外，还为两人产生了坚韧的友情。

　　Soo-ha leaves the city and goes to the roadside rest stop inherited from her father. The rest stop, however, is losing business as much as Soo-ha’s life is losing vitality. Because of a new road, few people pass this way and there are two employees who don’t really fit in. Even worse, her brother comes and passes his partial ownership to her and leaves his daughter behind. As Soo-ha gradually wears down, a South American band ‘Kawsay’ drops by the rest stop in the middle of their trip. Soo-ha welcomes them thinking they might attract more visitors.

　　电影讲述了为了调查就会肆无忌惮的“老粗”检察官梁敏赫（赵震雄 饰）因自己负责调查的嫌疑人自杀而陷入困境，为了洗清罪名而揭露事件内幕的过程中，与巨大的金融腐败实体相遇后发生的故事。

　　The story of a five year old little rebellious girl Vitka with her teenage cousin Larysa and her boyfriend, the young criminal Scar unfolds in a Ukrainian provincial setting. Larysa finds herself at a crossroads after the death of her father. Yearning to be self made, the village community ostracizes her for loving Scar. Larysa discovers her grandmother once sacrificed her love for a young gypsy abandoning him for traditional values and other people's opinions. Larysa's mother is too psychologically weak to support her daughter. Larysa and Scar plan to escape from a life of crime, misery and their relatives. But are they ready to pay the full price for freedom?

　　故事讲述看似平凡却珍藏着撼动一切记忆的各自以不同面貌生活的三姐妹的故事

　　Edith Hardy uses charity funds for Wall Street investments in hopes of buying some new gowns. She loses all the money and borrows from wealthy oriental Tori. When her husband gives her the amount she borrowed, Tori won't take it back, branding her shoulder with a Japanese sign of his ownership. She shoots him. Her husband takes the blame. In court Edith reveals all to an angry mob. Written by Ed Stephan {stephan@cc.wwu.edu}
　　Richard Hardy, a hardworking stockbroker, labors overtime to keep up with the ruinous bills incurred by his beautiful but irresponsible wife Edith, a venal, spoiled socialite who is impervious to his pleas for fiscal restraint. Acting on what she believes to be an insider information, she impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the Red Cross charity she chairs for a stock tip. When she finds the money has been lost, she desperately turns to a Japanese ivory trader with whom she has been thoughtlessly flirting and persuades him to replace the money in exchange for an assignation. When her husband's long-awaited business deal finally materializes, she desperately tries to withdraw from their agreement by replacing the money. Angered and disappointed with her resistance to his advances, he uses a branding device to mark her shoulder as his property. Feeling violated, Edith shoots him in the shoulder and leaves. In order to protect his wife's reputation, Richard confesses to the crime and faces trial for attempted murder. Written by Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)

　　一个忧伤的故事，讲述了一个酗酒的前英国领事在小镇的自我毁灭过程，一个孤独的酒鬼在面对昨天时作出的悲哀决定：死亡，或者重新开始。
　　导演约翰·休斯顿曾导过《马耳他之鹰》、《碧血金沙》、《灵欲思凡》等。