秘密警察

　　本片讲述的是一位女高中教师在课堂上回答了一个学生关于耶稣的提问，这给她带了深深的麻烦，她将为此争取在公共场所讨论耶稣的权力。

　　An insane man first loves then grows to hate his neighbor, an old man whose penetrating gaze unnerves the insane man. He plans a perfect crime and executes it one night. The next day, two officers knock on the insane man's door, investigating a shriek heard in the night. The insane man invites them in, answers their questions, and submits to an examination of his eyes by one of the officers, who proclaims him innocent. The insane man invites them to stay and relax awhile, then regales them with his theories of crime. His heart begins to beat louder. Angles on the set are skewed to suggest the man's internal disarray.

　　十岁时，梅（阮如琼 饰）被邻居送到西贡一大户人家当女佣。因为长得很像女主人死去的女儿，梅深受女主人的疼爱，但女主人并没因此看到生活的亮色，她的音乐家丈夫时不时就会不做交代外出数日，后来更是消失得再无踪迹。女主人的三个儿子因为整日无所事事，常拿梅寻开心，但慢慢地，他们发现家里的生气，全是由温和善良的梅带来。
　　十年转眼而过，梅（陈女燕溪 饰）出落得更具“古典美”，女主人因支持不住家里的开销开始变卖家产，并忍痛将梅送到另一户人家当佣人。新东家是位年轻的钢琴家，他是女主人儿子的朋友，梅在年少初见他时，就曾投下过爱慕的目光，而钢琴家也在同梅的接触中，逐渐感受到她的款款温情。

　　The setting is Vienna in 1914 before the outbreak of war. The aristocratic and somewhat jaded Prince Nicki, pursued by all the ladies, begins a flirtation with Mitzi, a crippled harpist who works in a suburban wine-garden, and who is in turn idolized by Schani, an uncouth and violently jealous butcher. Their first encounter significantly takes place in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral on Corpus Christi day, with Nicki among the emperor's cavalry regiment. Later, in the refracted light of falling apple blossoms in the wine-garden--scenes of a distilled, ethereal beauty--Nicki gradually wins her faith and love. Meanwhile, amidst the sumptuous and corrupt milieu of the family palace, Nicki is drawn into complicity against his will, as his unscrupulous mother informs him he must marry Cecelia, the daughter of a wealthy commoner, in order to revive the family fortune. Mitzi has a vision of The Iron Man (a symbol of the declining power and position of the Hapsburg dynasty) and falls before the crucifix in fear; but her love remains steadfast, and she protests her faith though abused by her mother and Schani. Infuriated by her rejection, Schani threatens to kill Nicki on his wedding day unless Mitzi agrees to marry him. Following the processional splendor of the cathedral wedding, Schani appears to carry out his threat, but Mitzi arrives in time to stop him; and through the downpouring rain Nicki sadly gazes on his true love in the crowd as he drives away with his bride.

　　入围第72届洛迦诺国际电影节主竞赛单元并获最佳男演员奖。在女儿准备在去巴西利亚学医时，45岁的主人公发了一场奇怪的高烧。