電影由四段故事組成，熱戀的情侶領養了一隻貓叫小愛，分手後小愛該何去何從？第二隻是浪浪小福。與家人分隔兩地又失業的男子遇到小福，從此成為彼此的依靠。第三隻是名為秀妍的貓，獨生女秀晶的朋友們都有養寵物，孤單的她每天回到空蕩蕩的家中，媽媽卻說家裡不能養貓…。第四隻是順子的故事，患有老年痴呆症的爺爺，一點都不歡迎家中的不速之客，但門外不絕於耳的輕聲呼喊，我的順子回來了…。
丹宁寺大经堂内外聚集着数以千计的喇嘛、达官贵人和虔诚的信徒，他们都在恭候女活佛吉尊桑姆坐床大典的来临。铜钟敲响了，大经师点燃桑祭神的圣火，把佛冠庄重地戴在女活佛的头上，人们虔诚地葡伏在地上。忽然，管家朗杰跑来通知大经师，世界屋脊发生了一件大事件，年迈的大经师晕倒在地。夜晚，女活佛为大经师跳神驱鬼。贵族岗穹赛来到丹宁寺，把上司写给女活佛的信递了上去，等着护送她出国。管家极力怂恿女活佛出国，认为唯此才能保住噶举派的衣钵。女活佛开始准备行装。这时，她又收到中共琼卡分工委来的信，信中真诚地劝她留在国内，不要听信谣言。大经师从昏迷中醒来，看了两封信，他鲜明地把岗穹赛的来信扔到一边。大管家叫来司卜求卦，卦底白绢条上写着"走"，大经师经受不住这个"走"字，谢世而去。女活佛把大经师后事交给管家，自己随岗穹赛出走了。在边境的苍巴山谷，为挖食野菜，女活佛的侍女白玛误食毒蘑身亡。危难之时，女活佛过去的侍卫罗旦和侍女竹嘎劝说女活佛不要出国，未成，便决定跟随女活佛一同出走。女活佛历尽千辛来到了印度，她逛小镇时，意外发现了中华人民共和国驻当地商务处所在地。而她的行踪全被岗穹赛的人看在眼里。一天，老太太央宗拜访后，女活佛发现佛冠不见了，精神受到强烈刺激。昏睡中，她梦见了自己死了。惊醒时，她被两个大汉绑架到密林中，他们想用奸污拍照的方法逼迫她参加新德里会议。岗穹赛和罗旦搭救女活佛，岗穹赛不慎被毒蛇咬伤。为给他医治蛇伤，女活佛等人住进央宗别墅。她派罗旦去代理处，与国内建立了联系。女活佛给岗穹赛换药，岗穹赛之妹敏姬喝了央宗送来的茶，三天后中毒身亡。原来央宗是派来监视岗穹赛的人。岗穹赛决定为女活佛找回佛冠，不再参与神圣事业。一天，罗旦报告女活佛，代理处通知将有人绑架她去参加会议，女活佛让罗旦再去代理处商议，不想罗旦被人劫走。岗穹赛在戴墨镜的人监督下，劝女活佛去开会，被拒绝，便将她软禁起来。入夜，女店主送饭进入女活佛卧室，她请女活佛穿上她的衣服出走，脱离险境。女活佛终于回到祖国。在她重新掌教的仪式上，有一个人走进丹宁寺大经堂，跪拜在她的宝座下，这人就是岗穹赛。
故事发生在文革前夕的1965年。妇女队长春苗（李秀明 饰）看不惯医疗卫生大权把持在有资产阶级思想意识的人手中，她主动请缨到公社卫生院学习，以期学成回村为贫下中农服务。她不顾院长杜文杰（白穆 饰）和医生钱济仁（冯奇 饰）的刁难排挤，在方明（达式常 饰）的帮助下，她刻苦钻研专业知识，但杜与钱的所做所为还是让她愤然离开了医院。春苗回村后，在党支部的支持下，她在村里的卫生室做了一名赤脚医生。1966年，文革开始后，杜文杰出于不可告人的目的，在公社办起赤脚医生培训班，春苗和其它村的赤脚医生揭穿了杜文杰的阴谋，杜脑羞成怒，暗中下毒谋害水昌伯（高宝成 饰），并嫁祸春苗，春苗识破了杜的诡计......
肥胖邋遢的左翼导演迈克•马隆（Kevin P. Farley 饰）致力于揭露美国政治、军事、经济和医疗等方面的阴暗面，他所拍摄的纪录片更在国际上获奖（影射迈克•摩尔）。他为自己的成就沾沾自喜，美国国内也有一批狂热的粉丝对他疯狂追捧。有些飘飘然的马隆更提议取消7月4日的独立日，他甚至大张旗鼓搞起了宣传活动。 这时候，三个美国历史上重要人物的鬼魂：肯尼迪（Chriss Anglin 饰）、华盛顿（Jon Voight 饰）和巴顿（Kelsey Grammer 饰）先后拜访了马隆。他们一次次将马隆带入假定的历史中，向其展示纵容绝对民主和恐怖主义可能产生的各种后果。曾经坚定的左翼分子终于开始动摇了……
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career. Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.) As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played. The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument). Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
一条善太郎（吉田钢太郎 饰）是快将退休爱偷懒的监察官，本来监察官就是负责内部调查警察的不良行为，是警察组织内被讨厌的对象，一条爱跟流行又时常乱用过时女高中生用语，看起来就是个废柴大叔，实际上是个厉害的监察官，可以看透人和事的本质，但他抱人性本善的想法，能不知不觉地投入别人的怀抱。 拍档结成真理亚（吉冈里帆 饰）是个毒舌美人，本来在警视厅搜查一课有着华丽的实绩，可以平步青云，但为了结婚而申请调到管理部门。不料在结婚当日被未婚夫悔婚，同时调职也受理而要到监察系工作，对方还是阶级比自己低的一条。一开始她以为对方是个很胡来的人，但在合作的过程中渐渐发现他隐藏的独特才能，从而找出疑犯是警察的连续杀人事件真相。
本片基于艾米·利普罗特所著回忆录，她和芬沙伊德改编剧本，讲述刚从康复中心出来的罗娜在离开十多年后，回到了苏格兰的奥克尼群岛，回到童年时的牧羊场，再度体会到了自然之美和静谧的珍贵。
