天下太忙

　　The main hero of the film is an electrician with a far greater effect on the people around him than his job defines. He is the last link in a huge energetic system and he becomes the binding bridge between the geopolitical problems of post-soviet space and the common people.
　　The economic devastation of the country had an enormous impact on the industrial workers and yet despite the upheaval, these people did not seize to love and suffer, to have and be friends and to enjoy their lives… In particular our resilient electrician, who possesses a wonderful and open heart. He not only brings electric light (which is often out) to the lives of the inhabitants of this small city, but he also spreads the light of love, loyalty, life and mainly laughter.

　　二战时期，一批美国战俘被关押在德军的监狱里，故事就发生在17号监狱（Stalag 17）。有两名囚犯想要越狱，却被德军所杀，监狱里的囚犯们开始怀疑他们其中有人出卖了他们。大家都把嫌疑集中在一个人身上——狡猾的Sefton（威廉·霍尔登 William Holden 饰）身上。Sefton虽然也是个囚犯，但他靠组织“赛马”、卖酒还有出租望远镜赚了不少钱。不久，一位美国中尉Dunbar（Don Taylor 饰）被抓进狱中。他在法兰克福火车站制造了爆炸案炸死了不少德军。然而此事随即被德军军官Oberst von Scherbach（奥托·普雷明格 Otto Preminger 饰）所获悉。Sefton被认为就是那个泄露了消息的内奸，挨了一顿揍。然而他依旧宣称自己是无辜的。Dunbar即将被纳粹军处死。到底谁才是真正的内奸？到底中尉Dunbar能否逃过一劫？
　　本片主演威廉·霍尔登获1954年奥斯卡影帝，导演比利·怀尔德也获得最佳导演提名。

　　吉村公三郎代表作，也是蘇珊．桑塔最喜愛的日本經典片之一。吉村愛向難度挑戰，喜歡實驗，討厭被歸類，是松竹的壞孩子，卻因此為日本電影開創出不少可能性。影片描寫日本戰後，末落貴族變賣大宅前舉行的最後一場舞會。吉村親歷這樣的一個舞會，他用所見所感，寫出一個個玲瓏浮凸的人物：戀棧風光的父親，目空一切的兒子，不肯放下身段的大女兒...道盡大時代的種種細碎。也是原節子代表作，這個洞悉世情的次女兒與父親起舞，成為全片焦點，也為時代作了精采的解讀。
　　World War II is over, and the once-prominent Anjo family has fallen on hard times. They must finally sell the family home - but not before one last ball to recapture their glory days. However, old secrets and high emotions threaten to turn the evening into tragedy. Proud patriarch Tadahiko (Takizawa) can barely keep his unruly offspring in check, and tries every last trick to keep the house where he has spent the happiest years of his life. In his darkest hour, daughter Atsuko (frequent Ozu heroine, Hara Setsuko) shows her beleaguered father the hard-won dignity in starting over.
　　SummerIFF 2007