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　　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…。

　　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.

　　在一个充满了失业者的城市，人们的生活，遭遇就像无数平凡的，偶然的，细小的无数分散开的粒子。对于泽伊内普来说，小女儿和老母亲就是她生活的全部……

　　「波兰六重奏」系列第五部，芝加哥太阳报影评人Roger Ebert四颗星最高评价，纽约时报盛讚本片是「影史上最好的流亡电影」。奥斯卡影帝杰瑞米艾朗以令人着迷的波兰腔英文及一贯压抑、内敛的高竿演技，传神诠释非法前往伦敦担任监工的谨慎男子，如何决意不让同乡工人知道波兰政治丕变的焦虑心境。
　　本片故事灵感来自史考利莫斯基装修伦敦住所的真实经历，于波兰戒严后一个月开拍，并在时代氛围中掺入些许他对于性执迷的个人关注。

　　女帝（瞿颖饰）为了一个“两生花开，帝王星现”乾坤倒转，天下大乱”的传说深感不安，于是让亲信尉缭（吴彦祖饰）派出玄机使蓝翎（钟欣桐饰）和红鸎（范冰冰饰），与叛军首领（甄子丹饰）明争暗斗，极力寻找“帝王孤星”。
　　从小跟着义父黑木爷（梁家辉饰）卖艺为生的炭头（房祖明饰）与柴头（陈柏霖饰），无意中从桃桃（陈冠希饰）手上得到了一块藏宝石板，都被误以为是“帝王孤星”。被蓝翎一直追踪，后来他们两个被以贩卖男奴为生的春十三少（蔡卓妍饰）看中了，四人便开始了一起寻宝的旅途，并开始了各自的恋情。
　　他们到来了藏宝的地点，最后也看到了“帝王孤星”的真身，让他们没人都惊讶不已。

　　解放前夕，西北某地。国民党西北绥靖公署司令刘惠民（梁山 饰）利用塔秀和阿里仓两个部落之间的矛盾，翻云覆雨地加以控制。同时，他成立骑兵部队，企图阻止解放军进军草原。塔秀部青年朵布龙（恩和森 饰）与阿里仓部姑娘卓玛（珠岚·奇琪珂 饰）相爱，不忍看到两个部落自相残杀，朵布龙将刘惠民的阴谋告诉头领，但头领不为所动，反而与阿里仓部落发生火并。激战中，卓玛的父亲受伤。后来两部落首领弄明白这一切都是刘惠民的阴谋，方知上当。解放军进军草原，国民党残部鼠窜。大军进入两部落驻地，耐心调和由来已久的矛盾，终使其化干戈为玉帛......