1917年，袁世凯称帝，蔡锷将军发起护国运动。爱国青年郑少卿留洋归来，却发现全家惨遭杀害。经多方调查，此事与大军阀马大帅有关。郑少卿遂伺机混入大帅府追查真相，却与大帅之女马盈盈暗生情愫。大婚之夜，亡妻红衣回魂、血咒索命；婚后府中怪事频发，数人接连离奇丧命。这一切究竟是冤魂复仇还是人心作祟？那隐匿于幕后的真凶，究竟是谁？
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.
民国初期，逃兵皮四追踪假道士至湘西天门镇揭露其拐卖少女的赶尸阴谋，没想到竟然扯出闯王宝藏的传说，引起多方窥探。皮四最终军阀爱女杨佩如成为欢喜冤家，并在有土司少爷和苗族少女帮助下逐渐解开宝藏的秘密，引发一连串的夺宝闹剧。
奈特博士（伊德里斯·艾尔巴 饰）刚刚经历丧妻之痛，他决定带着他的两个女儿重返他和妻子第一次相遇的南非，并前往由他的世交好友和野生动物生物学家马丁·拜托斯（沙尔托·科普雷 饰）管理的野生动物保护区，展开一场计划已久的旅行。但是这场疗伤之旅却变成一场惊惧可怕的求生之旅， 因为他们被一头逃出贪婪残暴的盗猎者毒手之后，将所有人类都视为敌人的巨狮盯上并猎捕。
洛洛，一个十一岁的男孩，他最好的朋友们正在帮助他理解他们的性向认知和自我认知。
宏伟的长江水利枢钮工程正值关键的一战--大江截流，各方面的领导同志都前来参战。某部副部长仲驷在人群中找到了他的老战友陆原、咸平、蒲剑秋。战友重逢，思绪万千，往事如长江水滚滚而来。抗日的烽火中，他们在长江边的小木屋相遇，忧国忧民的爱国工程师仲驷和学生咸平，在地下党员蒲剑秋、陆原的启发下，认识了朴素的革命真理，相约一起奔赴延安，并许诺屋主人易老大将来一定能过上好日子。解放后，他们分别在不同的岗位上领导着新中国的建设。已经是政务院重工业处处长的仲驷，收养了一个在城里流浪的姑娘易红桔，决心要把她培养成新中国的工程师。大跃进时期，仲驷担任设计万吨水压机的领导工作。经过四年的努力试验终于成功，这时仲驷发现参加试验的工程师易红桔竟是当年结识的易老大的女儿，并得知易老大和乡亲们如今竟以泡桐叶充饥，他想起当年的诺言，十分痛心。"文革"中，仲驷被打成走资派，下放到长江边的一个干校劳动。一次受伤后，他被易老大所救。此时，陆原正指挥着长江上著名的水利工程建设，但他好大喜功，不按科学规律办事。仲驷在周总理的亲自关怀下，从干校"解放"出来，奉命前来视察这项工程。他发现了工程建设中存在的隐患，两位战友彻夜长谈，使陆原从极左思潮的影响中猛醒过来。粉碎"四人帮"后，仲驷、陆原共同领导着这项工程的建设。工程即将完成，几位战友又相约来到木屋前看望易老大，向木屋告别。长江截流成功，江水上涨，木屋被淹没了，雄伟的大坝屹立在长江之上。
