《椰林春戀》是邵氏外景大軍在星馬蕉風椰雨環境下拍成的一部愛情歌舞鉅片。富商之子平建人（林沖）剛從意大利留學歸來，由於喜愛音樂，不願繼承父業，決定跟相戀多年的女朋友蘇詠蘭（何莉莉）自開旅行社。第一件生意，就是招攬女教師董嫻芸（林嘉）和四個少女學生遊覽馬來西亞。詠蘭在旅途中眼看女學生李愛蓉（李麗麗）對建人苦苦痴纏，又誤會建人與嫻芸相戀，傷心失望離去。後來發現嫻芸早有情人梁茂夫（林智勇），一場誤會始告冰釋。愛蓉聽到建人將與詠蘭結婚的消息，精神失常，駕車撞山受傷昏迷……
In State of Fear, the members of the Brotherhood face a critical moment when their main leaders are transferred to maximum-security prisons, threatening the group’s stability. Elisa (Camilla Damião), the 18-year-old daughter of Edson (Seu Jorge), founder of the Brotherhood, was raised on the periphery of crime and is kidnapped by corrupt police officers. As her aunt Cristina (Naruna Costa) tries to rescue her, the gang orders the “State of Fear,” a wave of violent attacks against police stations and security forces that plunges the city of São Paulo into chaos. In the midst of the turmoil, Elisa and Cristina grapple with dilemmas of justice and violence as the choices of the past and present collide to shape their destinies.
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
