在瓦尔拉姆·阿拉维泽下葬的第二天，他的尸体被人掘起来放在他家的窗前。挖墓的是一个女人，她在法庭上的供词和回忆使人们重新回到独裁者阿拉维泽残暴肆虐的年代。他将不计其数的无辜者冠以“人民公敌”的罪名投入监狱。阿拉维泽的儿子最后幡然省悟，亲自将父亲的尸体从山崖丢下了大河……本片中他使用令人惊叹的造型手段，以诗意的语言讲述了一个关于罪恶与惩罚、忏悔与醒悟的故事。本片是阿布拉泽三部曲的第三部，前两部风别为《愿望树》和《祈求》， 《悔悟》被认为是苏联电影改革的“第一只春燕”。 40届戛纳电影节评委会大奖（1987年）
克里斯与西塞莉是一对年轻的爱人，一个是国际记者，一个是剧场演员，他们挣扎于要兼顾爱情还是要冲刺事业中，爱得很深，又非常骄傲，两个常年分居，独自生活……（by波迪与鹅） In New York, the rookie newsman Christopher "Chris" Tyler dreams on becoming a famous journalist. When his girlfriend Cicely spends a couple of days with him, they decide to get married and Cicely leaves college. Chris's best friend Tommy Abbott is his best man and becomes a family's friend. Chris has his great chance when his editor Frank Carteret sends him to Rome assigned as a foreign correspondent. Cicely stays in New York with Tommy and does not tell to Chris that she is pregnant. When she delivers the baby Kit, Chris celebrates and loses a big scoop and his boss fires him. Chris falls in disgrace and the couple has economic difficulties; however Tommy lends money to Cicely and offers an opportunity on the stage as an actress. Cicely is hired and becomes successful and Chris is depressed with the situation. Cicely seeks out Frank Carteret and explains the situation, and he offers a job opportunity to Chris in Russia. He accepts the job but Cicely stays in New York with their son....
马蒂（塞巴斯蒂安·弗拉斯多夫 Sebastian Fräsdorf 饰）是一个性格非常软弱的男人，遇事只会忍气吞声，毫无反抗意识。这年夏天，马蒂带着女友（Alice Pehlivanyan 饰）来到别墅度假，打算在这里度过一个悠闲而又浪漫的假日，哪知道，马蒂那平日里处处咄咄逼人的哥哥（戈德哈尔德·吉瑟 Godehard Giese 饰）带着老婆突然出现。 明明是后发制人，但哥哥理所应当的占据了屋子里最好的房间和资源，将马蒂和女友赶到了又小又阴暗的房间里，让女友气不打一处来的是，马蒂对于这些越轨的行为竟然全然接受。忍不了这口气的女友决定帮助马蒂出气，小小的别墅中，针锋相对的四人开始了拉锯战。
