魑魅魍魉

　　《女人就是女人》的故事從班長趙凌風（黃家恆飾）開始，凌風學業成績理想並且開始跟同班同學麗淇（麥詠楠飾）交往。可是，凌風卻對自己的男兒身並不自在，並且渴望成為女性，對於性別認同感到困擾，並在一次到麗淇家的過程碰到她的媽媽宋紫洳（李蕙敏飾）。四十歲的紫洳跟丈夫志鴻（鄧汝超飾）結婚十多年，跟丈夫與前妻所生的女兒關係良好。可是，志鴻卻無意發現了紫洳是跨性別人士，無法接受現實，並令家庭瀕臨破裂。

　　故事发生在台湾某乡村，因为稻米的产量过剩，农会决定推广新的政策，种植新的植物。凌云峰（王祖贤 饰）是农业专科学校毕业的女技术员，她倡议将稻田改成花田，种植花卉。周永健（齐秦 饰）被凌云峰的这个建议所吸引。周永健出生在传统的农民家庭中，家里的人对他的决定提出了强烈的反对，但是周永健并没有就此退缩，而是坚定的贯彻自己的决定，站在凌云峰的身比。
　　村长的女儿林千惠是周永健青梅竹马的好友，同时也深深的爱着这个正直的男人。当凌云峰得知了林千惠对周永健的感情之后，善良的她选择了默默的离开，来成全他们两人。

　　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.

　　马丁（卢卡·马里内利 Luca Marinelli 饰）出生在贫穷的家庭之中，没有上过几年的学，如今和姐姐过着相依为命的日子，并且成为了一名终日漂泊在茫茫大海之上的水手。一天，马丁邂逅了名为爱莲娜（杰西卡·塞西 Jessica Cressy 饰）的千金大小姐，爱莲娜将法国诗人波德莱尔的诗集借给马丁看。马丁这辈子从来都没有看过这样的文字，一下子便被深深的吸引了，在海上漂泊的漫长时光里，他如饥似渴的吸收着这些知识，并且渐渐开始产生了自己写作的念头。
　　马丁失业了，借此机会，他决定正式走上写作的道路。他不断的投稿，又不断的遭遇退稿，唯一没有想过的就是放弃。最终，马丁的小说被出版了，这令他收获了无数的名誉和财富。