勇敢风暴

　　在名为溪谷的偏远所在，一起亲母杀子案震惊全国。当事人的隔壁住着尾崎俊介（大西信满 饰）和加奈子（真木阳子 饰）这对夫妇，任凭门外喧嚣，他们颓废待在自己的小天地中。未过多久，尾崎涉嫌与女嫌疑人通奸并唆使杀人被警方带走问讯，而加奈子正是事件的举报者。周刊记者渡边一彦（大森南朋 饰）受命跟进此案，通过多方调查，他发现15年前高中时代的尾崎是一个前途光明的棒球明星，但因某起事件而被迫退学。他持续深入，了解到当事人许多不为人知的过去和真相，并渐渐觉察到尾崎和加奈子之间那极其微妙的联系。爱与恨纠缠成一团，剪不断，理还乱，终究不明白这其中是怎样的情感……
　　本片根据吉田修一的同名原作改编，并荣获2013年日本电影旬报十佳影片第八名。

　　A small provincial town is buzzing with excitement: the town&♯39;s most illustrious son, a world-famous opera singer, is coming home. Meanwhile, Sebastian, a kitchen boy who is as good as married, falls head over heels in love with the new maid, Maria. Their love affair, along with rumours that the opera singer and the kitchen boy are related, turns the town upside down, threatening to ruin everyone&♯39;s high expectations and the opera singer&♯39;s triumphant return.

　　自由摄影师玛拉（萨拉·海蓝德 饰）一直奉行及时行乐遇到渣男迅速分手的原则，结婚根本不在她的规划内。她与新男友愉快的相处不久后收到一年内参加15场婚礼的邀请函，两人经过筛选决定一起去参加了其中的7场，这7场婚礼每对新人都各有各的问题。通过他们的婚姻，玛拉也发现了自己和男友的问题，两人关系开始变得紧张起来。同时，男友的家人也开始向他俩催婚催生子……

　　身手不凡的退役特种兵弗兰克·马丁（杰森·斯坦森 Jason Statham 饰）如今从事着用宝马车货运的营生，弗兰克不管自己服务的是否是银行抢劫犯，他更关注协议与原则。一单任务结束后，他免不了又要迎接警察的盘问与新工作。一个美国犯罪团伙托付弗兰克运送一件物品，弗兰克不经意中发现货物居然是一位名叫莱（舒淇 饰）的东方女子。弗兰克完成任务后对方却要灭口，只得带着莱回到住处。弗兰克这次惹上的麻烦显然不小，因为雇主随后带人将他的住所夷为平地，莱神秘的身份也浮出水面：原来她是某国际蛇头的独女。弗兰克被卷入了偷渡犯罪中的父女情仇，他需要作出决定来面对他和莱的关系与正义。

　　故事讲述杀手卢卡斯(萨姆·沃辛顿饰)被雇佣，刺杀女子艾拉(奥德娅·拉什饰)，而在紧要关头他开始怜悯女孩，并改变主意加入女孩的复仇计划之中。

　　There&♯39;s little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They&♯39;re lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking for love; Debbie, a single mom, entertains men at the hair salon after hours; her son spends part of the weekend with her ex, a man with a hair-trigger temper. Molly is expecting her first baby and its father acts as if the responsibility is too much for him. Eileen is bitter, complaining about her husband and the dog next door; Bill&♯39;s a doormat. His West Indian neighbor offers him a drink; her own grown son locks himself in his room most of the time. Will anyone connect during this Guy Fawkes weekend? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

　　深情呆滞而步履沉重的保尔维泽很不幸地娶了镇上有名的妖妇；他的老婆几乎和任何男人都上床，这样使得老实的保尔维泽陷入严重的困境……

　　炎热的夏天，在罗马郊区的一个贫困居民区里，许多家庭无处可去只得住在这里。这里随时都有一种可能爆发什么事的神秘不安感。父母们一直处于沮丧的状态，因为他们不是来自更好的郊区，而他们所希望的中产阶级生活也超出了他们的承受能力，最终他们的孩子却是这场风波的真正主角，风波将整个社区推向崩溃。

　　Nothing really looks what it really is when you look from a distance and so is Jinwoo’s quiet life, far from the hectic, stressful city life, tucked away in the beauty of the Korean countryside, welcomed with open arms by a loving new “family” that has accepted, on their sheep ranch, him and Seol, his wonderful niece who he loves as if she were his own daughter.
　　But when Park Kun-young&♯39;s careful and precise direction begins to focus on the details of Jinwoo&♯39;s existence, slowly revealing his restless soul, we gradually discover the complexity of the reasons that led to Jinwoo&♯39;s extreme choice to retire in the countryside to live like a shepherd.
　　The arrival at the ranch of Jinwoo’s longtime male friend from university, Hyunmin, upsets all balance. Moonkyeong, the ranch owner’s daughter, who has a crush on Jinwoo, accidentally discover the two men in bed and shortly afterwards Jinwoo’s twin sister, and Seol’s birth mother, shows up at the ranch after years of absence and silence and wants to take her daughter back to Seoul.
　　The community of that small country place, which seemed kind and nice, slowly reveals their true colours and deep disapproval of the two men&♯39;s relationship. The fragile sandcastle of happiness that Jinwoo has struggled to build is crumbling and the cold, harsh winter is upon him.
　　Giovanna Fulvi

　　在东京某出版社工作的饭冢真纪（佐佐木希 饰）马上就要成为一名新娘了，而就在此时，从小和她相依为命的外婆去世了。怀着复杂的心情，真纪操持办理了外婆身后事宜，在整理遗物时，她意外找到了新娘才能穿的白无垢和结婚申请书。在丈夫的一栏，赫然写着一个她从没有听说过的名字——秋国宗一。抱着种种疑问，真纪姐回老家的时候，向亲戚朋友以及当地人打听秋国宗一的下落，结果没有任何收获。这个女孩并没有放弃，她为此推迟了婚期，期间还得到曾和秋国相处过的渔民大森充（井坂俊哉 饰）的帮助。
　　在漫漫寻访之路上，真纪终于了解到关于父辈、祖辈感人至深的故事……

　　面对岁月挑战的老猎手，和自己收养的狐狸一起，彼此都成全了彼此的追逐。没有任何一部描写人与动物关系的影片具有如此的震撼力。

　　资深警官薮池五郎（役所広司 饰）在面对一起绑架案时处理不当，导致绑匪和作为人质的议员双双中弹身亡。在此之后，他被领导责令休整。绑匪身上留有“恢复世界法则”的神秘语句，薮池对此颇感好奇，于是利用假期来到了绑匪曾出没的森林。
　　这座山曾长满茂密的山毛榉树，但随着一颗无名树的到来，其周边的花草树木以难以置信的速度迅速死亡。这棵树能从根部分泌毒液，其他的植物无一能逃脱其魔掌。薮池在此遇见了对这棵树奉若神明的青年桐山直人（池内博之 饰），桐山坚信“强者生存”的理论，为此不惜和执意砍伐神树的森林护卫员中曾根（大杉漣 饰）展开对抗。另一方面，植物学专家神保美津子（風吹ジュン 饰）和她的妹妹千鹤（洞口依子 饰）对神树的处理又各有各的意见。原本只是心存好奇的薮池，不知不觉卷入这起奇异的事件中……
　　本片荣获2000年日本电影专业大奖最佳影片奖。