The passenger ship Aurora mysteriously collides into the rocky sea threatening an entire island and a young woman and her sister's lives who must survive to stay alive by finding missing dead bodies for a bounty - while at risk of the danger from visitors who seek shelter in their home.
乔治(詹姆斯•斯图尔特 James Stewart 饰)在圣诞节前准备自杀,这时上帝传来旨意,派天使拯救他,并让他了解到自己一生的使命——拯救那些不幸的人。乔治小时候左耳有疾,在贝德福德镇上的一家药店帮工。他很机灵,深得老板器重,同时也很招女孩喜欢。某日,老板接到爱子死亡的电报,悲痛欲绝,配错了药,幸亏乔治才化险为夷。乔治从小嫉恶如仇,尤其看不惯富人专横跋扈。长大后,乔治一表人才,准备去读大学。这时,他的父亲去世了,他子承父业,协助叔父料理公司事务。然而公司经营状况不佳,在董事会会议上面临破产。如果公司破产,小镇将会有很多家庭陷入困境。乔治力排众议,说服了董事会,但是条件是他要担任董事会秘书长。这与他的大学梦相去甚远。而且,此时他还陷入了对一个女孩的爱恋之中……
夏洛特(贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰)已经能算得上是一个老姑娘了,她梳着呆板的发型,穿着保守的服装,性格也古里古怪的,更糟糕的是,她似乎还染上了酗酒的坏毛病。在家人的建议之下,夏洛特决定踏上治疗心灵的旅途,登上了驶往远方的游轮。 在游轮上,夏洛特邂逅了名为杰瑞(保罗·亨雷德 Paul Henreid 饰)的男子,并且在误打误撞之中和杰瑞的女儿结下了深厚的友谊。很快,夏洛特就感到自己坠入了情网之中,然而,此时的杰瑞并不是自由身,他有这一段无法结束的婚姻。心碎的夏洛特选择了离开,而夏洛特的母亲也在不久之后撒手人寰。
独来独往的工厂女工汉娜(萨拉·波莉 Sarah Polley 饰),由于听力不好而总是戴着助听器。不善交际的她在工作上一直任劳任怨,终于在数年后得到了第一个假期。然而出乎众人意料的是,一时间具足无措的她居然主动放弃了这个难得的机会,自愿前往一间海上石油钻井平台,照顾一位在事故中被严重烧伤暂时失明的男人约瑟夫(蒂姆·罗宾斯 Tim Robbins 饰)。 与世隔绝、荒凉枯燥的钻井平台,两颗饱受痛苦往事折磨的孤独灵魂,一段交织在秘密与真相间的微妙亲密关系。在汉娜的悉心照料下,约瑟夫终于敞开心扉,与此同时,汉娜也打破沉默,向他讲述起自己不为人知的凄惨遭遇。
Jazmín, a young woman living in Mexico City, is nonplussed when she receives a call informing her that her father Toussaint, an illegal Haitian immigrant, is ill. She hasn't seen him in years, and does not know why they are calling her. When she finally gets to the hospital and discovers that her father is suffering from vascular dementia, she finds herself faced with the task ...
Sara is offered the perfect apartment: roomy, very bright, luxurious and so inexpensive. There's just one problem: she can't move in until the current owner, the elderly Lola, dies.
A pianist named Garvey, while traveling on a tour, gets off the train to buy cigarettes, and learns from a salesgirl that the cities imagined by Grin really exist. Forgetting about his tour, he goes to one of these cities, where he meets the captain of "The Waverunner"... The famous bard Alexander Galich wrote the script to this film -one of the 1960s best motion pictures. The film features his wonderful songs as performed by Galich himself: "A ship was sailing from faraway Australia...", "Things will straighten out, there's nothing to worry about..."... In the 21st century, the cinema will be different; perhaps it's natural. And yet, it's a pity...