出身信州农村的佐竹茂吉（佐分利信 饰）与出身上流社会的千金小姐妙子（目暮实千代 饰）结婚，七、八年的婚姻生活并未弥合二人原本出身的差距，反而因生活习惯的差异使他们之间矛盾丛生。佐竹生活上不修边幅，抽便宜烟，吃茶泡饭，坐三等车厢。妙子受不了丈夫的“低级”生活习惯，时常背着他和学生时代的好友出玩游乐。两人的矛盾在对侄女婚事的看法上激化，妙子不辞而别，跑去神户同窗处散心。佐竹突然接到赴南美公干的任务，收到电报赶回的妙子发现家里已空无一人。当她终于感到失落时，飞机延误改为次日出发的佐竹却回到家中，夫妻二人共进一顿别样滋味的茶泡饭……
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回复 :1988年的布拉格，大提琴手路卡（Zdenek Sverák 饰）丢掉了乐团的工作多时，只能靠为殡仪馆伴奏和修补墓碑为生。这位大龄单身汉在女人面前颇有魅力，他也乐此不疲，但困窘的生活让他不得不违背初衷，与一位苏联女子假结婚以获得报偿。婚后几日，苏联女子转道投奔西德，将五岁幼子科里亚（Andrei Chalimon 饰）丢给路卡抚养，路卡有一搭没一搭的用对方听不懂的捷克话向科里亚抱怨苏联人的霸道，同时还要应付警察对假结婚的追查以及敌视苏联人的母亲。路卡拜托多位女友照顾科里亚，这对父子也慢慢产生了对彼此的依赖，不久苏联政府要接回孩子，路卡趁着八十年代末混乱的形势，带着科里亚离家出走……本片获1997年奥斯卡最佳外语片奖，1996年威尼斯电影节荣誉奖等十几项褒奖。
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回复 :Edith Hardy uses charity funds for Wall Street investments in hopes of buying some new gowns. She loses all the money and borrows from wealthy oriental Tori. When her husband gives her the amount she borrowed, Tori won't take it back, branding her shoulder with a Japanese sign of his ownership. She shoots him. Her husband takes the blame. In court Edith reveals all to an angry mob. Written by Ed Stephan {stephan@cc.wwu.edu}Richard Hardy, a hardworking stockbroker, labors overtime to keep up with the ruinous bills incurred by his beautiful but irresponsible wife Edith, a venal, spoiled socialite who is impervious to his pleas for fiscal restraint. Acting on what she believes to be an insider information, she impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the Red Cross charity she chairs for a stock tip. When she finds the money has been lost, she desperately turns to a Japanese ivory trader with whom she has been thoughtlessly flirting and persuades him to replace the money in exchange for an assignation. When her husband's long-awaited business deal finally materializes, she desperately tries to withdraw from their agreement by replacing the money. Angered and disappointed with her resistance to his advances, he uses a branding device to mark her shoulder as his property. Feeling violated, Edith shoots him in the shoulder and leaves. In order to protect his wife's reputation, Richard confesses to the crime and faces trial for attempted murder. Written by Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)
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回复 :迈克（马特•达蒙 Matt Damon 饰）是一个法律系二年级的学生，但他却因为一次跟赌场老板泰迪（约翰•马尔科维奇 John Malkovich 饰）的赌博输掉了所有的积蓄。在朋友克尼什（约翰•特托罗 John Turturro 饰）劝慰下，迈克立下誓言，从此不碰赌博。不过，他还是在教授的牌局上露了一手，技惊四座。在接老朋友虫子（爱德华•诺顿 Edward Norton 饰）出狱的时候，迈克违背了自己的誓言，重出江湖。为了帮助虫子，他甚至延误了模拟法庭的实习。此后，女友乔发现了迈克涉赌的证据，与他分手，这令他非常沮丧。迈克在虫子的怂恿下，接连参与赌局。事后，却发现自己被虫子摆了一道，欠下了巨款。他找到虫子，后者在被逼之下吐露了实情：原来虫子被凶悍的债主逼得走投无路。为了友情，他接受了债主苛刻的条件，但是却陷入了更加艰难的困境……
