- Claire Lescot is a famous prima donna. All men want to be loved by her. Among them is the young scientist Einar Norsen. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself... But the story is much less important than the scenery this movie intended to be a manifesto of the modern decorative arts.
- Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.
- 故事发生在十九世纪末北欧,混乱的局势衰颓的经济令人民们陷入了民不聊生的境地。农民拉斯卡森(马克斯·冯·西多 Max von Sydow 饰)带着儿子佩尔(贝利·赫维内加拉德 Pelle Hvenegaard 饰)来到丹麦,希望能够在这里依靠自己的双手挣得更体面的生活。 然而,现实却远不如想象中那么美好,父子两人好不容易在农庄里找到了一份清理马厩的工作,无处可去的两人只能和马只一起睡在茅草堆上,白日里还要受到雇主的责难和剥削,生活苦不堪言。长工埃里克(比约恩·格拉纳特 Björn Granath 饰)积极的领导工人们同压迫他们的管家作斗争,埃里克的自由精神深深鼓舞了佩尔,使他决定离开庄园,开拓新的天地。
- 曾经在美国空军服役、获得航天工程学学位的查尔斯?法默(比利?鲍伯?松顿 Billy Bob Thornton 饰)本来有希望成为美国宇航员,但当年突发变故令他没能实现儿时就立下的航天梦想。退役后的法默闭门建造自己的火箭,要全凭一己之力飞向太空。穿着宇航服出门的法默早已是镇上的名人,但没人相信他能够成功,同时银行方面因他无力偿还贷款,频繁的以罚没他的房产与土地相威胁。法默造火箭引起了FBI的注意并被禁止继续建造,法默则联系了媒体为自己造势,希望突破政府的阻拦。法默的计划始终得到妻子以及一子两女、老岳父的支持,一家人和几个好友给予了他各方面的帮助,终于,法默不顾政府威胁,摁下了火箭发射的按钮……