The Doll is an adaptation of the novel, The Doll (novel) by Bolesław Prus, which is regarded by many as one of the finest Polish novels ever written and, along with Pharaoh (novel), made Bolesław Prus a potential candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature. The influence of Émile Zola is evident, and some have compared the novel to Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert; both were Prus's contemporaries. The movie, however, may be more compared to Stendhal's Le Rouge et le Noir, (The Red and the Black).　　The Doll constitutes a panorama of life in Warsaw between 1878 and 1879, and at the same time is a subtle story of three generations of Polish idealists, their psychological complications, their involvement in the history of the nineteenth century, social dramas, moral problems and the experience of tragic existence. At the same time this story describes the disintegration of social relationships and the growing separation of a society whose aristocratic elite spreads the models of vanity and idleness. In the bad air of a backward country, anti-Semitic ideas are born, valuable individuals meet obstacles on their way, and scoundrels are successful.　　This poetic love story follows a nouveau riche merchant, Stanislaw Wokulski, through a series of trials and tribulations occasioned by his obsessive passion for an aristocratic beauty, Izabela Lecka, played by the famous Polish actress, Beata Tyszkiewicz.　　Plot　　As a descendant of an impoverished Polish noble family, young Wokulski is forced to work as a waiter at Hopfer's, a Warsaw restaurant, while dreaming of a life in science. After taking part in the failed 1863 Uprising against Tsarist Russia, he is sentenced to exile in Siberia. On eventual return to Warsaw, he becomes a salesman at Mincel's haberdashery. Marrying the late owner's widow (who eventually dies), he comes into money and uses it to set up a partnership with a Russian merchant he had met while in exile. The two merchants go to Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, and Wokulski makes a fortune supplying the Russian Army. The enterprising Wokulski now proves a romantic at heart, falling in love with Izabela, daughter of the vacuous, bankrupt aristocrat, Tomasz Łęcki. In his quest to win Izabela, Wokulski begins frequenting theatres and aristocratic salons; and to help her financially distressed father, founds a company and sets the aristocrats up as shareholders in his business.The indolence of these aristocrats, who secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his help (in secret) to Izabela's impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection. In the end she consents to accept him, but without true devotion or love.(wikipedia)

年仅七岁的棋王舒亚，凭着其精湛的棋艺，屡战屡胜，而作为运动杂志专栏作家的父亲，为了栽培儿子成为世界级棋王，不惜舍弃自己的职业，替舒亚遍寻名师，并陪他巡回参加比赛，当中有不少篇幅描绘这对父子的真挚感情。

　　Francesca always attracted weirdos. When one of her stalkers is found dead, she looks for comfort from her best friend, Maxi. Meanwhile, Maxi’s grandfather, Jack, a disgraced Rabbi, comes across a reclining chair containing a Dybbuk inside. Jack and his voodoo sorceress partner try to find out where the recliner has been delivered while exploring Jack’s newfound gift for communicating with the other world. Meanwhile the reclining chair becomes enchanted by Francesca and starts committing crimes of passion. ×

巴黎“水堡”站附近的街区有好几家理发店，故事围绕着其中两家美发沙龙展开。主人公查尔斯生活拮据，却总喜欢说自己是王子一样的查尔斯，总是衣着光鲜地出现在人们面前。他跟对手贝贝各自带领一班人马为不同的美发店拉拢客人。最近，在美发沙龙里工作的女孩索尼娅正秘密策划着什么。老头穆拉特是一位坚持传统手艺的诗人理发店老板，他的理发店因为他不愿意降低价格而生意惨淡。查尔斯想盘下穆拉特的店，于是卖掉了所有家当拉拢自己工作的沙龙店的老板一起合作。但他的老板却想去法国郊区开店，计划最终落空。索尼娅和店里一位编发师合作，准备实行她的秘密计划：把会发光的材料编在头发里，她还找了乐队给她做广告。游手好闲的穆萨经历了几次生意失败后，被查尔斯派去跟踪索尼娅。他发现了索尼娅的秘密与一辆货车有关。与此同时，贝贝也从索尼娅的合作伙伴那里发现了新材料秘密。于是，发现秘密的两人偷了货车，不料货车里没有索尼娅购买的新材料。贝贝出手打伤了穆萨。随后穆萨去找查尔斯坦白一切。索尼娅找到贝贝当众揭穿他是小偷，并狠狠教训了他一顿。最终，诗人理发师离世，他把他的诗遗赠给了查尔斯。查尔斯振作精神，穿上新衣服，又回到了水堡站附近的大街上招揽顾客。生活还在忙碌地继续着。