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解放前的浙东沿海，渔民李八十四（于文仲 饰）不堪渔霸陈占鳌（李林 饰）的强取豪夺，和刘大伯（王炳或 饰）一起组织渔工斗争，被海匪杀害，年幼的海霞（蔡明 饰）盼望着解放军的到来，为穷人们报仇。渔村终于解放了，海霞在方指导员 （赵联 饰）的培养教导下，逐渐成长为女民兵排长。解放前逃到台湾的陈占鳌又派海匪黑风（于绍康 饰）来村里和当年的帐房先生尤二狗（陈志坚 饰）接头，妄图里应外合，配合台湾的陈占鳌反攻倒算。他们在岛上制造了一系列破坏活动，在领导和群众的支持帮助下，海霞带领女民兵揪出了暗藏的敌人，破获了敌人要从海上进犯的情报，全岛军民磨拳擦掌，等待来犯之敌......本片根据黎汝清小说《海岛女民兵》改编。

Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

1945年8月，已进入尾声的战争蔓延到了我国西南山区。一所平静的修道院里，见习修女黎姐妹（舒淇 饰）与秦姐妹（吴辰君 饰）性格活泼，不合规范，所幸和蔼的老院长对这对儿山村遗孤始终照顾有加。8月10日，一队中国军人带着受伤的战友向修道院求助，他们由于不熟悉地形迷路，炸毁日军火炮阵地的任务一时也无法完成，黎姐妹与秦姐妹自告奋勇担任向导，不谙世事的两人很快见识了战争的残酷，随这支小分队一起经历了同日军的遭遇战。黎姐妹不忍抛弃遇害的乡亲尸身，被埋伏的日军抓获，战士们涉险将其救出，但却暴露了行踪。战士们成功完成了任务，而等待他们的却是日军对修道院的报复，虽然处于人数劣势，但他们毅然决定出击……

钟理（秦汉 饰）爱上了名为钟平妹（林凤娇 饰）的女孩，然而客家人规定同姓之人不能成婚，无奈之下，钟理孤身一人前往沈阳学习深造。两年后，钟理回到了钟平妹的身边，带着钟平妹私奔至沈阳，组成了小小的温馨的家庭。迫于生计，钟理当起了出租车司机，但却因为将逼良为娼的老鸨丢在荒野而丢掉了工作。高涨的民族气节让钟理拒绝了日本人提供的高薪工作，家庭陷入了贫穷和困顿之中，全部的重担都落在了当时已经怀孕的钟平妹身上。之后，两人前往北平，与此同时，钟理完成了他的第一部作品《夹竹桃》，就此踏上了漫漫文学之路。不幸的是，钟理患上了肺病，三番五次入院，治疗花费无数，但钟平妹并没有抱怨丈夫，而是不离不弃的支持着钟理的梦想。