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1991年夏，一场特大洪水使无数家园毁于一旦。周桂英和陈宝根正准备吃饭，儿子阳阳却在厨房里发现了三个陌生的孩子：石风，甜甜和铁蛋。夫妻俩可怜这些孩子，商量后将他们留下，给桂英增加了不少负担。根宝心疼妻子，决定将孩子的下落通知乡干部，把孩子送回去。桂英得知石风和铁蛋的父母都在抗洪救灾中牺牲了，便十分关注这两个孩子，并为偏袒他们，打了阳阳。根宝赌气离家，奔忙在救灾一线，把奖金和补助费都寄回家。为救护孕妇过河，极度疲劳的根宝心脏病发作，被洪流冲走。桂英捧着点燃了长明灯的船，轻轻地放入河里。

Charged with leading demonstrations for the democratization movement, student activist Kim Gi-young (Moon Sung-keun) is a fugitive from the law. He sneaks into a mining village on the verge of being shut down, with a fake ID in hand. Feeling frustrated with the current state of activism, which centers around the intelligentsia, he gets a job as a man-of-all-work at a coal factory and meets the motley inhabitants of the mining village. Dae-sik (Yang Jin-yeong) works to support his family in place of his father, who is in prison for instigating a strike. Detective Kang (Lee Su-chan) always keeps a sharp eye on everything that goes on in the village. Then there are strike organizer Cheon Do-seong (Kang Neung-won), fellow worker Jeong (Hwang Hae), Taek's mother (Kim Kyung-ran), and Sun's mother (Jo Ju-mi). Sung-cheol (Park Joong-hoon), whose father is a local bigshot and the owner of the coal factory, lords it over the neighborhood bars and cafes. Angry at his father (Park Kyu-chae) for leaving his mother and marrying another woman, Sung-cheol vents his resentment on the cafe girls and factory workers. Meanwhile, Young-sook (Shim Hye-jin), who works as a prostitute at the local cafe, is becoming fed up with Sung-cheol's violent and demeaning treatment of her. When she meets Gi-young, who is reserved but warm, she begins to have feelings for him and stops selling sexual favors. As the impending miners' strike darkens the horizon, Gi-young and Young-sook fall in love and enjoy each other's company. Then one day, Sung-cheol receives news of his mother's death and wreaks havoc at the cafe. When Young-sook refuses to satisfy his demands, he starts to beat her up. Gi-young tries to stop him, but his intervention brings him to the attention of Detective Kang and he is hauled off to the police station. Gi-young undergoes torture at the hands of the police, but he is eventually cleared of all charges and released. When he finally comes to through Young-sook's devoted care, he tells her that he is a wanted fugitive. His identity is soon exposed and he is forced to run once more. Young-sook decides to leave the village with him, and heads to the cafefor her things. While making her last coffee delivery, Young-sook runs into Sung-cheol, who tries to stop her from leaving. She ends up killing him, and is dragged off by the police as Gi-young waits for her at the train station.

美国怀俄明州的西部，沉默寡言的农夫恩尼斯（希斯?莱杰饰）和热情开朗的牛仔杰克（杰克?吉伦希尔饰)一道被派到山上牧羊，那里人迹罕至，他们只有与羊群为伴，生活单调无味。一个天寒地冻的夜晚，在酒精与荷尔蒙的作用下，他们做了“不该做的事情”，也就此他们在断背山上度过了人生中最美好的时光。季节性放牧结束，迫于世俗压力，杰克和恩尼斯不舍地与对方分离并各自结婚生子。恩尼斯迎娶了自幼相识的阿尔玛，并有了两个可爱的女儿；杰克到了德州，在妻子露琳家族的扶植下事业顺利，还有了个儿子。虽然彼此真心相应，他们只能每年定期约会。一边知情的阿尔玛痛苦无比，而他们又无法满足一年只有几天的团聚。这时意外发生……

称霸一方的土匪头子潘好（尤勇 饰）看上了穷苦的农妇油油（张瑜 饰），一路尾随至油油家中，让油油没有想到的是，丈夫非但没有保护自己，还为了利益将自己送给了潘好。虽然愤怒和委屈，但逆来顺受的油油还是跟着潘好回了家，可潘好并没有像油油所预料的那样羞辱欺侮自己，而是对自己百般照拂呵护有加，随着时间的推移，油油渐渐的爱上了潘好。潘好虽然对女人温柔，但本质上却还是一个丧心病狂的土匪，他绑架了一批无辜的百姓，以他们的性命为筹码要挟政府。油油请求潘好放走那些手无寸铁的可怜人，潘好虽然表面答应，但转身就大开杀戒。绝望的油油贯彻了自己的正义，杀死了潘好。