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仿佛熟悉的好友相谈一般，这部片中的酒吧，对我们娓娓道来与酒有关的几个小故事。开张满一周年的酒吧“Story of Wine”，今天一周年的酒会成功落幕，酒吧老板闵成在吧台边跟三五好友聊天，曾经是基金经理人的他，因为对酒的热爱而转职成为专业酒侍，而这间店的酒单也是他精心设计，有特别的故事缘由在里头，“怎么样的酒才是甜在心的酒？”“怎么样的酒让人喝起来感到很高贵？”“什麼样的酒被人称作夫妻酒？”且让这些小故事温暖你我的心头。

每天都有24小时，到底该怎么分配才是生活的最合理的方式？张书伟（梁朝伟 饰）是才华横溢的设计师，从事广告工作，屡次被甩的他对爱情已无期待，看着同事兼好友Patrick（方中信 饰）左拥右抱地和固定女友亚芬（童爱玲 饰），暗恋他的同事亚媚（关秀媚 饰）纠缠发展，他更是不敢再爱了。但是凑巧这时候他遇到了清纯与性感兼具的影视新人徐若如（徐若瑄 饰），对方单纯而直接，张书伟一方面在抑制自己对她的感情，一方面又无法抗拒诱惑。与此同时，张书伟又与平时对立的女上司Vivian（蔡少芬 饰）日久生情。面对截然不同的两个人该如何选择，两段感情又该如何收场？关秀媚凭借本片获得台湾金马奖最佳女配角提名。

1967年，山景酒店发生灭门惨案，欧炳同因怀疑妻子有外遇，将其杀死后又与三岁儿子吞老鼠药自杀，三人的死状极其恐怖，房间的墙壁上写有“愿此刻永留”五个血字，留声机里正在重复播放“愿此刻永留”一曲。1999年，印刷业电脑专家马文信（刘青云）下班后被神秘匪徒绑架，但家人及其女友傅骞人（郭蔼明）均没收到任何勒索电话。两天后警察阿 Pit（梁家辉）在马文信座驾中发现神秘血渍，跟踪发现马文信被倒吊在山景酒店发生灭门惨案的那间房里，且浑身布满伤痕。自此，马文信像被欧炳同的鬼魂附体一般，不光终日对傅骞人疑神疑鬼，还时常对其目露凶光。

《父母心》是獨立電影人約翰．卡薩維蒂於六十年代遇上荷里活製片之產物。故事講及精神科醫生畢蘭加士打聘請了來自音樂學院的朱迪．格蘭，於兒童精神病院利用嶄新手法教導外界認為無可救助的精神病兒童吉娜．羅蘭茲。片中兒童皆來自加州其中一間兒童精神中心，將這班被遺忘的一群真實地呈現在觀眾面前。都市人面對種種生活壓力，大量社會問題備受關注。當面對社會的陰暗面時，主流社會最初會以迴避的態度面對，而經過大量之社會運動、媒體報導等以令社會更多元、開放，以積極的態度去面對。這種社會心態轉變可能用上半個世紀，甚至更長時間。其中兒童問題從來都是一個敏感議題，而卡薩維蒂早在六十年代已利用光影之間揭示社會鮮為人知的一面，廣泛引起主流社會討論。卡薩維蒂是一位極具才華的獨立電影導演，游走於荷里活製作和獨立電影之間，利用偏鋒路線打破固有荷里活電影記事模式，注重強烈的演員性格去反映現實社會。本片被評為卡氏最為大膽作品之一，其寫實性令人嘆為觀止，創新起用精神病兒童在作品中表演。深刻地勾勒出這批非主流兒童的困境，打破大眾對他們的形象。而憑藉這齣先驅作品，我們更可以反思現時香港社會在這方面的缺失。As a result of co-operation between Cassavetes and Hollywood's producers, A Child is Waiting was shown in the 1960s. Burt Lancaster, a psychiatrist, hires Judy Garland to work at a psychiatric facility for children. Garland uses an innovative method to teach a mentally retarded child, Gena Rowland, who the world has turned its back on. Patients in the film were from a real life psychiatric institution, where this group of forsaken children was being honestly presented to the audience.City life is filled with all sorts of stress and problems. When facing the dark side of society, the mainstream community usually takes refuge in escapism. It is only after waves of social movements and media coverage that the people's attitudes about these problems would change and that they would take affirmative action about it. This process might take half century or longer. Children issue has always been a sensitive subject, yet Cassavetes has already chosen to show its untold stories in his film in the early sixties to arouse public discussion.Cassavetes was a talented independent filmmaker who also engaged in Hollywood productions. His works emphasized on his actors, and through their characters, instead of traditional storytelling techniques, explored the realities of society. This film was hailed as the most daring piece of Cassavetes' works. Its realism was praised, especially of his inclusion of real life patients. The patients' difficulties were profoundly illustrated so as to eradicate the public's prejudice against them. From this avant-garde work, we can even reconsider the situation of these issues in Hong Kong.source: Hong Kong Arts Centre