女子遭强制传唤

George Washington McLintock, "GW" to friends and foes alike, is a cattle baron and the richest man in the territory. He anxiously awaits the return of his daughter Becky who has been away at school for the last two years. He's also surprised to see that his wife Katherine has also returned. She had left him some years before without really explaining what he done but she does make the point of saying that she's returned to take their daughter back to the State Capitol with her. GW is highly respected by everyone around him including the farmers who are pouring into the territories with free grants of land and the Indians who are under threat of being relocated to another reservation. Between his wife, his headstrong daughter, the crooked land agent and the thieving government Indian agent, GW tries to keep the peace and do what is best for everyone.

杨天青（李保田饰）的叔叔杨金山（李纬饰），是个有生理缺陷的染坊主，在折磨死两房太太后，为续香火，他又花大价钱买了个年轻漂亮的女人菊豆（巩俐饰），对其百般虐待。年近四十而尚未娶亲的天青，对因叔叔每夜滥施淫威而痛苦哀叫的菊豆由怜生爱，两人私通，生得一子。金山喜出望外，以为己出，取名天白。但不久金山中风，半身不遂，菊豆与天青更加肆无忌惮，得知真相的金山想要报复，后却误坠染池丧命。按家族的规矩，天青要搬出染房，被迫分离的菊豆与天青只能暗地来往。10多年后，天白长大，外人的闲言琐语使他分外仇恨生父……

本片根据英国星期日泰晤士报记者琳·巴贝尔（Lynn Barber）的回忆录改编。1961年，16岁的少女珍妮（凯瑞·穆里根 Carey Mulligan 饰）对父母反复督促她学好拉丁文考上牛津的唠叨不厌其烦，而正在追求自己的男孩又不令父亲杰克（阿尔弗雷德·莫里纳 Alf red Molina 饰）满意。一个雨天，珍妮邂逅了成熟男人大卫（彼得·萨斯加德 Peter Sarsgaard 饰），对方的风流倜傥和举手投足的迷人气质深深吸引了珍妮。大卫和朋友不断带珍妮出入高档酒吧、艺术品拍卖行和高级餐厅，甚至说服珍妮的父母带她游览梦寐以求的巴黎。灯红酒绿中珍妮迅速坠入爱河，只可惜事实真相却并非梦想中那样美好……本片获2009年圣丹斯电影节观众选择奖和摄影奖，被提名剧情片陪审团大奖，并获2009年金球奖最佳女主角提名（凯瑞·穆里根）和奥斯卡最佳电影、最佳女主角（凯瑞·穆里根）和最佳改编剧本三项提名。

普通人的命运在轰轰烈烈的时代面前总是渺小到可以忽略不计。个人，如果勇敢地站出来想阻止时代洪流，多少像奋力扑向风车的唐吉坷德，往往只能当殉道者，而更多时候，个人甚至连选择当旁观者的权利也没有。可是普通人的悲剧，无疑能照出历史的荒谬与残忍。1945年日本无条件投降后台湾光复，基隆一户林姓人家眼见也要过上好日子，但人算不如天算，林家大小波折从此不断。“二•二八”事件发生后，家中的四兄弟更是只剩下老老实实开有一家照相馆的聋哑人老四林文清（梁朝伟）。然而悲剧并没到此终止，因为和进步人士有联系，林文清也没能逃脱被逮捕的命运，到此，林家男子只剩林文清和吴宽美（辛树芬）的幼儿——他尚呆在襁褓中咿呀咿呀地学语。