平成时代

John (杰瑞米艾伦斯饰)是一个在香港生活多年的英国摄影师;他的朋友Jim (罗宾布雷兹饰)经常光顾他的公寓. John迷恋酒吧主的女友Vivian (巩俐饰),但一直被她拒绝.就在香港回归之际, John发现自己患上了一种奇怪的白血病并且只剩下几个月的命.于是John, Jim,和一个他们在街上遇见的神秘女子Jean(张曼玉饰)开始用一个相机到处拍摄香港的景象，要在香港回归的最后一刻拍到真正的香港......

《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

日本刑法第三十九条：心神丧失人的行为，不罚。心神耗弱人的行为，得减轻其刑。畑田修夫妇惨遭杀害，嫌疑犯柴田正树（堤真一 饰）承认杀人事实，但否认动机。柴田的反常举动引起法庭注意，经司法鉴定认为其患有精神分裂症，按刑法第三十九条无需承担法律责任。担当鉴定助手的小川香深（铃木京香 饰）则认为案件存在疑点。经过进一步调查，小川得知被害人畑田修15岁时曾杀害一名女童，后因未成年保护条例及刑法第三十九条躲过制裁。小川就此入手，发现女童还有一个哥哥，他与这起案件又有什么关系呢？

故事发生在美国内战结束不久之后，曾经在前线奋勇杀敌的军官基德上尉（汤姆·汉克斯 Tom Hanks 饰）如今成为了一名读报人。他辗转于一个又一个小镇，为生活在那里的居民们带来来自世界各地的最新的消息。一天，基德在德州遇见了一个名叫乔安娜（海伦娜·泽格尔 Helena Zengel 饰）的小女孩，这个可怜的姑娘在6年前被印第安人掳走抚养，如今，重新获得了自由的她将要回到叔叔和阿姨的身边开始正常人的生活，虽然这并不是乔安娜真正想要的。基德和乔安娜之间产生了一种奇妙的联结，于是，基德答应护送乔安娜去她应该去的地方，两人要共同面对的，除了险恶的自然环境外，还有叵测的人心。