年轻气盛的美术老师郭云天（于寒）从大城市调到水城乡小学后，发现其它老师眼中的“坏学生”古阿明（黄坤玄）是个绘画天才，加上调查后得知古阿明家境贫困，郭云天开始对他照顾有加，时常为他不惜同其它老师发生冲突。校长委托郭云天挑选一名美术选手代表学校参加比赛，郭云天力荐古阿明，遭到其它老师的反对，据理力争一番，郭云天终没抵过众人之口，心怀对古阿明的歉意带着他的一幅绘画离开了水城乡。而落选后的古阿明因为伤心外加营养长期不良，患上肝病不治身亡，不知他送给郭云天作纪念的那张画已为他赢得了世界性的荣誉。

金邦树（任昌丁 饰）是一名交通警察，一场意外让他同名叫如竹（高素荣 饰）的女子相识了，两人很快就成为了无话不谈的好友。金邦树告诉如竹，自己真实的梦想是能够成为一名棒球裁判，而如竹以坦言她的梦想是进入演艺圈。随着时间的推移，金邦树渐渐爱上了单纯善良的如竹，但如竹却碍于现实，拒绝了他。多年以后，金邦树终于不辱梦想以裁判的身份站在了棒球场上，而彼时如竹亦奋斗在摄影棚中，挥洒着努力和汗水。当金邦树在电视上意外看到如竹的身影之时，他发现自己心底对她的感情依旧如此热烈。在一场球赛中，金邦树和如竹重逢了，然而在喜悦的背后，却荡漾着物是人非的伤感和遗憾。

A documentary on the history of garlic. Blank interviews chefs, garlic lovers, and historians about the their love of the 'stinking rose.'Often referred to as a stinking rose, garlic, in its culinary uses, generally evokes a love it or hate it response. Quite often, these responses are on cultural lines, where old world cultures have generally revered it in their cooking, while new world cultures have not. A renaissance of sorts is taking place in the use of garlic in the United States, with more and more immigrants bringing their use of the spice to the country, with more people desiring more spice in their food, with a desire to get back to the land and with the production of plant a large part of the Central California landscape. Many chefs are presented preparing dishes prominently featuring the spice. On the bad side, the association of garlic to bad breath is discussed. On the other side, its purported health benefits are also discussed. Other topics presented include its association to vampirism, and speculation of how people will want their garlic to be presented to them in the future.

本片根据美国小说家丹尼斯·勒翰（Dennis Lehane）的同名小说改编。 1954年，联邦警官泰迪（莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥 Leonardo DiCaprio 饰）和搭档查克（马克·鲁弗洛 Mark Ruffalo 饰）乘船来到波士顿附近的禁闭岛精神病犯监狱调查一桩离奇失踪案。手刃亲生骨肉的女犯蕾切尔（艾米莉·莫迪默 Emily Mortimer 饰）从戒备森严的牢室神秘逃脱，藏匿于孤岛深处。泰迪怀疑监狱的主治精神病医师约翰·考利（本·金斯利 Ben Kingsley 饰）有意隐瞒内情，并向查克透露他上岛的真实目的其实是寻找当年纵火烧死他妻子德洛丽丝（米歇尔·威廉姆斯 Michelle Williams 饰）的管理员，并揭露美国政府利用精神病犯人进行人体科学实验的罪行。但随着调查的逐渐深入，真相却变得越来越扑朔迷离……