艾本（约瑟夫·科顿 Joseph Cotten 饰）是一名画家，靠着自己的勤奋和努力生存，然而，那个时代实在是太萧条了，所以艾本始终活在濒临破产的边缘。某日，画家偶然中遇见了一位名为珍妮（珍妮弗·琼斯 Jennifer Jones 饰）的女孩，艾本为珍妮画了一张速写，让他没有想到的是，这张速写被画廊老板相中，并交代他再画一些这样的画。之后，艾本和珍妮断断续续的见着面，画家以她为模特创作出了一幅又一幅作品，随着时间的推移，艾本和珍妮之间渐渐产生了一种奇妙的羁绊。珍妮长大了，艾本所画的一副珍妮的肖像油画被博物馆收藏了，他的生活亦渐渐得到了改善。可是，与此同时，珍妮却消失了。

A brief trip back home turns into a longer stay when Eric finds himself caught between catching up with his two sisters and conquering his old poker group. The more Eric extends his visit to prove that he is still the best poker player in town, the harder it becomes to steer clear of the old fault lines in his relationship with his sister Rachel. As their little sister Maggie attempts to recreate the intimate world they once shared, Eric and Rachel are faced with the divide between their childhood selves and the adults they have now become.Displaying all the sensitivity and wicked humour of his previous works, Dustin Guy Defa’s new film is a shrewd study of the pitiless condition known as adulthood. After growing up in a family unit that constitutes your whole world, with its particular set of habits and a shared language, crossing the border into the realm of adults can feel disempowering, even terrifying. A sense of loss may be difficult to ever really overcome. The film’s meticulous structure and novelistic depth lay bare this fundamental fear, but also the resources that exist to fight it. Setting about this treasure hunt deep within as individuals and as a family is an admirable trio of actors whose interpretation is as nuanced as it is poignant.

千里迢迢投奔外祖母的林黛玉（张艾嘉 饰）与表兄宝玉（林青霞 饰）相会，两小无猜，童言无忌，虽惹出摔玉的闹剧，却让他们彼此走得更紧。岁月流逝，兄妹俩两情相悦，心意相托。但他们的爱情为族人所不容，王熙凤献出偷梁换柱之计，令宝玉娶得薛宝钗（米雪 饰）。黛玉悲痛难忍，含恨而逝。得知真相的宝玉弃家出走，遁入空门。本片荣获1978年亚太电影节和金马奖最佳美术执导奖项。[背景] 台湾独闯江湖失败后的大导演李翰祥，重新回到香港邵氏电影公司。适值红楼之风盛行，然而市面上多为粗俗拙劣之作。如邵氏早先一无名导演拍摄的《红楼梦》，另一家公司的《红楼梦醒》，以及更加粗俗的《红楼春梦》和《红楼春上春》，其业余和粗糙实在是对曹公名著的侮辱。也因此饱受中国古典文学熏陶的李翰祥才决定拍出一部艺术水平可与之相匹配的作品出来。演员方面他大胆启用曾参加台湾影视培训班的无名小辈林青霞和张艾嘉。电影开拍之初，李翰祥临时将林青霞和张艾嘉的角色兑换，这个无心之举却使他成为林青霞反串角色的发掘者。

李翰祥執導的《佛跳牆》共有四個單元，首個故事是描述一對母子因施予濟公一碗豆漿而逃過喪命之危；其二則說濟公幫助賣菜漢，逃離高利貸者的滋擾；其三則寫濟公以櫻桃化夜明珠，將大盜教訓一頓；最末一則是描寫濟公以巧計捉弄胡作非為的相爺父子。李翰祥借濟公的善行，針貶權貴惡霸的種種惡行，為平民大眾吐一口烏氣。