阿幼是個普通的十六歲高中生，某天她迷迷糊糊醒來，發現自己捲入一種與平時類似卻又相異的生活。她的家莫名其妙被佔據，父母不見了。在碰到許多無法解釋的怪事之後，阿幼終於理解，她就像愛麗絲掉入兔子洞那樣，不小心走入了夢中世界。若要找回原來的生活，她必須找到夢境的出口。阿幼在公園遊走，無人聞問，只有一位老人願意跟她說話，他是郭人傅，一個經商失敗的寂寞老人，郭人傅帶阿幼回家，給她吃住，無微不至地照顧她。夢中世界的時間與空間會跳躍、不連貫，夢裡的事件與現實也沒有什麼關連，因此，阿幼會反覆發生不可理喻的行為：她走入浴室卻忘了洗澡，因追逐幻影而走失，記不得自己曾做過的事，指控家中的幫傭偷竊。幫傭秋玲對阿幼忍無可忍，辭職走人，郭人傅的兒子也希望他將阿幼送走。對於阿幼所引起的種種事端，郭人傅無怨無悔地承受，但在無人分擔的情況下，他也逐漸被絕望所淹沒。女孩心裡還潛藏一個遙遠的記憶，念念不忘，要尋找一個失落的東西，但她的努力卻帶給周遭的人痛苦。郭人傅的陪伴使她逐漸走出記憶的迷霧，最終，女孩發現自己失落的是自己…。

乔治（哈里·海登 Harry Hayden 饰）经营着一家小餐馆，一天，餐馆里来了两名不速之客，他们是杀手，来寻找每天都在此吃完饭的皮特（Michael Hale 饰）。巧合的是，偏偏今天皮特没有来参观，在杀手离开后，乔治连忙打电话给皮特通风报信，然而最终，皮特还是死于非命。皮特生前买过一份保险，受益人是一个名叫奎尼的女人。奎尼是餐馆的服务生，曾经在皮特陷入抑郁想要自杀之际救过他一命。紧接着，皮特曾经的好友塞姆（比尔·沃克 Bill Walker 饰）浮出了水面，他如今迎娶了皮特的初恋女友劳拉。塞姆告诉调查人员，皮特是一名退役拳击手，退役后加入了黑帮干一些违法乱纪的事情，而他所遭遇的一切不幸，都和一个名叫凯蒂（艾娃·加德纳 Ava Gardner 饰）的女人有着脱不清的干系。

Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake 1965 16mm film 90minsThis was the first attempt to cinematize the works of Irish author James Joyce. Based more on a stage adaptation by Mary Manning than the Joyce novel itself, the film concentrates on Dublin pubkeeper Finnegan (Martin J. Kelly), who while in the throes of inebriation has a vision of his own death. As the bemused Finnegan lies in his coffin, his friends gather for his wake. The "corpse" tries to cut through the keening and platitudes by probing the innermost thoughts of those closest to him. The surprising aspect of this film is that so much of its difficult text works on screen--a tribute to the loving care of scripter/director/ editor Mary Ellen Bute, who, while preparing this film spent her waking hours picking the brains and burrowing through the resource materials of the James Joyce Society.Although director Mary Ellen Bute’s highly regarded Finnegans Wake (aka Passages from Finnegans Wake) is a unique film that is likely to baffle anyone unfamiliar with James Joyce, it cannot be dismissed merely as a literary exercise. The director was right in claiming that her film was “not a translation of the book but a reaction to it”. It is actually based on a stage play by Mary Manning, who was also responsible for the screenplay. Joyce’s elliptical rhetoric and intricate punning, which might be considered a formidable barrier to the filming of this most opaque of his works, proved to be an attraction to Bute, whose enthusiasm for the ‘visual’ and ‘kinetic’ quality of his language led her to the surprising but well-judged move of running subtitles from the original text to support the dialogue.Visual music pioneer Mary Ellen Bute's final film was also her first feature film. James Joyce's classic story of Irish tavern-keeper who dreams of attending his own wake is brought to the screen with a sparkling energy which highlights its maker's career-long exploration of kinetic abstract animation. Perhaps best described as a 'film poem,' Passages from Finnegans Wake was the first attempt to 'cinematize' the works of James Joyce, featuring the author's highly original language spoken by characters and presented as text on screen.

故事发生在昭和49年的东京，在这里，居住着94岁高龄的画家熊谷守一（山崎努 饰）。熊谷守一和妻子秀子（树木希林 饰）拥有一个温馨的家，一条门廊，一片小院，足以让两人的日子过得有滋有味。每一天，熊谷守一都能够从自家后院的树木植被里感受到季节和时间的变迁，他和妻子都做已经参透了生活的奥义——那些生命里真正能够带来乐趣的元素，并非是钱可以买来的。本以为这样惬意的日子没有尽头，可某一日，熊谷守一得知了自己家旁边即将盖一栋高耸入云的大楼的消息，大楼的影子将投射到他家的院子里，这也就意味着在那里生长的那些需要阳光的植物，都将面临死亡的下场。