华灯初上的大都会上海滩，上海金星地产老板钱寿昌的专车遭到一伙持枪之人的袭击。枪声惊动正在附近大排档吃饭的法租界巡捕房探长钟朗（钟汉良 饰）及其搭档韩非（释小龙 饰），二人顶住火力出手相助，终于击退那伙歹徒，但对方的身手和逃跑时留下的奇怪数字引起钟朗的注意。次日一早，钱老板来到巡捕房致谢，他挖角不成，于是力邀钟朗过几天为他的五十大寿宴席担任保镖。钟朗和韩非拿着歹徒丢落的步枪求助医科大学女教授于胜男（齐芳 饰），进而发现更多疑点，他更断定钱老板隐藏了某些不可告人的事实。不久，寿宴如期在戒备森严的钱府举行，三教九流各路人等纷纷来到，热闹祥和的表象下，杀机慢慢腾起……

《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

上世纪50年代的韩国国情动荡。本来就是黑社会人员的太雄（曹承佑 饰）想为朋友报仇，却被申文（于河俊 饰）刺伤了，偶然之下也认识了申文的妹妹海玉（金敏善 饰）。海玉有一个政治家父亲，背地里有黑社会帮忙处理难以解决的事情。自此之后太雄就为海玉的父亲工作。政治权力的争斗，令他不久便平步青云。太雄本想与海玉完婚，但局势再次动荡。太雄也结束了自己的黑社会生涯，发展起建筑业并成为了地产界巨头，甚至能操控政府。实际上，他私下不断干着不法的勾当。

A young, wide-eyed raccoon is keen to see more of the world, but needs to be taught about life’s dangers first.