Nothing really looks what it really is when you look from a distance and so is Jinwoo’s quiet life, far from the hectic, stressful city life, tucked away in the beauty of the Korean countryside, welcomed with open arms by a loving new “family” that has accepted, on their sheep ranch, him and Seol, his wonderful niece who he loves as if she were his own daughter.But when Park Kun-young's careful and precise direction begins to focus on the details of Jinwoo's existence, slowly revealing his restless soul, we gradually discover the complexity of the reasons that led to Jinwoo's extreme choice to retire in the countryside to live like a shepherd.The arrival at the ranch of Jinwoo’s longtime male friend from university, Hyunmin, upsets all balance. Moonkyeong, the ranch owner’s daughter, who has a crush on Jinwoo, accidentally discover the two men in bed and shortly afterwards Jinwoo’s twin sister, and Seol’s birth mother, shows up at the ranch after years of absence and silence and wants to take her daughter back to Seoul.The community of that small country place, which seemed kind and nice, slowly reveals their true colours and deep disapproval of the two men's relationship. The fragile sandcastle of happiness that Jinwoo has struggled to build is crumbling and the cold, harsh winter is upon him.Giovanna Fulvi

该作品以动画的方式拍摄哥哥的家庭记忆，并由这些记忆延伸至两则发生在周遭的社会案件：有一位青少年被谋杀了，事发地点在哥哥年少时常去的网络咖啡厅，而这件事在新闻上被制作成了示意图。另一个事件也同样发生在老家附近，有人目击了一只狗游荡在街头，嘴里叼了一颗女人头颅，面孔因腐烂而无法辨识身份。一名警员依据头骨的外形，想象并绘制出女人生前的脸孔。这两个事件分别在公众媒体上被制成了肖像画—新闻业者以3D软体制作的漫画示意图，与警察以铅笔素描描绘的被害女人头像的警员，以及新闻动画的分镜师，透过他们绘图技术的思考，尝试在创作中构筑哥哥的记忆图像。

高桥一家三口住在一间简陋的小房子内。男主人吏一（西村晃 饰）在东北大学图书馆工作，与女事务员义子维持了五年的不伦之恋；高桥家的生活危机重重，死气沉沉。某日吏一出差外埠，强盗平冈（露口茂 饰）趁夜溜入房中，殴打并奸污了 吏一的妻子贞子。次日清晨，倍感受辱的贞子意欲自杀， 却割舍不掉对孩子的爱而最终放弃。数日后平冈再次前来，贞子突然发现自己怀有身孕。为了摆脱平冈的纠缠，她决定杀掉这个冤孽之人……本片荣获当年日本十佳电影第四名，并在《电影旬报》百部作品中位列第七名。

影片故事改编自田纳西·威廉姆斯的戏剧《奥菲斯沉沦》（Orpheus Decending）主人公瓦尔·夏威尔是一个吉他弹唱歌手，他居无定所，总爱穿着蛇皮茄克在各个城市之间游荡漂泊。而在这之前其实他曾经是一名罪犯。某一天，他来到南方密西西比河附近的一个小城镇，在那里与当地的一个女阿飞卡萝·丘特尔相遇。二人随后爱得轰轰烈烈，彼此成为性伴侣。但是瓦尔同时又与老板的妻子托伦斯夫人有着暧昧关系。托伦斯夫人对瓦尔十分钟情，她甚至愿意放弃一切来阻止瓦尔与卡萝私奔离开城镇。可是托伦斯先生可不是什么好打发的人，他对瓦尔的怨恨使他发誓要报复。而影片中的另一个女艺术家（莫琳·斯塔普敦 饰）对他也是情有独钟。