一位艺术家在与两个女友为债务苦苦工作时渐渐变得精神异常起来。楼下的朋克乐队逐渐使他烦扰不堪；他的主顾要求他必须得完成事先承诺的巨型帆布油画的创作；更严重的是他还与两个女友大打出手。因此，当主顾嘲笑他的画作时，他便大叫，并开始一系列残忍的“发泄”行为……

故事发生在大兴安岭林区。戏剧学院学生林楠（李秀明 饰）到林区采风，伐木工人老倪头（李纬 饰）接待了她。老倪头是当年数名闯关东的唯一幸存者，解放前由于家乡十年九旱生计无着，他们背井离乡来到关外，每到春闲时节，他们拉帮结伙下山串赌场、逛妓院，渲泄感情和金钱。妓女小白鞋（丁嘉丽 饰）温柔善良且重病缠身，他看中了时值青年的老倪头，老倪头答应来年为其赎身。不料把头也看中了小白鞋，经常趁老倪头不在时欺负蹂躏他，小白鞋含恨而死。老倪头一怒之下杀了把头，离开了阿尼屯。妓院干粗活的丫头大力神对伐木工小勃带情有独钟，可小勃带瞧不上大力神，他花钱娶了农家姑娘秀女，可万万没想到，秀女被车老板拐跑了......

《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

改编自《聊斋志异·葛巾》。入赘相府数年的常在田,衣冠光鲜地带着随从魏新突然回到了七年未归的故乡鹿韭村。发现当年的恋人曹玉在自己进京赶考后不久便惨遭山匪杀害,全家人亦无一幸免。见此惨状,常在田心中悲痛但却又暗自侥幸。回乡当晚,常在田在曹府旧宅离奇地遇到一位与曹小姐相貌一致的姑娘阿玉。短暂相处中,常在田觉得她举手投足间都是曹小姐当年的影子。 与此同时,村庄不断发生离奇怪事,降妖术士桑道人,更口口声声说鹿韭村怨气深重,有妖怪作祟。如世外桃源的小山村里,诡异的氛围顿时弥漫开来。眼前的阿玉究竟是谁?村民的讳莫如深又隐藏了什么秘密?看似不起眼的随从魏新又怀揣着什么秘密?面对错综复杂的局面,暗藏在鹿韭村的妖异也向常在田伸出了魔爪…