影片讲述少女小春从广岛回到故乡岩手，去往风的电话所在地的一段旅程，是一个关于内心治愈，以及我们忘却的珍贵记忆的故事。

美丽的铃村亚佐美（小川亜佐美 饰）是供职于东京某公司的白领，她的生活波澜不惊，按时上下班，和好姐妹们闲聊家长里短。亚佐美的母亲早年去世，多年来和父亲耕平（日野道夫 饰）相依为命。24岁的她至今还未成家，耕平为了女儿的婚事分外焦急，积极为她物色对象，然亚佐美却始终不为所动。另一方面，亚佐美和公司的科长长期维持着不伦之恋，彼此纠缠不清。公司内30岁的单身女青年泉田驹子（中島葵 饰）开放爽朗，绯闻频出，被内部人称作“公共汽车”，但她何尝不期盼一段美好的恋情。在去亚佐美家共度30岁生日时，驹子和耕平一见钟情，更到了谈婚论家的地步。这突如其来的变故，令亚佐美备感失落……

Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

对于绝大多数中国人来说，"玄奘"这个人名非常陌生，人们熟悉的是《西游记》中的那个唐僧。《西游记》是中国文学史上的经典，经典的力量是勿庸置疑的。自明代吴承恩创作《西游记》以来，一个阴柔懦弱、性别不明的唐僧形象已经深深地铭刻在中国人的心里。在人们津津乐道于孙悟空的时候，唐僧的原型，玄奘却被扭曲、被误读。几个世纪的时间里，真实的玄奘越走越远，逐渐离开了中国人的视线，只剩下一个轮廓模糊的背影。公元2005年的冬天，在北京平安大街一个普通的茶馆，时间已过半夜。昏暗的灯光下，几个已近中年的男人眉飞色舞，几近痴狂之状。城市白日的喧嚣已经过去，疲惫的人们正在进入梦乡，街道上游荡着三三两两几个无眠的人。在这样的时刻，世俗的欲望和压迫都逐渐消退，多年不曾光顾的激情开始在昏暗的茶馆弥漫。血色逐渐爬上一张张原本菜色的脸，白天的矜持和理智不见了，青春似乎又一次降临。茶馆夜谈的主题正是玄奘，那个唐朝僧人在一千三百多年后点燃了我们久违的激情。玄奘生活在大唐，那是一个令中国人魂牵梦绕的时代。玄奘，以极富传奇色彩的一生，为那个充满了荣光的时代做出了最好的注脚。在即将步入中年的时候，我们做出了一个决定，重走玄奘之路。重走玄奘之路，去发现一个真实的玄奘；重走玄奘之路，去感悟一个大气磅礴的时代；重走玄奘之路，去寻找生命的真谛……