西西曾以阿果之名发表小说《我城》，另一个阿果带着游戏童心，为这位香港文学史上的重要作家，试缝一本小小剪贴册。陈果带观众来到西西居住多年的土瓜湾，重访美丽大厦、她曾任教的小学，还有即将消逝的照相馆与冰室。由她默默耕耘的创作历程，说到她念兹在兹的我城，还把她笔下角色化成人型 布偶。深居简出的西西，难得公开家居生活，更谈到哀悼乳房的经历。镜头活现她的恬淡和坚韧、志气和生趣，也为《他们在岛屿写作》系列留下别开生面的一章。

Charged with leading demonstrations for the democratization movement, student activist Kim Gi-young (Moon Sung-keun) is a fugitive from the law. He sneaks into a mining village on the verge of being shut down, with a fake ID in hand. Feeling frustrated with the current state of activism, which centers around the intelligentsia, he gets a job as a man-of-all-work at a coal factory and meets the motley inhabitants of the mining village. Dae-sik (Yang Jin-yeong) works to support his family in place of his father, who is in prison for instigating a strike. Detective Kang (Lee Su-chan) always keeps a sharp eye on everything that goes on in the village. Then there are strike organizer Cheon Do-seong (Kang Neung-won), fellow worker Jeong (Hwang Hae), Taek's mother (Kim Kyung-ran), and Sun's mother (Jo Ju-mi). Sung-cheol (Park Joong-hoon), whose father is a local bigshot and the owner of the coal factory, lords it over the neighborhood bars and cafes. Angry at his father (Park Kyu-chae) for leaving his mother and marrying another woman, Sung-cheol vents his resentment on the cafe girls and factory workers. Meanwhile, Young-sook (Shim Hye-jin), who works as a prostitute at the local cafe, is becoming fed up with Sung-cheol's violent and demeaning treatment of her. When she meets Gi-young, who is reserved but warm, she begins to have feelings for him and stops selling sexual favors. As the impending miners' strike darkens the horizon, Gi-young and Young-sook fall in love and enjoy each other's company. Then one day, Sung-cheol receives news of his mother's death and wreaks havoc at the cafe. When Young-sook refuses to satisfy his demands, he starts to beat her up. Gi-young tries to stop him, but his intervention brings him to the attention of Detective Kang and he is hauled off to the police station. Gi-young undergoes torture at the hands of the police, but he is eventually cleared of all charges and released. When he finally comes to through Young-sook's devoted care, he tells her that he is a wanted fugitive. His identity is soon exposed and he is forced to run once more. Young-sook decides to leave the village with him, and heads to the cafefor her things. While making her last coffee delivery, Young-sook runs into Sung-cheol, who tries to stop her from leaving. She ends up killing him, and is dragged off by the police as Gi-young waits for her at the train station.

刘灵珊（林青霞 饰）是一名老师，一次偶然中，她结识了名叫楚楚（赖怡君 饰）的女孩，以及楚楚的父亲韦鹏飞（秦祥林 饰）。韦鹏飞告诉刘灵珊，楚楚的母亲裴欣桐（谢玲玲 饰）早年抛弃了他们父女二人，这段悲伤的经历打动了单纯善良的刘灵珊，她和韦鹏飞之间的距离越来越近，最终坠入了爱河。不顾家人的反对，刘灵珊毅然决心嫁给韦鹏飞，然而，热恋的幸福渐渐淡去之际，一本《爱桐杂记》揭露了韦鹏飞深藏在心底的，对于前妻的爱恋。裴欣桐的存在让刘灵珊和韦鹏飞之间的感情产生了裂缝，与此同时，楚楚和刘灵珊之间的关系也渐渐变得水火不容起来。

故事发生在1990年代，福州。由于虎头的父母正闹离婚，妈妈让虎头（胡斌 饰）独自一人座飞机到成都的外公家。飞机降落成都，虎头随着人流往外走，不料碰上黑社会小胡子（罗世平 饰）和光头（周金全 饰）劫持一秃头男人，拚命挣脱的秃头男人迅速将一个游戏卡塞入虎头的书包。因外公耽误了去机场接自已虎头很不高兴，趁机报复外公，外公（杨次禹 饰）曾经是刑警队长，他在整理外孙书包时，无意间将游戏卡踢到床下。因与外公闹别扭，虎头决定独返福州，在机场他碰见了小胡子，而小胡子认定那天秃头把游戏卡塞进了虎头的书包，决定绑架虎头，不料虎头竟机智逃脱。外公知道后，感觉大有文章......