一个患肺病的男人为了逃脱兵役，从城市回到故乡，在乡村里的一家制药公司里工作。他与总裁女儿以结婚為前提相爱了，一个浪漫的童话开始谱写。在故乡已有四年了，天气縂是大雾不断。酣然享受平静生活的当地人喜欢聼土生土长的音乐教师弹奏美妙的音符，然而这一切被国家派出的搜索逃兵役者的人员打破了。

某个夜晚，在被称作东京起点的日本桥的麒麟雕像旁边，一名男子踉跄着跌倒，最终失血过多死亡。死者名叫青柳武明（中井贵一 饰），是金崎金属制造公司的本部长。颇令警方费解的是，青柳在腹部被刺的情况下并没有立刻叫救护车，而是隐忍着走了长达8分钟的路程。同一晚，无业青年八岛冬树（三浦贵大 饰）被卡车撞成重伤，昏迷不醒。因为他拿着青柳的公文包，所以警方将八岛看作重要嫌疑人。本案的种种疑点，令日本桥警署的刑警加贺恭一郎（阿部宽 饰）陷入思索之中。他不仅走访了青柳的家人、八岛的同居女友中原香织（新垣结衣 饰），还尝试着重走青柳生前在日本桥附近的生活足迹，种种谜团和各种情感纠葛渐渐浮出水面……本片根据推理小说名家东野圭吾自诩的系列“最高杰作”《麒麟之翼》改编。

本片根据苏珊娜凯森的自传体小说改编而成。苏珊娜（薇诺娜·瑞德 Winona Ryder饰）本是正值花季的普通少女，却被诊断为“边缘精神错乱症”而送进了精神病院。虽然苏珊娜深陷现实世界的精神压力中饱受折磨，但在精神病院苏珊娜结识到了一群看似乖戾却不同寻常的新朋友。具有反社会人格的莉莎（安吉丽娜·朱莉 Angelina Jolie饰），带领患有说谎癖的乔治娜（克丽·杜瓦尔 Clea DuVall饰），对火深怀恐惧的珀丽（伊丽莎白·莫斯 Elisabeth Moss饰），不能当着他人面进食的戴西（布莱特妮·墨菲 Brittany Murphy饰）等其他女孩，做出了很多令人瞠目结舌的举动，这令医院管理人员头痛不已。苏珊娜逐渐融入了女孩们的“秘密活动”中。这一次次离经叛道的疯狂冒险，使她踏上了一场寻找自我的精神之旅。安吉丽娜·朱莉因本片荣获第72届奥斯卡金像奖(2000)奥斯卡奖-最佳女配角。

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