故事发生在河南省西部辛庄村。由于贫穷，免费黑墩（李忘雄 饰）27岁尚未娶亲成家。丁云鹤（于绍康 饰）是个退休的铁路工人，免费有一手种瓜的绝活，五十年代因为错说一句话被打成右派，如今平反后受邀到各地指导种西瓜。黑墩请他到辛庄做种瓜的技术顾问，丁云鹤来到辛庄后，不但指导大伙种瓜，也带来了全新的生活理念，黑墩靠种瓜致富娶上了媳妇。村支书张米贵（杨子纯 饰）刚开始反对大伙弃农种瓜，现在瓜农丰收后他又拒绝支付按合同给丁云鹤的大笔酬金，他开始给丁云鹤罗织莫须有的罪名，并利用大伙的小农意识克扣丁云鹤应得的报酬，还组织捉奸闹剧，诬陷他与女房东有奸情，丁云鹤愤怒地离开了这个失信的村庄......
贝蒂米勒
回复 :矿工卡苏里南（Turo Pajala 饰）工作的矿场停业，他只得驾驶别人送赠的敞篷凯迪拉克老车远赴赫尔辛基另谋出路。路上遭遇的一场抢劫让他身边只剩凯迪拉克和一台收音机，卡苏里南找到了码头力工的临时工作，但正职却迟迟无法落实。卡苏里南结识了在屠宰厂工作身带一个男孩的女工伊勒梅勒，两人的生活很快合二为一。但不久卡苏里南因向劫匪寻仇而入狱，室友米柯南精心策划了越狱步骤，在伊勒梅勒的协助下，卡苏里南重获自由。本片获1989年莫斯科国际电影节最佳男主角奖、国际影评人费比西奖，1991年全美影评人协会最佳外语片奖。是导演郭立斯马基（Aki Kaurismäki）无产阶级三部曲的第二部。
徐英恩
回复 :一个无辜的男人被控告攻击了一位老太太。他没有不在场证据，而唯一的证人也就是那位老太太在几天后死去。结果他被关进监狱，和一群职业罪犯住在一起。在经历了各种屈辱之后他能在这个恶劣的环境中生存下去吗？他会有哪些改变呢？
回复 :By 1820, Edmund Kean is the most admired Shakespearan actor. But if his art is peerless, his free lifestyle is ill thought of, particularly by the high society. Kean has fallen passionately in love with Countess Elena de Koefeld, the wife of the ambassador of Denmark. Elena loves him too but hesitates to give up her rank in society and follow Kean. On the other hand, Anna, a rich heiress who refuses to marry Lord Mewill, the husband chosen by her parents, confesses her love for Kean and decides to become an actress like him... The aristocrats, outraged by Edmund's profligate ways, decide to boycott his performances and his career is broken. Kean does not recover from such a blow and, on a stormy night, dies in Elena's arms.
