改革开放初期，春暖某厂总工程师李青远（方子哥 饰）因大胆改革，春暖使长年亏损的企业扭亏为盈，并将产品打入国际市场，被破格提拔为副市长。市里为他筹备了一个隆重的上任新闻发布会，可他却行色匆匆地赶往火车站。记者严芳（陈肖依 饰）顿感蹊跷，只身悄悄跟了过去，李青远感觉有人跟踪，他扔下手中行李急忙脱身，不料被小偷取走。盗得行李的小偷从火车上跌落摔死，现场遗留物品均证明死亡的是李青远。死讯传回李家，正待巴结李青远的金副局长（郑保民 饰）立即翻脸，原本送给李家的家俱、钢琴要李妻方丽茗（詹萍萍 饰）全款照付，房管局长则暗示方丽茗母女要搬出现住的小楼。正在这时，李青远回来了，大家目瞪口呆......
回复 :环卫公司垃圾车驾驶员尼卡德（Matti Pellonpää 饰）的老同事计划筹资组建自己的环卫公司，邀请尼卡德技术入股，但老同事不久急病突发身亡，尼卡德的生活重回一潭死水状态。尼卡德心有不甘借酒滋事，在被拘留的时候结识日后的同事米卡拉。米卡拉偶而会不识趣的妨碍尼卡德暗地追求超市售货员伊罗娜（Kati Outinen 饰），但他仍是尼卡德最可依赖的朋友。伊罗娜为报复超市经理偷走了钱盒，尼卡德帮助她找到服装店的新工作，服装店经理夹到尼卡德与伊罗娜的关系中间，但尼卡德最终夺回了自己的爱人。本片获1987年芬兰电影尤西奖最佳影片奖。是导演郭立斯马基（Aki Kaurismäki）无产阶级三部曲的第一部。
回复 :Scared of life and lacking the courage to be himself, Ludovico lives hidden away in his grandmother's old apartment. One night, the wickedness of the world goes to visit him in the form of Jack, a boy who is Ludovico's age but has the opposite character: hard, determined, perhaps criminal. The forced cohabitation of two human beings who couldn't seem more different from one another turns into an initiation rite to adulthood, the discovery of their true and respective personalities. And when the harsh reality that is mercilessly stalking them appears to present the bill, they will have to face it, bolstered by a new awareness and unhoped-for courage.
回复 :十位导演拍摄的十部短片，每一段基于一部歌剧的一首咏叹调。详细目录如下：Robert Altman (segment "Les Boréades")Bruce Beresford (segment "Die tote Stadt")Bill Bryden (segment "I pagliacci")Jean-Luc Godard (segment "Armide")Derek Jarman (segment "Depuis le jour")Franc Roddam (segment "Liebestod")Nicolas Roeg (segment "Un ballo in maschera")Ken Russell (segment "Nessun dorma")Charles Sturridge (segment "La virgine degli angeli")Julien Temple (segment "Rigoletto")
