本片(🦈)撷(🎉)取了(le )发生在中(🉑)(zhō(🗻)ng )国(🏀)北方小(xiǎo )城镇中(🤧)一个中国(guó )青年出狱(yù )后的一(💧)段(🔑)(duàn )人生经历，讲(🍕)述(🌊)(shù(🧦) )了一个小(xiǎo )人(🤟)物(🔻)在商(shāng )品经济(jì )的大潮中(zhōng )与(🍵)时(📬)代的(de )隔离，以(yǐ(📀) )及(🎸)人(🙆)们(men )对金钱的(de )崇(🌴)尚(💢)和理(lǐ )想、道德(dé )的流失(shī )，对社会(huì )与人性作(🗒)出(⭕)了(⛴)深度拷问。尤其(♐)是(🕑)本(běn )片以中(zhōng )国(🕧)农历冬季的四个(gè )节气作为(wé(💷)i )篇(⬆)章，具有强烈的(🎿)中(🐅)国(🤺)文(wén )化符号视觉(📳)。
Juanita, a loud 35 year old mulata, returns to her homeland to spend Christmas with their loved ones along with 350,000 Dominicans living abroad. She does not come alone, she's accompanied by Mariano, a rough Spanish man much older than her, he's anxious to get to know this island where you can sow 365 days a year. Mariano has decided for the first time in his life to take a risk, he sells his share of the land in Burgo de Osma to a brother and helps Juanita pay for the mortgage of her house in Santo Domingo just when she was about to lose it to the bank. Upon arrival, Juanita confesses she has two children, Mariano confesses in return to have taken advantage of her illegal status in order to get her to stay with him. Amidst these confessions the avalanche of family and friends falls on them, among them is Jairo, the father of her children, a typical 30 year old street wise Dominican who looks at him with jealousy. What Juanita did not confess to Mariano is that she has allowed Jairo to stay at her house to help with the children. Juanita and Mariano, who while being in Spain clung to each other like two castaways to a raft, will try not to drown in Santo Domingo.
一(yī )阵风暴之(zhī )后，齐格(gé )林德(🏪)救(🏖)助了一个(gè )受(🎸)伤(🦋)的(🥦)陌(mò )生人。他(tā(🍳) )们(👻)相知相爱，才(cái )发现这是(shì )她失(⛩)散(🐉)多(duō )年的孪(luá(🖊)n )生(🙏)兄(🏵)弟齐(qí )格蒙德(🎎)，他(🥒)们都是(shì )众神之(zhī )王沃坦的(de )非婚生子(zǐ )女。齐格(🚷)(gé(⛑) )林(📹)德的(de )丈夫洪丁(♐)(dī(⤴)ng )与齐格蒙德决斗(🦄)，因沃坦(tǎn )和天后弗(fú )里卡的(de )作(㊙)祟(💭)齐格蒙德丧命(🍳)(mì(🏜)ng )。女(🈵)武神(shén )布伦希(xī(🍚) )尔德救走了齐格林(lín )德，并预言(🐖)她(🦉)腹(fù )中的孩子(🆗)(zǐ(💰) )将(🅱)是未来(lái )的英(🧚)雄(❄)齐格弗里(lǐ )德。
神秘(mì )工厂深夜(🧀)(yè )突发离奇案件(🏏)，一(🎭)名(🌿)员工(gōng )离奇惨(🚚)死(⛄)(sǐ )，人人(rén )都传是不(bú )知名异兽(shòu )所为，一(yī )时间(🦋)案(💂)(àn )件变得神(shén )乎(🏷)其(💂)神。国际知名灵异(🏙)侦(zhēn )探社接到(dào )被害人家属的(🚭)委(〰)托，介入(rù )此案(🏉)调(🚥)查(👸)(chá )，却被(bèi )一系列(🐰)假线索误导(dǎo )，将凶手锁定在(zà(⏹)i )厂(🍠)长身上，然而厂(🕕)(chǎ(🚮)ng )长(🏂)在不恰当的时(🏠)(shí(🗽) )机自杀，使得案情(qíng )更加扑朔迷(🐞)离。厂长死后(hòu )，其(🤓)女(📼)儿(👉)(ér )光子将侦探(🏊)社(🍺)社(shè )长何生告(gào )上法庭，导致侦(zhēn )探社陷入(rù )信(🐺)誉(🗼)危机(jī )。
收到媽(mā(💴) )媽(⤵)從山(shān )上寄來的(🌖)(de )蜜蘋果，小月計算著，媽(mā )媽已經(🕰)在(👐)(zài )外工作許久(🈚)了(🥫)，媽(🦅)媽的搖(yáo )籃曲總(⏹)是(shì )在耳邊(biān )呼喚著。『你媽多(⚫)(duō(🧣) )久沒回來了？(🚒)』(🔦)是(🏜)小月（13歲）與(💹)碧(🧡)(bì )艷（15歲）兩個小(xiǎo )女孩彼此(🎙)(cǐ )關心的話(huà )語(🎫)。
在(📫)贝(🎚)鲁特一(yī )个街(🌒)角(🔬)的(de )咖啡店二(èr )楼，有一面大大(dà )的转角窗(chuāng )和一(⬛)台(🈺)电(diàn )视机，一位78岁(🥦)的(🐍)(de )退伍将军(jun1 )和一位(💶)81岁(suì )的退伍(wǔ )军医每天(tiān )早上(🐟)都(👯)会(huì )在这里碰(⛄)面(🎺)，看(😃)(kàn )着街角车(chē )来(🗄)人往，做着填字游戏，以此对抗(kà(🎃)ng )阿(🐣)茨海(hǎi )默综合(😿)症(🍀)。伴(🍘)随两(liǎng )位老人(🍵)的(🈴)玩笑和(hé )字谜，咖啡馆的顾(gù )客(👛)纷纷登场。本(běn )片(👂)用(👣)发(🛒)生(shēng )在一个社(😇)(shè(🗼) )会小角落16天之内(nèi )的一系列(liè )事件，四(sì )两拨千(😋)斤(🎭)地讨论(lùn )了人生(🎰)、(🚋)政治、历(lì )史等(👝)话(huà )题；通过(guò )单场景多(duō )幕(📯)剧(🛳)的结(jié )构让人(🤱)(ré(💞)n )感(📘)受到老(lǎo )人们的(🆚)孤(gū )独，以及疾病带(dài )来的苦涩(♏)(sè(🏇) )，同时映射出黎(🤕)巴(🧥)嫩(🐶)暴力(lì )事件肆(🌻)虐(⏪)(nuè )的现状(zhuàng )。以小见大，令人(rén )回(🚇)味。
故事讲述(shù )桃(🧙)花(🏅)村(💄)里的杀马特(tè(🥫) )男(⛳)青年刘辈意外(wài )发现自己(jǐ )的侄子单(dān )身汉刘(🕠)协(👁)暴毙于(yú )家中,并(🚬)对(🥛)(duì )于他的死(sǐ )产(👺)生了很大怀疑(yí )。此时村(cūn )子里(😕)面(🚟)也(yě )来了一(yī(🍹) )位(🗄)不(🧗)速之(zhī )客,他就是(😒)(shì )地产开发(fā )商曹猛(měng )德，他向(🤼)(xià(🔒)ng )各位乡亲(qīn )提(🕕)出(🗄)高(🦎)价收购土(tǔ )地(🏚)的(⛎)提议(yì )。村长董灼则煽风点火，鼓(🦄)动大家(jiā )将土地(😹)(dì(🎩) )卖(👏)给曹猛德,并且(🤳)能(🎦)(néng )够从此变为城(📈)里(lǐ )人。刘辈一向反感(gǎn )董灼,对(🏄)于(🆗)董、曹(cáo )的提议(♉)心(🏃)(xīn )存怀疑，而他对(🏘)于侄子的(de )死更是耿(gěng )耿于怀。于(😵)是(😫)刘辈带着好(hǎ(🏸)o )兄(✉)弟(⛴)、同(tóng )为杀马特(🥟)(tè )青年的(de )关语、张(zhāng )非,开始了(📆)(le )对(🌤)于曹猛(měng )德和(🈺)董(👯)(dǒ(🏠)ng )灼的调查(chá ),并(💻)最(😅)终发现了曹、董二人(rén )克扣拆迁(qiān )款并且(qiě )谋(🤓)杀(🛋)刘(🔲)协的犯罪行(há(🚏)ng )为(🗞),也为全(quán )村的百(🐪)(bǎi )姓维护了自己的权(quán )益。
"Heidi (Osment), who initially left her small town of Pleasant Valley with the dream of one day becoming a successful painter, has put her own art on hold to excel as an art gallery curator. Now, a week before the gallery's big Christmas party, she must return home to watch her niece and nephew. She comes face to face with her high school love, Chris, now a teacher, who is in over his head after he must find a new last-minute location for the Christmas dance. Heidi offers to help him and together they discover a beautiful place for the dance, perfectly capturing the Christmas spirit, called Wonderland Farms. The more time Heidi spends in Pleasant Valley decorating for the Christmas SnowBall, the more she finds herself inspired to start painting again. With Christmas fast approaching, Heidi soon becomes torn between the life she built in the city and the life she is surprisingly charmed by back in Pleasant Valley, embracing her true passion."
