小龙（张文龙 饰）出生于贫困的家庭之中，蟒雀母亲无力抚养小龙，蟒雀于是将他送入了戏剧学校拜于占元（洪金宝 饰）为师，学习技艺。在学校中，小龙结识了三毛（钟锦任 饰）、阿彪（黄剑伟 饰）等同门师兄，彼此之间结下了极为深厚的友谊。校规森严，三毛和小龙等人吃尽了苦头，却依旧热爱着这门事业，于占元虽然表面上黑口黑面，却发自内心的呵护和疼爱着他的弟子们。一次偶然中，三毛结识了名为程水仙的粤剧花旦，两人情投意合，走到了一起。随着时间的推移，京剧的热度逐渐退却，观众越来越少，不少同行转战电影行业，混得风生水起。入不敷出的于占元最终决定关闭学校，小龙等人因此失去了唯一庇护他们的家园，师徒依依不舍的别离，迈向各自的人生。
唐笑
回复 :1942年，苏联的西部前线，战争正在激烈地进行。德军已经大规模地袭来，占领了这片地区。一个男人被错误地控诉里通外国，于是在活命和尊严之间，一个道德的难题摆在了他的面前。
王澜霏
回复 :瓦兹太太（杰拉丹·佩姬 Geraldine Page 饰）在丈夫去世之后，和儿子卢迪（约翰·赫德 John Heard 饰）以及儿媳妇杰西（卡琳·格林 Carlin Glynn 饰）生活在一起。虽然日常起居有人照顾，但是杰西是一个脾气火爆的女人，婆媳住在一起，两人之间难免会发生一些摩擦，久而久之，瓦兹太太不愿意在忍耐了，产生了想要离开这个家的念头。瓦茨太太做梦都想要回到自己的故乡——一座名叫邦蒂富尔小镇，然而，无论是在公交站牌还是在地图上，都找不到这座小镇的名字。一位好心的男子驱车将瓦兹太太送到了目的地，直到抵达，她才发现，一切都已经物是人非。
贝贝
回复 :Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
