南头古城，遥远的星火和现在的尘烟幽默碰撞。 　　城中村小诊所里，一个焦虑的男人和一个忧伤的男人在打点滴，从陌生人的简单关切中，建立起临时的友谊。 　　焦虑男人还要输一整瓶，忧伤男人的吊水即将结束。突然，焦虑男人遇到紧急的事要去处理，古城里，两个人举着吊瓶游走……

"A PhD Candidate" is a film about a Chinese PhD student living in America. He is sponsored by Chinese government. The government pays him some money every month for living expenses. In exchange he has to return to China right after graduation. After coming here, he found he still lives in a small circle of Chinese people isolated from the American society. His professor and peers are also from China. The environment makes him doesn’t have many chances to communicate with American people. And most importantly, he doesn’t think it is necessary to get integrated with the American social life. Since he knows he will not stay in here. He feels it is more comfortable to live in a closed environment. 　　The above is what interested me at the beginning. I intended to make this film of his life to see how this unusual identity influenced him. Along with the process of filming, I realized I was involving in a new form of transnational academic life. In American academia today there are many Chinese PhDs . The full scholarship or funding provided by Chinese government covered their tuition and living expenses. A PhD for them is more like a job, rather than studying. Also their relation with professors is similar to a kind of employment. So the film is not only about the identity of a foreigner, but also about a kind of academic labor outsourcing. Through watching the film the audience may find how it is like in the lower level of the academic pyramid.

"A PhD Candidate" is a film about a Chinese PhD student living in America. He is sponsored by Chinese government. The government pays him some money every month for living expenses. In exchange he has to return to China right after graduation. After coming here, he found he still lives in a small circle of Chinese people isolated from the American society. His professor and peers are also from China. The environment makes him doesn’t have many chances to communicate with American people. And most importantly, he doesn’t think it is necessary to get integrated with the American social life. Since he knows he will not stay in here. He feels it is more comfortable to live in a closed environment. 　　The above is what interested me at the beginning. I intended to make this film of his life to see how this unusual identity influenced him. Along with the process of filming, I realized I was involving in a new form of transnational academic life. In American academia today there are many Chinese PhDs . The full scholarship or funding provided by Chinese government covered their tuition and living expenses. A PhD for them is more like a job, rather than studying. Also their relation with professors is similar to a kind of employment. So the film is not only about the identity of a foreigner, but also about a kind of academic labor outsourcing. Through watching the film the audience may find how it is like in the lower level of the academic pyramid.

南头古城，遥远的星火和现在的尘烟幽默碰撞。 　　城中村小诊所里，一个焦虑的男人和一个忧伤的男人在打点滴，从陌生人的简单关切中，建立起临时的友谊。 　　焦虑男人还要输一整瓶，忧伤男人的吊水即将结束。突然，焦虑男人遇到紧急的事要去处理，古城里，两个人举着吊瓶游走……

历史，往往被描绘为一系列宏大的事件和人物。然而，在这宏大的画卷中，也隐藏着许多鲜为人知、却又趣味横生的故事。让我们在趣小史的带领下去感受历史的魅力吧。

手稿不胫而走，迅速在京城内外掀起追读狂潮，甚至演变成一场全民的“催更”热潮。令人意想不到的是，连高高在上的皇后娘娘都成了她的忠实粉丝，淑妃更是为了抢夺稿件不惜上门。更甚者，皇帝也因小说情节影射而备受困扰，一度让她命悬一线。然而，峰回路转——她的作品竟奇迹般地在敌国爆红！一夕之间，她从人人避之不及的废妃，摇身一变成为肩负文化输出重任的“和亲”使者。凭借一支生花妙笔，她不仅化解了国家危机，更在异国他乡收获了真挚的友谊。原来，冷宫并非她人生的终点，而是她华丽逆袭、成就跨国文豪传奇的真正起点。

历史，往往被描绘为一系列宏大的事件和人物。然而，在这宏大的画卷中，也隐藏着许多鲜为人知、却又趣味横生的故事。让我们在趣小史的带领下去感受历史的魅力吧。

讲述了一群剧团演员在排演一部名叫《Caliban's Day》（卡利班的胜利）的舞台剧，该剧通过一名叫卡利班的传记作家的视角，讲述英国诗人格雷格·奥登和作曲家本杰明·布里顿之间的故事，两位艺术家在年轻时曾是合作无间的好友，因一次不愉快的美国之旅分道扬镳，多年后布里顿拜访奥登，向对方透露自己将托马斯·曼的小说《死于威尼斯》改编成歌剧的计划，来向这位昔日的合作伙伴寻求建议，而这一切的背后是两人同为男同性恋的背景，有趣的是《死于威尼斯》这部作品刚好讲的是一位上年纪的作家对一位14岁美少年的爱慕，戏中戏的结构层层深入，引人入胜。

讲述了一群剧团演员在排演一部名叫《Caliban's Day》（卡利班的胜利）的舞台剧，该剧通过一名叫卡利班的传记作家的视角，讲述英国诗人格雷格·奥登和作曲家本杰明·布里顿之间的故事，两位艺术家在年轻时曾是合作无间的好友，因一次不愉快的美国之旅分道扬镳，多年后布里顿拜访奥登，向对方透露自己将托马斯·曼的小说《死于威尼斯》改编成歌剧的计划，来向这位昔日的合作伙伴寻求建议，而这一切的背后是两人同为男同性恋的背景，有趣的是《死于威尼斯》这部作品刚好讲的是一位上年纪的作家对一位14岁美少年的爱慕，戏中戏的结构层层深入，引人入胜。

Mavie is 27 years old and has just moved to the French capital from the provinces. She dreams of a future as a writer but is plagued by doubt and uncertainty. 76-year-old misanthrope Georges runs a bookshop in Paris – or has he merely been forced to take refuge there to escape his past? These are two peculiar creatures indeed. Georges is cynical and no longer expects much from life, while Mavie is still brimming with expectation. Yet something magical happens between them, until Georges' dark secret suddenly catches up with him – and Mavie is caught up in something very different... 　　Director Elise Girard succeeds in making a dreamlike film full of surprising absurdities. It’s not just love that appears out of the blue for the two protagonists, but also some quite literal strange birds. Girard depicts love beyond the barriers of age in a way that is both unexpected and moving, romantic instead of physical, timeless instead of fashionable. The film reminds us of the multifaceted nature of love as well as how fleeting it can be, existing not yesterday or tomorrow but above all in the present.