The adventures of an inattentive man. He's at his kitchen table, reading. A woman brings his hat and points to the clock. He continues reading and pours coffee into his hat. He leaves, still reading, trips over a servant who's on her hands and knees cleaning the walk. He walks through jump-roping girls, runs into a mule, walks into the only other person on an empty street, and then walks into the path of a steamroller. Two cyclists approach his flattened body. Out come their air pumps, and soon our genial hero has set off again, nose in his book.

Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer.

Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer.

Political activist Salvatore returns to his native Sicily and stirs up trouble among the peasants, urging them to confront the Mafia and demand the right to plough their own fields. The peasants refuse to help him, and Salvatore is marked by the Mafia as a troublemaker...

台北优秀年轻警员（黎明饰）在巡逻的时候，驱散一群喝酒喧哗的年轻男女并注意到其中一个女孩（房思瑜饰）。这个女孩高中毕业就被迫独自来到台北赚钱，多次因为和一群吸毒的朋友在夜店狂欢而被带到警局，一次录完口供后，警员为饥饿的女孩买来一个便当，身在异乡的女孩感受到了莫大的温暖，从此女孩默默关注着警员的一举一动，并下定决心过新的生活……

台北优秀年轻警员（黎明饰）在巡逻的时候，驱散一群喝酒喧哗的年轻男女并注意到其中一个女孩（房思瑜饰）。这个女孩高中毕业就被迫独自来到台北赚钱，多次因为和一群吸毒的朋友在夜店狂欢而被带到警局，一次录完口供后，警员为饥饿的女孩买来一个便当，身在异乡的女孩感受到了莫大的温暖，从此女孩默默关注着警员的一举一动，并下定决心过新的生活……

明治末年，大正初期，十市是一名将家安在河边的船夫，他每天的工作是划船接送形形色色的人过河。为了方便村民的出行，一座横跨河两岸的桥即将落成。村民兴高采烈地讨论着桥落成后的便利，只有十市对此有着复杂的感觉。某日，他从河里救了一名受伤的神秘年轻女子。无处可去的她最终只能返回十市家中，这次邂逅开始改变了十市的生活。小田切让首次执导长片，入选威尼斯电影节威尼斯日单元，浅野忠信、苍井优、永濑正敏亦有参与演出。

明治末年，大正初期，十市是一名将家安在河边的船夫，他每天的工作是划船接送形形色色的人过河。为了方便村民的出行，一座横跨河两岸的桥即将落成。村民兴高采烈地讨论着桥落成后的便利，只有十市对此有着复杂的感觉。某日，他从河里救了一名受伤的神秘年轻女子。无处可去的她最终只能返回十市家中，这次邂逅开始改变了十市的生活。小田切让首次执导长片，入选威尼斯电影节威尼斯日单元，浅野忠信、苍井优、永濑正敏亦有参与演出。

This simple story of a mother and daughter finds them struggling to find work and food in Paris. Micheline Bezancon is the expressionless young mother who alone worries about the future of her and her daughter. Filmed in black and white, the directorial approach is as simple as the title. She engages in a poignant narrative about her daily life. Half of the time the screen is black, evoking a feeling of despair that permeates the feature. 　　Shot in 16 mm in Paris & its suburbs and co-produced by French television on a very low budget. This was inspired by an item on the back page of a newspaper. The essence of the film is captured by its first person voice-over commentary, and was considered "one of the few genuine masterpieces in the entire history of cinema" by film theorist Noel Burch. The film is not available in English translation, either dubbed or subtitled. But it works very well in simultaneous translation, if prepared in advance.

This simple story of a mother and daughter finds them struggling to find work and food in Paris. Micheline Bezancon is the expressionless young mother who alone worries about the future of her and her daughter. Filmed in black and white, the directorial approach is as simple as the title. She engages in a poignant narrative about her daily life. Half of the time the screen is black, evoking a feeling of despair that permeates the feature. 　　Shot in 16 mm in Paris & its suburbs and co-produced by French television on a very low budget. This was inspired by an item on the back page of a newspaper. The essence of the film is captured by its first person voice-over commentary, and was considered "one of the few genuine masterpieces in the entire history of cinema" by film theorist Noel Burch. The film is not available in English translation, either dubbed or subtitled. But it works very well in simultaneous translation, if prepared in advance.