電影改編自著名的捷克猶太作家阿尔诺什特·卢斯蒂格Arnošt Lustig的同名小說,其并搬上银幕。 　　故事讲20个美国犹太富商在意大利被德军俘获，纳粹骗说要将他们与被盟军俘虏的党卫队军官交换，以此诱使他们不断支付贿金，充作重获自由的“买路钱”。其中一个美国商人，还花钱向纳粹买下了年轻漂亮的犹太女孩卡特琳娜的性命。姑娘既是纳粹的卧底，又成了这场残忍游戏的观察者。到最后，富 商们一无所有时，纳粹便命令所有人脱光衣服，把他们送进毒气室，还要卡特琳娜为他们唱歌。姑娘在最后关头夺过军官的枪，打死了他。卡特琳娜自己也和囚犯们一起，终被乱枪射杀。

電影改編自著名的捷克猶太作家阿尔诺什特·卢斯蒂格Arnošt Lustig的同名小說,其并搬上银幕。 　　故事讲20个美国犹太富商在意大利被德军俘获，纳粹骗说要将他们与被盟军俘虏的党卫队军官交换，以此诱使他们不断支付贿金，充作重获自由的“买路钱”。其中一个美国商人，还花钱向纳粹买下了年轻漂亮的犹太女孩卡特琳娜的性命。姑娘既是纳粹的卧底，又成了这场残忍游戏的观察者。到最后，富 商们一无所有时，纳粹便命令所有人脱光衣服，把他们送进毒气室，还要卡特琳娜为他们唱歌。姑娘在最后关头夺过军官的枪，打死了他。卡特琳娜自己也和囚犯们一起，终被乱枪射杀。

Catherine is a servant girl working for the local mayor and victim of the sharp tongues of the mayor's wife and her friends. This is made clear in a first scene where she is asked to get the key of the mayor's desk at a cultural party the wife is attending. She is harassed by the whole elite who dislike the intrusion of the maid. In this scene it's made clear also that the wife has a secret lover who will later challenge the mayor's political career and will use Catherine as a scapegoat for his own ambitions. This role of "bad guy" is played by Renoir himself. The mayor who is fond of Catherine and is afraid that she'll be more victimized by his wife asks his sister to give Catherine a position in her own household. The sister has a son with tuberculosis (role played by Dieudonné). He's so weak he has no success with women of his class but of course Catherine will like instantly this fragile man. He dies after kissing Catherine while the rest of the town is celebrating carnival. The kissing scene at the window mixed with the fireworks is a brilliant moment of silent melodrama. Catherine is in mourning and because of that driven away by the mayor's wife and her friends. It is indecent that a servant girl is in mourning and shows public affection for someone who is not from her own social status. The emotions of Catherine are the element of disorder in the social ordered world of the rich. Catherine goes away and hides in a cheap hotel in the city where she is also bullied by a local pimp who sees in her an easy target to exploit. By accident Catherine is seen in the hotel window with the pimp, so more reason for gossip by the elite. When she returns to the village looking for a job she is rejected everywhere, even by the local Christian relief organization of which the mayor's wife became president. She meets the mayor again who is shocked by the attitude of the town, takes her in his home again and promotes her to his secretary. The wife is furious of course and leaves her husband to live with her mother. It is start of a slander campaign against the political credibility of the mayor. The lover of the mayor's wife sees what is happening as a golden opportunity and makes a public attack on the moral character of the mayor (what's new under the sun?) Catherine wants to avoid the downfall of her protector and leaves the mayor, explaining herself in a note. She hides in an old tram for the rain while the mayor is driving around in his car frantically looking for the girl. Two vagabonds are thrown out of a pub and out of frustration push the tram car, so it starts a crazy race up and down the hills towards the bridge and the valley abyss. Catherine is already accepting her death but is saved in time by the mayor who has made his choice for the girl. The social implications of his choice are not shown but are clear for all.

The film seems to me to be an interpretation of Hetman Ivan Mazepa and Ukrainian history of his time as seen in a phantasmagoria dream in the mind of the director Ilyenko. There is much in the film that I liked and much that I admired without necessarily liking it. 　　Much of the cinematography was very effective, some of the symbolism, many images, the occasional humor. There were many very striking parts, in particular the vertep sequence, the devastation of Baturyn, the representation of Peter I. The other strength is the image of Ukraine which is represented in many ways – in the women that populate the screen, or the map of Europe with Ukraine as a woman that gets raped by the powerful men around her, and other symbols. I think that the combination of this image of Ukraine as a victim of violence and the image of Mazepa who attempted to do something for this country that was probably doomed to failure are the main messages that I got from the film. 　　On the other hand, the film is simply too long. It would benefit from editing and pruning, which could enhance its effectiveness both as a piece of art and as a medium to convey its message. It lacked a certain sense of economy particularly in the last half-hour. Some of the sexual and scatological imagery (especially that involving Peter) seems to me artistically valid and effective, but some seems gratuitous and by its overuse weakens the point it tries to make.

影片叙述诗人与善恶的关系，必需击退想要统御人类的恶。但是心胸开阔的骑士们却毫无防备地陷入险境，这让诗人相信与邪恶对抗是不可能的。他放弃毫无用武之地的争战与自己可笑的处境，诗人放下了武器。就在这个时候，所有受到敬重的英雄都来造访他，他们将蜡烛浸置于酒杯中，那是乔治亚人认输的象征。眼见新的灾难接踵而至，导致所有的人放弃继续作战，于是诗人重新拿起武器，再上战场。

一个叫托马斯的22岁男孩，为了戒毒加入了一个隐世于山里的社区的故事。这个社区，实际是由一帮瘾君子们组成的。但这帮人，和托马斯一样，试图通过祈祷和工作这样的外力来克服毒瘾，而摆脱从前的经历，和自己。在这里，这群都曾坠落在黑暗里的男孩与女孩，在相互的羁绊和纠缠中，友谊、信仰和爱情似乎正在隐约凝成一道看不见的光柱，在无形中悄然的指引着他们脱离从前。

两个吸毒上瘾的青年为了钱计划绑架一个小女孩，然后把她藏在一所废弃的学校，而他们俩则等待赎金的到来。一切似乎都进行得很顺利，直到他们发现这个小女孩出现了问题。原来她一年前已经死了，现在她回来是为了报仇……

时代背景设定:跨越两国两世两代，从拉玛三世五世时期到当代。 　　剧情梗概:【不负责任渣翻】出生于富裕家庭的Phakin被送到美国生活，因为Phakinee,他的母亲知道他可以记住从他三岁起开始的以前的生活，她需要他忘记一切，但是她错了，当他回来的时候他的记忆变得更加清晰了。 　　Phakin回到泰国的时候遇见了Rosawun，她有一张跟他梦中女孩儿一模一样的面庞，他试图接近她并找出真相，这个女孩儿和在他梦中出现的那个会是同一个人吗？他尝试着回想过去的生活，然后他意识到他曾经作为一个生活在拉玛三世到五世名叫陶德的人出生..... 　　转自微博Thai_DS

时代背景设定:跨越两国两世两代，从拉玛三世五世时期到当代。 　　剧情梗概:【不负责任渣翻】出生于富裕家庭的Phakin被送到美国生活，因为Phakinee,他的母亲知道他可以记住从他三岁起开始的以前的生活，她需要他忘记一切，但是她错了，当他回来的时候他的记忆变得更加清晰了。 　　Phakin回到泰国的时候遇见了Rosawun，她有一张跟他梦中女孩儿一模一样的面庞，他试图接近她并找出真相，这个女孩儿和在他梦中出现的那个会是同一个人吗？他尝试着回想过去的生活，然后他意识到他曾经作为一个生活在拉玛三世到五世名叫陶德的人出生..... 　　转自微博Thai_DS