故事的小主人公Ben（鲁伯特·格林特Rupert Grint饰演）是一个刚刚17岁高中在校生，他生活在一个令他感到极度压抑的家庭环境中。母亲（劳拉·琳妮Laura Linney）饰演看管严厉苛刻，不尽人情，有时候简直是飞扬跋扈。作为牧师的父亲古板乏味。整个暑假，别的孩子可以自由安排自己的生活，尽情地玩耍，而他却要花费这珍贵的几个礼拜上圣经课、和母亲一起上所有的驾驶课，以及在本地老人的家中帮忙。压抑的生活环境与腼腆的性格，使得Ben满腹的心事无从诉说，终于他做出一个重大决定：离开家，去找份工作，独立自主地生活。 离家之后的Ben，受雇于一个古怪的退休女演员Evie(朱丽·沃特斯Julie Walters饰演)。他的生活因为与这位女演员的结缘而变得别开生面妙趣横生，同时充满了离奇与幻想。Evie以魔术般的力量进入Ben刚刚开始起步的人生，飞快地带领他展开一连串的冒险──从野营、在公园中演出莎士比亚剧本、到参加爱丁堡的庆祝活动，最后直到在那儿遇到一个与他年龄相仿的女孩……

대학교 캠퍼스를 배경으로 펼쳐지는 ‘필수연애교양’은 동명의 수업을 듣는 여섯 명의 남녀 새내기들의 이야기를 담는다. 이들은 수업을 들으며 세 명의 이성과 돌아가며 데이트를 해야 한다. 이 과정에서 썸은 좋은데 연애는 싫은 대학생, 연애센스가 없는 모쏠남, 대학생이 되자 권태기를 맞이한 커플까지 다채로운 캐릭터들의 향연이 펼쳐질 것으로 보인다.

Filled with expectations, Etienne moves to Paris from Lyon to study film directing at the Sorbonne. He leaves behind his girlfriend Lucie, promising to call her regularly via Skype. On his course he meets Jean-Noël and Mathias, they too have come to the metropolis from smaller cities and share his passion for cinema. Together they discuss the cinematic canon, read texts by Flaubert and Pasolini, and listen to Bach and Mahler. Jean-Noël proves to be an agreeable friend who tries to strengthen Etienne’s fragile self-confidence; Mathias, on the other hand, often comes across as stern, aloof and mysterious. Fond of arguing, he has a habit of disappearing for weeks on end without the others knowing where he is. Nobody gets to see his student film, either. Etienne is particularly crestfallen when he discovers by chance that Mathias shares a secret with Annabelle, an idealistic young woman who lives in Etienne’s shared flat and with whom he is secretly in love. Jean Paul Civeyrac’s tenderly melancholic black-and-white study of these young people’s encounter with art and life is at the same time a declaration of love for classic cinema and the city of Paris.

Filled with expectations, Etienne moves to Paris from Lyon to study film directing at the Sorbonne. He leaves behind his girlfriend Lucie, promising to call her regularly via Skype. On his course he meets Jean-Noël and Mathias, they too have come to the metropolis from smaller cities and share his passion for cinema. Together they discuss the cinematic canon, read texts by Flaubert and Pasolini, and listen to Bach and Mahler. Jean-Noël proves to be an agreeable friend who tries to strengthen Etienne’s fragile self-confidence; Mathias, on the other hand, often comes across as stern, aloof and mysterious. Fond of arguing, he has a habit of disappearing for weeks on end without the others knowing where he is. Nobody gets to see his student film, either. Etienne is particularly crestfallen when he discovers by chance that Mathias shares a secret with Annabelle, an idealistic young woman who lives in Etienne’s shared flat and with whom he is secretly in love. Jean Paul Civeyrac’s tenderly melancholic black-and-white study of these young people’s encounter with art and life is at the same time a declaration of love for classic cinema and the city of Paris.

1976 年，一个心灰意冷的英国人来到分裂的阿根廷一所学校工作，当他从海滩上救起一只孤儿企鹅时，发现自己的生活发生了改变。

1976 年，一个心灰意冷的英国人来到分裂的阿根廷一所学校工作，当他从海滩上救起一只孤儿企鹅时，发现自己的生活发生了改变。

2023年，一位年迈的女士再次见到了爱德嘉·莱兹。她过去是这位著名导演的学生之一，并正在筹备一场班级聚会。关于当时电影制作教学的纪录片、学生们拍摄的超8胶片以及此次聚会的影像以蒙太奇的形式穿插，共同展现这段尘封55年的电影往事。

水性不佳的男孩安康，每天在水塘偷偷练习游泳。在他看不到的地方，却有一双眼睛紧紧盯着他……数年前，安康的妈妈在一次出海后再未归来，安康的爸爸变得惧水，也不许儿子靠近大海。在一场争吵后，安康决定提前实施“逃离计划”——他奔向巨大的海浪，尝试游往未知的对岸。