Julien, a movie director, is on the phase of editing his new film, "Juliette sacrifiée". Hurried by his producer, he asks for the help of a professional editor. It is Anne, with whom Julien is soon falling in love. During the whole of the movie, both are sitting in front of the editing table, where they listen to music, talk about politics and what movies should and should not be about, make love, and finally end up editing the film as was planned.

Julien, a movie director, is on the phase of editing his new film, "Juliette sacrifiée". Hurried by his producer, he asks for the help of a professional editor. It is Anne, with whom Julien is soon falling in love. During the whole of the movie, both are sitting in front of the editing table, where they listen to music, talk about politics and what movies should and should not be about, make love, and finally end up editing the film as was planned.

The season series of Silly Symphonies continues, with squirrels storing nuts and corn, crows stealing it, beavers building a dam, ducks migrating, and the like, as the first snows fall.

Julien, a movie director, is on the phase of editing his new film, "Juliette sacrifiée". Hurried by his producer, he asks for the help of a professional editor. It is Anne, with whom Julien is soon falling in love. During the whole of the movie, both are sitting in front of the editing table, where they listen to music, talk about politics and what movies should and should not be about, make love, and finally end up editing the film as was planned.

In the follow-up of Estonian classics "Kevade" (1969) and "Suvi" (1976) the same characters have reached their middle-age. Everybody are living quiet family-life but Kiir the tailor who one more time decides to become a farmer and get married.

本片根据巴金的“激流三部曲”的第三部改编。封建大家庭高家，已经分崩离析，日趋没落。觉新（吴楚帆）和婢女翠环（红线女）互生爱慕，限于身份悬殊，不敢表白。翠环被觉新的五叔逼迫要做他的小妾，翠环要自杀以明心迹，觉新及时阻止。觉新经历种种曲折，看到高家各房人等为争财产互相勾斗角，公然反抗，向翠环表达爱情。最后，觉新与翠环、母亲和觉民（张活游）离家出走。

该片讲述了从封建家族后继人的堕落上以及从封建观念受毒最深的懦弱者的反抗上，描写了封建大家庭高家的最后衰败的故事

幽暗的斗室地面中央，摆放着一领草席，草席上放着两张桌子。伴随着悠扬古朴的琴声，华歆和管宁两位好友自右而左走入房间。他们在各自的桌前坐定，拿起书册阅读起来。右边管宁治学认真，心无旁骛；左边的华歆则东张西望，心不在焉。他时而看看同伴，时而站起身张望门外热闹的场景。管宁见此深深叹了一口气，旋即掏出刀子将草席从中央割开，以示和华歆绝交。看到同学这一举动，华歆惭愧地低下了头…… 　　本片根据南宋人刘义庆撰写的《世说新语》中管华绝交（也作割席断交）的故事改编。

这故事发生在鸠海岛，这是一个位于日本最南端的岛屿，居民仅有49人，岛上唯一的公共设施是一所小学。由于人口老龄化和生源不足，鸠海小学即将废止，整个岛屿面临着变成无人岛的危险。为了挽救家乡，岛民们急需孩子来这里上学。仲间勇造（绪形拳 饰）是岛上的居民之一，他前往东京，计划将他的七岁外孙带回鸠海岛上学。然而，他的女儿坚决反对这个计划，使得勇造无法如愿。不久之后，在东京的街头，勇造遇到了一个名叫藤泽琉璃（成海璃子 饰）的女孩。琉璃是一个十一岁的孤儿，她的父亲已经去世，母亲则将她送到福利院寄养，母亲对她漠不关心，导致琉璃养成了叛逆的性格。 　　在得到琉璃母亲的同意后，勇造决定将琉璃带回鸠海岛。当岛民们得知有一个孩子要来这里上学时，他们都前往岸边欢迎琉璃。然而，很快大家就体验到了琉璃叛逆的性格。由于鸠海小学的早苗老师要求琉璃弄直她的卷发，琉璃大发脾气，试图逃离海岛，但因为她不会驾船，险些丧命。幸运的是，一名名叫川岛达也的男子将她救上岸。川岛告诉琉璃，他本来打算自杀，但看到她在水中拼命求生，让他忘记了自杀的念头。