The action takes place during the socialist period in Bulgaria. The central character, nicknamed the Cock is an artistic personality, a man of strong character known as the king of the pickpockets. His keen sense of personal freedom comes up against the universally accepted norms of behavior. The Cock likes a game, adventure and danger, while socialist society needs obedience. The Cock makes a stand against this order; he does not want to play his games according to rules. He is telling his story of two decades: his imprisonment, his love affairs. To him love is a fateful meeting of two persons and has nothing to do with Philistinism. The Cock is an amiable chap though being an adventurer, trickster, and an artist by nature, irresponsible and asocial. In the mean time he wastes his gift on virtuoso thefts and monumental banquets which regularly land him in jail. In the jail the imperfect correctional methods and the chaos reigning in his own soul induce him to betray his fellow inmates. In the end the filmmakers allow him to die a dignified death. During an escape attempt before dying he saves the life of a child. His dream of life comes to an absurd end.

2000年，古城监狱新来的狱警罗维民（郭京飞 饰）无意间发现，正在服刑的重刑犯王国炎（苏可 饰）身负数起命案。立功心切的他与同事赵中和（李乃文 饰）想进一步调查此案时，却落入埋伏，身边的人不明不白死去。一时之间，监狱内外，风云搅动，一场横跨十几年的追查就此展开。 　　本剧是由中央政法委重点指导的国内首部监狱刑侦题材剧，根据张平“金盾文学奖一等奖”获奖小说《十面埋伏》改编。

本剧讲述了2000年，古城监狱新来的狱警罗维民无意间发现，正在服刑的重刑犯王国炎身负数起命案疑点。立功心切的他与同事赵中和想进一步调查此案时，却落入埋伏，身边的人也不明不白死去。一时之间，监狱内外，风云搅动，一场横跨十几年的追查就此展开。本剧是由中央政法委重点指导的国内首部监狱刑侦题材剧，改编自张平小说《十面埋伏》。

Olja is a high school history teacher, married to a painter whose latest exhibition provoked violent reactions from Serbian nationalists. One night, a group of masked hooligans attacks her. They film the attack and upload the clip to YouTube. The next day Olja discovers that some of her students were responsible. She takes away their mobile phones, and in the heat of the moment decides to lock them in the school building, also disconnecting the school phones and the internet. In order to solve the problem together, and with inability to leave the school, students begin to communicate. During that night, a generation that was written off before they were ever given a chance will learn more than they ever expected about themselves and their classmates.

What was at first a simple pursuit to regain stolen money becomes the chance for a dysfunctional family to finally reconcile.

What was at first a simple pursuit to regain stolen money becomes the chance for a dysfunctional family to finally reconcile.

Olja is a high school history teacher, married to a painter whose latest exhibition provoked violent reactions from Serbian nationalists. One night, a group of masked hooligans attacks her. They film the attack and upload the clip to YouTube. The next day Olja discovers that some of her students were responsible. She takes away their mobile phones, and in the heat of the moment decides to lock them in the school building, also disconnecting the school phones and the internet. In order to solve the problem together, and with inability to leave the school, students begin to communicate. During that night, a generation that was written off before they were ever given a chance will learn more than they ever expected about themselves and their classmates.

一个年轻的女人讲述自己的流产故事，正如很多女人所经历的。她深知，这关乎生死。但也关乎自由和自主权。关键在于做出选择。影片带我们走近了一种并非所有人都曾经历、且难以归类的生命体验。一部轻声细语但冲击力巨大的电影。

津岩是九州香烟公司的职员，他杀死了收帐员柴田种次郎和马场大八。津岩的犯罪潜意识一直可以追溯到他的童年：父亲是一个信仰天主教的人，在军队征收渔民渔船时表现得非常懦弱，愤怒的津岩用棍子袭击军官，却被父亲阻止，他又用脚把沙子踢到军官的身上。从此津岩不再相信父权和宗教，决心从清教徒的心理禁锢之中解脱出来。长大后的津岩由于对家庭生活不重视导致了婚姻的失败。父亲开始被儿媳妇摆布，甚至于为年轻的加津子安排如何解决性欲的问题，使得两人之间产生了超越公公和媳妇感情的关系。二人同浴温泉被发现，从而引起了父子之间、双亲之间及夫妇之间感情上的一系列微妙的冲突。

警车上，落网的连续杀人犯槚津严（绪形拳 饰）神态轻松，并在后来的审讯中拒不交代杀死职员柴田与马场的经过……槚津严出身于信奉天主教的渔民家庭，由于宗教歧视，严家的小船被没收，年幼的严试图反抗却被父亲制止，由此父亲丧失了在严心目中的地位。青年严因偷窃美军设备出狱后与加津子奉子成婚，然而很快又因诈骗入狱。父亲为阻止加津子离婚登门拜访，谁知两人却发生了不伦的关系，再次出狱的严不齿妻子与父亲所为，离家出走，从此开始了伴随杀人与诈骗的流浪旅程。严乔装大学教授与旅馆中的暗娼交好，间歇时仍然犯下累累罪行，而此时与他共居的母子二人，并不知晓身边人是日本知名的通缉犯…… 　　本片获1979年日本《电影旬报》十佳电影第一名。