主人公沈离是一名优秀的大学毕业生，成绩卓越学习能力强，但对待实际工作缺乏经验及自信。毕业后，她以优异成绩进入启明公司。但是，面对顶头上司的质疑、老员工的排斥，沈离逐渐丧失了工作激情，不但无法顺利完成任务，还影响了工作组的进度。糟糕的工作成果让沈离陷入了解聘的尴尬境地。然而，种种挫折唤醒了沈离的自省意识，她终于明白面对工作必须扎实勤奋、真诚果敢，实际工作中要养成一丝不苟的态度，直面每一个挑战。最终，通过优异的工作成绩，沈离重新获得了上司的信任，并成功融入新的工作团队。

主人公沈离是一名优秀的大学毕业生，成绩卓越学习能力强，但对待实际工作缺乏经验及自信。毕业后，她以优异成绩进入启明公司。但是，面对顶头上司的质疑、老员工的排斥，沈离逐渐丧失了工作激情，不但无法顺利完成任务，还影响了工作组的进度。糟糕的工作成果让沈离陷入了解聘的尴尬境地。然而，种种挫折唤醒了沈离的自省意识，她终于明白面对工作必须扎实勤奋、真诚果敢，实际工作中要养成一丝不苟的态度，直面每一个挑战。最终，通过优异的工作成绩，沈离重新获得了上司的信任，并成功融入新的工作团队。

主人公沈离是一名优秀的大学毕业生，成绩卓越学习能力强，但对待实际工作缺乏经验及自信。毕业后，她以优异成绩进入启明公司。但是，面对顶头上司的质疑、老员工的排斥，沈离逐渐丧失了工作激情，不但无法顺利完成任务，还影响了工作组的进度。糟糕的工作成果让沈离陷入了解聘的尴尬境地。然而，种种挫折唤醒了沈离的自省意识，她终于明白面对工作必须扎实勤奋、真诚果敢，实际工作中要养成一丝不苟的态度，直面每一个挑战。最终，通过优异的工作成绩，沈离重新获得了上司的信任，并成功融入新的工作团队。

主人公沈离是一名优秀的大学毕业生，成绩卓越学习能力强，但对待实际工作缺乏经验及自信。毕业后，她以优异成绩进入启明公司。但是，面对顶头上司的质疑、老员工的排斥，沈离逐渐丧失了工作激情，不但无法顺利完成任务，还影响了工作组的进度。糟糕的工作成果让沈离陷入了解聘的尴尬境地。然而，种种挫折唤醒了沈离的自省意识，她终于明白面对工作必须扎实勤奋、真诚果敢，实际工作中要养成一丝不苟的态度，直面每一个挑战。最终，通过优异的工作成绩，沈离重新获得了上司的信任，并成功融入新的工作团队。

繁华的广州街头，常能看见刚仔骑着摩托车、肩负照相机的身影。他爱好摄影，常常拿着相机在人群中穿梭寻找美的画面。自从在镜头里瞥见清纯的浙江补鞋妹林霞，刚仔被深深吸引，他把自己和朋友家里的旧鞋都搜罗到林霞的鞋摊上，以求接近她。林霞戒心重重，除了做活，从不理睬刚仔。刚仔毫不在意，有机会就去看她，争着帮她付饭钱，请她参加伙伴们的废墟狂欢。忧心忡忡的林霞是从乡下逃婚出来的，对都市里的一切充满着好奇，但仍一直很本分地守着补鞋摊。刚仔的出现，使她似乎找到了某种依靠，尽管朋友们不大赞成刚仔与林霞相恋，他还是由衷地喜欢她。两人的感情渐渐交融，刚仔连在体育馆画广告时也忍不住抽空打电话给林霞。林霞忽然接到家里来信，情绪一落千丈，不肯接听刚仔打来的电话。刚仔的朋友肥仔佯称刚仔摔伤，才把林霞骗去看望刚仔。无精打采的刚仔看见着意装扮、光彩照人的林霞出现在门口，眼中顿现柔情。他领着林霞来到咖啡店，刚仔悉心地给林霞的杯子里加糖，而林霞却表示要与他分手。一次意外的事故，使两人重新走在一起。废墟堆上，一对恋人拥在一起。林霞要走了，两人互吐心扉，刚仔要留住林霞，林霞却屈从于“命运的安排”，回老家换亲。晚霞映照的高楼平台上，刚仔的妹妹和同学们正在聚会，他们有自己的生活乐趣和追求，他们属于未来的世界。刚仔伏在护栏上，漠然注视着欢呼、雀跃的孩子们，眼中流露出掩饰不住的困惑与期待……

A major portion of "Cigarettes and Coffee" was later adapted, expanded and basically re-made into p.t. Anderson's first feature film, "Hard Eight". The most interesting part of "Cigarettes" was later used as the first scene for "Hard Eight"--in both Phillip Baker Hall's character interrogates a young drifter in a roadside diner and explains a few things about life and the art of conversation to him. In "Hard Eight" the two then go on to have a father-son type relationship in a fairly straightforward narrative (the most straightforward of any of p.t.'s later films). Here in the seminal "Cigarettes and Coffee", however, Baker Hall's conversation with the young man is only one of three happening simultaneously in the diner. P.T. cuts between the three, and we soon learn that the lives of the three seemingly-unrelated sets of characters do actually intersect in unexpectd ways. In this way, the short film is much more like the director's recent Altman-inspired "Magnolia" than it it either "Hard Eight" or "Boogie Nights." "Cigarettes and Coffee" has played on The Sundance Channel (or was it The Independent Film Channel?) quite frequently.

A major portion of "Cigarettes and Coffee" was later adapted, expanded and basically re-made into p.t. Anderson's first feature film, "Hard Eight". The most interesting part of "Cigarettes" was later used as the first scene for "Hard Eight"--in both Phillip Baker Hall's character interrogates a young drifter in a roadside diner and explains a few things about life and the art of conversation to him. In "Hard Eight" the two then go on to have a father-son type relationship in a fairly straightforward narrative (the most straightforward of any of p.t.'s later films). Here in the seminal "Cigarettes and Coffee", however, Baker Hall's conversation with the young man is only one of three happening simultaneously in the diner. P.T. cuts between the three, and we soon learn that the lives of the three seemingly-unrelated sets of characters do actually intersect in unexpectd ways. In this way, the short film is much more like the director's recent Altman-inspired "Magnolia" than it it either "Hard Eight" or "Boogie Nights." "Cigarettes and Coffee" has played on The Sundance Channel (or was it The Independent Film Channel?) quite frequently.

Golden Bear for Best Short Film (win) - - 2004 Berlin International Film Festival

Golden Bear for Best Short Film (win) - - 2004 Berlin International Film Festival