根据民间故事改编，讲述了一个发生在30年代民国时期山村的一位普通的母亲历尽千辛终于把儿子严有发拉扯大并为其娶妻生子，却没有想到儿媳罗桂花不孝顺，并逼迫儿子严有发用荆芭把自己拉上山抛弃自己。

Bára Basiková is an icon of Czech rock and other music genres. To what extent can her public, media-distorted image differ from the person she really is? The answer comes in the form of the latest long-term documentary study from Helena Třeštíková, whose empathy, coupled with admirable self-reflection and openness on the part of the protagonist, gives rise to a fascinating film portrait: over the course of fifty years we follow a woman who demonstrates remarkable strength as she faces the challenges of both her professional and private lives.

影片作者选用了使徒保罗《哥林多前书》第一章中的一句题词：“我告诉你们一个奥秘：我们不是都要睡觉，乃是都要改变。”故事发生在20世纪80年代末，处于解体时期的苏联。全苏国立电影学院（ВГИК）学生安德烈·普列特涅夫（Андрей Плетнёв）的生活原本一帆风顺，但为了帮前女友筹集越狱的钱，他犯下了严重罪行。然而，他们的相......

乐家欣(郑裕玲)是八十年代一名女记者，做事有冲劲，她下嫁傅伟良(吕良伟)。伟良性格偏激，做事不择手段。可惜，在一次意外事之后，他们全都改变……文灏是香港出生的大陆仔，他偷渡来香港，靠着毅力一步步奋发向上，受到上司的赏识。吕冬妮(林绮雯)是富商吕世华(曾江)独女，性格开朗率直，其后下嫁翁文灏(任达华)后，发现文灏心中最爱竟是家欣，受打击……

阿尔芭，一个11岁的女孩，由于母亲的病，不得不搬到她父亲的家里。她几乎不认识他，在家和他共度时光感觉很奇怪，两人都很害羞，都感到孤独，但却找不到接近对方的方法。

年邁的陳爸為了阻止政府和財團前來收地，奮力的奔波，去向州政府爭取當年 承諾過、卻不曾給予的土地證明，以捍衛自己一輩子辛勞開墾的榴槤芭。不幸的是，因為 生活的窘迫，導致越來越多農民選擇向財團簽約。陳爸與兒子在各自的利益與不捨下，各 懷心思與掙扎。

Ziba is an upper-class housewife in today's modern Tehran. Unable to relate to her environment or to her alienating life, she lives within her repetition unable to express to those around her what is wrong. But one long summer day, Ziba finds herself in an unexpected situaiton in the company of people unknown to her, confronted with her own choices and indecisions. Not a character portrait per se, this film works as a visceral metaphor of the general state of oppression and silence in Iran today.

导演自述： 芭雅，在壮语都安方言里是老祖母的意思。我知道片中的芭雅是在北京南锣鼓巷朴道草堂书店一次关于留守儿童的讲座上。书店不大的厅里挤满了人，我只能挤在一个看不见主讲人和屏幕的角落，听完近两个小时的讲座和Q&A。主讲人赵俊超博士是国务院发展研究中心的副研究员，他在广西都安调查五年，出版了《中国留守儿童调查》一书。本来我感兴趣的是“留守儿童”，但是在他的讲述中，有一个老奶奶吸引了我：她失去了七个儿子中的六个，还扶养着六七个儿子们留下的孤儿。因为看不到屏幕上的图片，我想象着她的样子，对她产生了敬仰和好奇：一个女人，怎么能经历这么多孩子的死，还能继续活下来。

一个浪子让他的家族帝国负债累累，他关系疏远的兄弟不得已回到安特卫普的钻石区收拾残局。

Ríša, a student of law, neglects his studies in favour of parties and pranks. His angry father refuses to continue helping him out of his debts. Ríša, however, is not entirely beyond hope. He decides to go and stay for a while with his uncle, a priest, who lives in Moravia, in order to prepare for his exams. He meets Helenka, the timid daughter of the local gamekeeper, at a village ball and is enchanted by her. The days pass and their idyllic relationship begins to tire Ríša. He begins to tell Helenka about his former debauched life the about the broken hearts of beautiful women. Helenka is hurt and refuses to see Ríša anymore. His uncle, the priest, is incensed at his behaviour and orders his nephew out of the house. Ríša tries desperately to find Helenka so he can make it up to her.