A disaffected couple are forced to face their demons when they become ensnared in the malefic cycle of a mysterious café.

A disaffected couple are forced to face their demons when they become ensnared in the malefic cycle of a mysterious café.

Ukrainian surgeon Serhiy is captured by the Russian military forces in the conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine and while in captivity, he is exposed to horrifying scenes of humiliation, violence and indifference towards human life. After his release, he returns to his comfortable middle-class apartment and tries to find a purpose in life by rebuilding his relationship with his daughter and ex-wife. He learns how to be a human being again, how to be a father and help his daughter, who needs his love and support.

Ukrainian surgeon Serhiy is captured by the Russian military forces in the conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine and while in captivity, he is exposed to horrifying scenes of humiliation, violence and indifference towards human life. After his release, he returns to his comfortable middle-class apartment and tries to find a purpose in life by rebuilding his relationship with his daughter and ex-wife. He learns how to be a human being again, how to be a father and help his daughter, who needs his love and support.

初冬的某个早上，戴着红色围巾的青年奔跑在人行便道之上。也许他赶着去公司上班，或许正匆匆奔赴约会地点。不过没过多久，他的注意力就被街角的橱窗玻璃所吸引。玻璃中倒映着青年孩提时的模样，小家伙对他挤眉弄眼，他也还以颜色，当然青年有些乖张的举止招致了店家的反感。在被对方奚落后，青年继续前进，一路上他儿童的身影不断出现，最终青年偏离了方向，他和自己玩耍起来，时而爬爬灯杆，时而踩踩喷泉，这真是无比快乐的早晨。 　　在某个转角处，青年撞到了一个陌生人。周围人似乎无比可怜他，于是为他换上了成年人的西装革履……

初冬的某个早上，戴着红色围巾的青年奔跑在人行便道之上。也许他赶着去公司上班，或许正匆匆奔赴约会地点。不过没过多久，他的注意力就被街角的橱窗玻璃所吸引。玻璃中倒映着青年孩提时的模样，小家伙对他挤眉弄眼，他也还以颜色，当然青年有些乖张的举止招致了店家的反感。在被对方奚落后，青年继续前进，一路上他儿童的身影不断出现，最终青年偏离了方向，他和自己玩耍起来，时而爬爬灯杆，时而踩踩喷泉，这真是无比快乐的早晨。 　　在某个转角处，青年撞到了一个陌生人。周围人似乎无比可怜他，于是为他换上了成年人的西装革履……

这是一幅描绘百年前澳门底层疍家人的风情画，是一部表现少年刻苦奋进的励志篇，也是讴歌伟大母爱的颂歌。人们熟知的音乐家冼星海，创作出“黄河大合唱”等许多优秀音乐作品，他激情四射、胸怀博大、气势磅礴，对祖国充满了爱。你知道他童年的生活吗？你知道他的童年多么不幸吗？他诞生在澳门疍家小渔船，地位低下、生活艰辛，还没出生父亲就被海水吞噬。　　生活的贫寒没有阻挡他才华的展示，小星海为生存去为葡国音乐家送外卖，使他接触到西方音乐和小提琴， 从外公学吹竹笛中感悟到音乐的情趣，从妈妈身上他感受到人生要学本事的重要， 家境的困难更激发星海对毅志的磨练。外公惨死在大海里母亲又被渔霸欺负，生活逼迫母子二人投奔新加坡谋生，星海巧遇恩师肖友梅，使他在学习音乐方面得到了很大启迪和帮助，星海的音乐才能得了张杨，生活的艰难让他们再度启程。　　当母子踏上回国的船上，星海为母亲送上一份“爱的献礼”，那激昂的乐曲震撼了在座的所有人，星海的妈妈流下了再也控制不住的热泪……

这是一幅描绘百年前澳门底层疍家人的风情画，是一部表现少年刻苦奋进的励志篇，也是讴歌伟大母爱的颂歌。人们熟知的音乐家冼星海，创作出“黄河大合唱”等许多优秀音乐作品，他激情四射、胸怀博大、气势磅礴，对祖国充满了爱。你知道他童年的生活吗？你知道他的童年多么不幸吗？他诞生在澳门疍家小渔船，地位低下、生活艰辛，还没出生父亲就被海水吞噬。　　生活的贫寒没有阻挡他才华的展示，小星海为生存去为葡国音乐家送外卖，使他接触到西方音乐和小提琴， 从外公学吹竹笛中感悟到音乐的情趣，从妈妈身上他感受到人生要学本事的重要， 家境的困难更激发星海对毅志的磨练。外公惨死在大海里母亲又被渔霸欺负，生活逼迫母子二人投奔新加坡谋生，星海巧遇恩师肖友梅，使他在学习音乐方面得到了很大启迪和帮助，星海的音乐才能得了张杨，生活的艰难让他们再度启程。　　当母子踏上回国的船上，星海为母亲送上一份“爱的献礼”，那激昂的乐曲震撼了在座的所有人，星海的妈妈流下了再也控制不住的热泪……

Bill Viola's The Reflecting Pool created from 1977 to 1979 is largely concerned with water. The camera angle of this film never moves. The camera is positioned in the same place for the entirety of the piece. In the beginning of the film you see a square pool which has the color and feel of an impressionist painting. You hear the sound of outside, both airplanes and running water. From the woods you slowly see a man appear and he stands by the edge of the pool. The viewer is captivated with him standing there staring at the pool. Then there is a freeze frame of the man doing a cannon ball into the pool. There is movement of water as if something had dropped but the image is still lingering above the pool. A reflection of a person walking is able to be made out in the water. There is no person walking to be causing that reflection though. Then you see the frozen image over the water disappear. Now there are two reflections walking. Again there is no figure to cause such a reflection. There are ripples of water in the pool and then the single image reflection appears again. Then the person that was in the cannon ball freeze frame swims to the edge of the pool and get out, walking back into the woods. 　　The Reflecting Pool seems to be a full circle. Starting from the woods and ending in the woods. Is this an analogy for life--starting at one point and ending at another with many strange things occurring in between? Sometimes there is no explanation for incidents, just like the reflections and you don't necessarily need to see the splash to believe that when you jump you eventually are going to land. The person getting out of the pool was a way of answering whether or not he was in that pool. This film made you think about the process of human thought. How everything doesn't need to physically be shown to know they are there.

Bill Viola's The Reflecting Pool created from 1977 to 1979 is largely concerned with water. The camera angle of this film never moves. The camera is positioned in the same place for the entirety of the piece. In the beginning of the film you see a square pool which has the color and feel of an impressionist painting. You hear the sound of outside, both airplanes and running water. From the woods you slowly see a man appear and he stands by the edge of the pool. The viewer is captivated with him standing there staring at the pool. Then there is a freeze frame of the man doing a cannon ball into the pool. There is movement of water as if something had dropped but the image is still lingering above the pool. A reflection of a person walking is able to be made out in the water. There is no person walking to be causing that reflection though. Then you see the frozen image over the water disappear. Now there are two reflections walking. Again there is no figure to cause such a reflection. There are ripples of water in the pool and then the single image reflection appears again. Then the person that was in the cannon ball freeze frame swims to the edge of the pool and get out, walking back into the woods. 　　The Reflecting Pool seems to be a full circle. Starting from the woods and ending in the woods. Is this an analogy for life--starting at one point and ending at another with many strange things occurring in between? Sometimes there is no explanation for incidents, just like the reflections and you don't necessarily need to see the splash to believe that when you jump you eventually are going to land. The person getting out of the pool was a way of answering whether or not he was in that pool. This film made you think about the process of human thought. How everything doesn't need to physically be shown to know they are there.