本片改编自巴西名著。一个民工家庭为富有的庄园主看管牲口，境况逐渐改善，但父亲被骗跟当地警察玩牌，引起争吵，遭到警察毒打。影片结束时，严重的乾旱迫使全家又上路寻找新的生活出路。本片充满了对弱者的人文关怀和对社会不公的抗议，标志着巴西“新电影运动”的启动。

在海南海口，老街的居民们依然过着悠闲的生活。经营咖啡馆的老林遇到了久未谋面的儿子的朋友，快递员席展发现了自己的房东老万无法说出口的秘密，来海南养老的退休干部老韩拉着儿子寻找自己的宠物八哥，拍了一辈子照片的摄影师老彭给自己的老朋友拍了几张照片…… 在平静的时光之中，有些事不那么平常地发生了，它们交错着、闪烁着人性的光辉，汇聚在这座美丽的城市，成为一束善的心光。

在海南海口，老街的居民们依然过着悠闲的生活。经营咖啡馆的老林遇到了久未谋面的儿子的朋友，快递员席展发现了自己的房东老万无法说出口的秘密，来海南养老的退休干部老韩拉着儿子寻找自己的宠物八哥，拍了一辈子照片的摄影师老彭给自己的老朋友拍了几张照片…… 在平静的时光之中，有些事不那么平常地发生了，它们交错着、闪烁着人性的光辉，汇聚在这座美丽的城市，成为一束善的心光。

弗朗西斯卡（多利斯·道灵 Doris Dowling 饰）是小偷沃尔特（维托里奥·加斯曼 Vittorio Gassman 饰）的情妇，沃尔特自私贪婪心狠手辣，常常虐待弗朗西斯卡，令她苦不堪言。最终，弗朗西斯卡决定从他的身边逃开，前往波流河自寻生路。 　　在波流河，弗朗西斯卡结识了同事希尔瓦纳（肖瓦娜·曼加诺 Silvana Mangano 饰），希尔瓦纳拥有俊俏的外表和高傲的性格，她暗暗的将弗朗西斯卡认定为竞争对手。沃尔特循着弗朗西斯卡的踪迹也来到了波流河，他被希尔瓦纳的美貌所吸引，向她展开热情的攻势。原来，沃尔特想要利用希尔瓦纳的职位之便来偷窃营地里的粮食，弗朗西斯卡虽然百般提醒希尔瓦纳，但后者并不相信她。

Silvio (Alberto Sordi) is an Italian partisan, he and his companions belong to Italian resistance movement fighting against the Nazis. They are at Lake Como. He is helped by Elena (Lea Massari). He spends three months hiding in Elena's grandfather's mill. They fall in love. Silvio is an idealist, communist, journalist writer. He goes back to war. 　　The film spans the story of Italy from 1944 to 1960, from the times of poverty in World War II to the birth of the Italian Republic, the elections and Silvio's ideals of the Italian Communist Party, his stay in jail, his disappointments, his crises with Elena, his attempts to get his works published and to sell his film scripts in Cinecittà to Alessandro Blasetti, Silvana Mangano and Vittorio Gassman (they appear as themselves).

Silvio (Alberto Sordi) is an Italian partisan, he and his companions belong to Italian resistance movement fighting against the Nazis. They are at Lake Como. He is helped by Elena (Lea Massari). He spends three months hiding in Elena's grandfather's mill. They fall in love. Silvio is an idealist, communist, journalist writer. He goes back to war. 　　The film spans the story of Italy from 1944 to 1960, from the times of poverty in World War II to the birth of the Italian Republic, the elections and Silvio's ideals of the Italian Communist Party, his stay in jail, his disappointments, his crises with Elena, his attempts to get his works published and to sell his film scripts in Cinecittà to Alessandro Blasetti, Silvana Mangano and Vittorio Gassman (they appear as themselves).

《品•尝中国》WOK n WINE是由NYSH和TVCT联合出品的原创电视节目，由中国大陆首位葡萄酒大师赵凤仪担任主持人，用她通俗易懂又充满幽默的方式, 带领观众遍游中国11座以美食著称的城市，并探索如何用葡萄酒搭配最地道的中国菜。这种中餐搭葡萄酒的奇思妙想，至今还没人探索过!

Host Padma Lakshmi takes audiences on a journey across America, exploring the rich and diverse food culture of various immigrant groups, seeking out the people who have so heavily shaped what American food is today.