当人们仅仅满足于讨论县中，真实的县中只是沉默地呆在远方，像所有那些他们并不真正了解的陌生人一样。每年有数十名志愿者，从城市来到县中，驻扎在学校里的“PEER空间”。在宝贵的一学期中，他们用生命去感受真实的县中生活，寻找答案，然后用自己的声音去回答那个问题：什么是县中？

当人们仅仅满足于讨论县中，真实的县中只是沉默地呆在远方，像所有那些他们并不真正了解的陌生人一样。每年有数十名志愿者，从城市来到县中，驻扎在学校里的“PEER空间”。在宝贵的一学期中，他们用生命去感受真实的县中生活，寻找答案，然后用自己的声音去回答那个问题：什么是县中？

出身于克利夫兰的杀手弗兰克（Allen Baron 饰）在圣诞前夕接到了一份新的工作，他再次孤身一人回到曾经熟悉的城市，这次的目标是二流企业的老板。弗兰克每日跟踪对方，寻找下手机会并托付别人准备手枪。沉默寡言的弗兰克拒绝与别人沟通，在饭店偶遇的熟人让他只想逃避，但旧日相识劳拉的出现点燃了他仅存的一点热情，不过弗兰克却无法让对方接受自己。联系人迟迟没能提供手枪让弗兰克一怒之下杀了他。惊慌失措的弗兰克致电雇主，试图终止合作，电话另一头却大为光火，将弗兰克推上了不归路…… 　　这部电影始终贯穿画外音解说，是导演、编剧兼主演Allen Baron的新尝试。

出身于克利夫兰的杀手弗兰克（Allen Baron 饰）在圣诞前夕接到了一份新的工作，他再次孤身一人回到曾经熟悉的城市，这次的目标是二流企业的老板。弗兰克每日跟踪对方，寻找下手机会并托付别人准备手枪。沉默寡言的弗兰克拒绝与别人沟通，在饭店偶遇的熟人让他只想逃避，但旧日相识劳拉的出现点燃了他仅存的一点热情，不过弗兰克却无法让对方接受自己。联系人迟迟没能提供手枪让弗兰克一怒之下杀了他。惊慌失措的弗兰克致电雇主，试图终止合作，电话另一头却大为光火，将弗兰克推上了不归路…… 　　这部电影始终贯穿画外音解说，是导演、编剧兼主演Allen Baron的新尝试。

"Your father passed away. Give us a call immediately." The message in Kawase's cell phone informs her of her father's death. 　　More than a year has passed since his death. Also 8 years since Embracing in which Kawase took a camera to film her journey to find her father. She watches Embracing with her friends as if she mourns her father's death, departure from her father. Watching, throughout the film, the repetitive, momentary interviews of people who were involved with him before his death as well as her real mother and her grandmother, Kawase bears unfocused and disconsolate feelings. 　　All of a sudden, she gets an idea of having a tattoo, the same tattoo her father had through his life, so as to, she thinks, discover the family bond, and then she visits a tattoo artist. The story accelerates from here, and brings the audience to the climax. Is this really a documentary or fiction? Despite this confusion, the film goes on and asks us, "What is love for you?" 　　At the Locarno International Film Festival in 2001, the film was highly praised for her original film style, the mixed form of documentary and fiction, in which her deep loneliness is realistically presented. The film has been shown more than 30 countries, and now its distribution right, after being produced and screened by ARTE France along with some other films by, for example, Sokurov, has been terminated, and the film will be screened in Japan. 　　This is a must-see, as of today, Kawase's culmination as an auteur. The title Kya Ka Ra Ba A is a Buddhist term, kya - the sky, ka - wind, ra - fire, ba - water, and a - earth, all of which, altogether, means the world composed of those elements.

"Your father passed away. Give us a call immediately." The message in Kawase's cell phone informs her of her father's death. 　　More than a year has passed since his death. Also 8 years since Embracing in which Kawase took a camera to film her journey to find her father. She watches Embracing with her friends as if she mourns her father's death, departure from her father. Watching, throughout the film, the repetitive, momentary interviews of people who were involved with him before his death as well as her real mother and her grandmother, Kawase bears unfocused and disconsolate feelings. 　　All of a sudden, she gets an idea of having a tattoo, the same tattoo her father had through his life, so as to, she thinks, discover the family bond, and then she visits a tattoo artist. The story accelerates from here, and brings the audience to the climax. Is this really a documentary or fiction? Despite this confusion, the film goes on and asks us, "What is love for you?" 　　At the Locarno International Film Festival in 2001, the film was highly praised for her original film style, the mixed form of documentary and fiction, in which her deep loneliness is realistically presented. The film has been shown more than 30 countries, and now its distribution right, after being produced and screened by ARTE France along with some other films by, for example, Sokurov, has been terminated, and the film will be screened in Japan. 　　This is a must-see, as of today, Kawase's culmination as an auteur. The title Kya Ka Ra Ba A is a Buddhist term, kya - the sky, ka - wind, ra - fire, ba - water, and a - earth, all of which, altogether, means the world composed of those elements.

故事发生在南北战争前夕，美丽的苏珊娜（伊丽莎白·泰勒 Elizabeth Taylor 饰）从南方的新奥尔良来到了北方的雨树县，在这里，苏珊娜邂逅了名叫约翰尼（蒙哥马利·克利夫特 Montgomery Clift 饰）的男人。约翰尼是村子里跑的最快的男人，同时也是一名热衷于解放黑奴运动的革命者。 　　虽然约翰尼已经有了青梅竹马的女友奈尔（爱娃·玛丽·森特 Eva Marie Saint 饰），可他和奈尔之间积累了长期的矛盾，也没有什么共同话题。最终，约翰尼决定离开奈尔，和灵魂伴侣苏珊娜走到了一起。之后，约翰尼跟随苏珊娜返回了她的家乡，受恋人的影响，苏珊娜也开始对解放黑人运动产生了兴趣。

故事发生在南北战争前夕，美丽的苏珊娜（伊丽莎白·泰勒 Elizabeth Taylor 饰）从南方的新奥尔良来到了北方的雨树县，在这里，苏珊娜邂逅了名叫约翰尼（蒙哥马利·克利夫特 Montgomery Clift 饰）的男人。约翰尼是村子里跑的最快的男人，同时也是一名热衷于解放黑奴运动的革命者。 　　虽然约翰尼已经有了青梅竹马的女友奈尔（爱娃·玛丽·森特 Eva Marie Saint 饰），可他和奈尔之间积累了长期的矛盾，也没有什么共同话题。最终，约翰尼决定离开奈尔，和灵魂伴侣苏珊娜走到了一起。之后，约翰尼跟随苏珊娜返回了她的家乡，受恋人的影响，苏珊娜也开始对解放黑人运动产生了兴趣。

皮特（吉瑞米•斯特朗 Jeremy Strong 饰）即将从医学院毕业进入医院实习，他的前途已经铺设完毕，未来一片光明。可是，就在这个节骨眼上，学校的教授竟然给了皮特一个不及格，挂了科的皮特无法按时拿到学位证书，他梦想中的一切都在霎时间沦为了泡影。 　　绝望无助的皮特陷入了自暴自弃的情绪之中，他认识了一位名叫波盖特（费尔鲁扎•鲍克 Fairuza Balk 饰）的女子，虽然她自称是演员兼歌手，但实际上她就是一个无所事事的无聊份子。跟着波盖特，皮特来到了她的老家洪堡县，让皮特感到不可思议的是，波盖特家中的所有人，都靠着种植大麻维生，也难怪他们都有些疯疯癫癫的。

皮特（吉瑞米•斯特朗 Jeremy Strong 饰）即将从医学院毕业进入医院实习，他的前途已经铺设完毕，未来一片光明。可是，就在这个节骨眼上，学校的教授竟然给了皮特一个不及格，挂了科的皮特无法按时拿到学位证书，他梦想中的一切都在霎时间沦为了泡影。 　　绝望无助的皮特陷入了自暴自弃的情绪之中，他认识了一位名叫波盖特（费尔鲁扎•鲍克 Fairuza Balk 饰）的女子，虽然她自称是演员兼歌手，但实际上她就是一个无所事事的无聊份子。跟着波盖特，皮特来到了她的老家洪堡县，让皮特感到不可思议的是，波盖特家中的所有人，都靠着种植大麻维生，也难怪他们都有些疯疯癫癫的。