This is an odd film that is both engaging and sometimes off-putting at the same time and, perhaps because of my own art student years, also spoke to me on several levels. Tim Swain is Joe, an innocent adrift from Bangor, Maine - the home of Stephen King. During his opening narration, he remarks that his high school art teacher told him that, in addition to attending art classes, he must also experience as much of the world as possible. This he does, and more.

This is an odd film that is both engaging and sometimes off-putting at the same time and, perhaps because of my own art student years, also spoke to me on several levels. Tim Swain is Joe, an innocent adrift from Bangor, Maine - the home of Stephen King. During his opening narration, he remarks that his high school art teacher told him that, in addition to attending art classes, he must also experience as much of the world as possible. This he does, and more.

清朝末年，京城商业繁华，前门外的商业街店铺林立，“吉祥酒铺”便坐落于此。酒铺由年轻貌美的寡妇金凤打理，她凭借着亡夫留下的酿酒秘方和自己的勤劳，在这条街上撑起了一片小天地。然而，隔壁“香满楼”的哈掌柜却对吉祥酒铺觊觎已久，妄图将其吞并，加上金凤大伯子和小叔子的狼子野心，金凤的处境愈发艰难。

清朝末年，京城“吉祥酒铺”老板娘金凤丧夫后独撑家业，遭隔壁哈掌柜与大伯子联手算计，生意岌岌可危。小伙计喜子聪慧机敏，暗中相助，收集证据正名、巧退地痞，二人渐生情愫。 哈掌柜买通官府查封酒铺，走投无路时，恰逢慈禧微访。喜子冒险拦驾诉冤，金凤面陈遭遇并献酿酒技艺，获太后认可，得赐金字招牌。酒铺由此壮大，二人也在太后撮合下终成眷属，尽显抗争与真情。

影片讲述了一个被冲上岸的海洋生物，进入了坐落于海边的大有小酒馆。在其中，他遇到了酒吧的老板，酒吧驻唱的歌手等人，可是并不知道自己该做什么。影片以隐喻的手法讲述了当代社会的疲乏、空虚与困顿。

影片讲述了一个被冲上岸的海洋生物，进入了坐落于海边的大有小酒馆。在其中，他遇到了酒吧的老板，酒吧驻唱的歌手等人，可是并不知道自己该做什么。影片以隐喻的手法讲述了当代社会的疲乏、空虚与困顿。

1928年到1949年的东北，“闯关东”来东北的小人物陈怀海，在东北深山老林里挖参讨生活，却意外地遭受了一双儿女失散，媳妇被骗走的磨难，只好来到日本殖民统治下的大连开酒馆谋生计。老酒馆由此成了八方信息、各色人等汇聚的舞台。仁义坚韧，嫉恶如仇的陈怀海利用这个舞台，保护了杀日本宪兵的“老北风”，劝说了东北军马旅长重回抗日战场，痛斥了粉饰伪满洲国的满清遗老，与日本浪人决斗，为中国人撑腰提气。中共地下党组织派谷三妹打进老酒馆，把这里变成了党的地下交通站。在谷三妹的影响下，陈怀海的女儿小棉袄成了抗日交通员。大连解放前夕，陈怀海帮谷三妹粉碎了日寇破坏城市的计划。他们共同迎来了大连解放，也收获了真挚的爱情。

1928年到1946年的东北，“闯关东”来东北的小人物陈怀海，在东北深山老林里挖参讨生活，却意外地遭受了一双儿女失散，媳妇被骗走的磨难，只好来到日本殖…