Jenny" inaugurates the famous series of movies which made Marcel Carné one of the most brilliant directors of the era.From 1936 to 1946,with scenarist Jacques Prévert (and once with Henri Jeanson)he created what the critics called the "réalisme poétique".One should note that Carné himself used to hate this label.But who cares when you deal with such works as "quai des brumes" "le jour se lève " and "les enfants du paradis" ,to name but three? Jenny (Françoise Rosay) is a madam,and when her daughter comes back from England,she does not want her to find out what her job is really like.The plot is rather melodramatic and a bit cheesy,but the cast,including Jean-Louis Barrault,Charles Vanel and Robert Le Vigan is first-rate .A dirty world ,which is compared to the silt at the bottom of muddy waters.And as Jenny's final line says :"when you're at the bottom,you've got to stay at the bottom".

Jenny" inaugurates the famous series of movies which made Marcel Carné one of the most brilliant directors of the era.From 1936 to 1946,with scenarist Jacques Prévert (and once with Henri Jeanson)he created what the critics called the "réalisme poétique".One should note that Carné himself used to hate this label.But who cares when you deal with such works as "quai des brumes" "le jour se lève " and "les enfants du paradis" ,to name but three? Jenny (Françoise Rosay) is a madam,and when her daughter comes back from England,she does not want her to find out what her job is really like.The plot is rather melodramatic and a bit cheesy,but the cast,including Jean-Louis Barrault,Charles Vanel and Robert Le Vigan is first-rate .A dirty world ,which is compared to the silt at the bottom of muddy waters.And as Jenny's final line says :"when you're at the bottom,you've got to stay at the bottom".

While parked in a remote spot lunching Chinese food with his partner, Detective Frank Spivey saves a disfigured woman called Jenifer from being sliced with a meat cleaver by a deranged homeless man. He feels sorry for Jenifer, and takes her from an insane asylum and brings her home. Frank becomes obsessed for Jenifer, feeling lust and attraction for her lascivious body. When he realizes that she is a human beast, he moves with her to an isolated old cabin in the woods, with tragic consequences.

一部关于女演员詹妮弗·索特的短片，由布莱恩·德·帕尔玛执导，布鲁斯·乔尔·鲁宾编剧。注：截至目前，该片被认为已遗失，尚无已知拷贝公开面世。

而停在一个偏远的地方吃午饭的中国菜与他的伙伴，侦探弗兰克·斯皮维节省了从由一个疯狂的无家可归的人切肉刀切片被称为珍妮弗毁容的女人。他觉得对于珍妮弗对不起，并从疯人院把她和她带来了家。弗兰克成为了珍妮弗痴迷，抚摩她淫荡的身体欲望和吸引力。当他意识到她是一个人的野兽，他与她的移动到一个孤立的老小屋在树林中，用悲惨的后果。

简（罗西·麦克尤恩 Rosy McEwen 饰）白天在学校过着需要隐藏真实自我的生活，扮演社会期望的角色。这种双重生活让她在白天与夜晚拥有完全不同的体验和身份。只有在夜晚，她才能放下面具，与朋友们体验她真正想要的生活，追求她内心真正渴望的自由和表达。 然而，简的生活在与一名学生（凯莉·海斯 Kerrie Hayes 饰）在夜店相识后发生了转变。这位学生意外地发现了简的夜间生活和真实身份，两人因此分享了彼此的秘密。尽管他们之间建立了一种特别的联系，但简仍无法在学校公开为这名学生在学校遭受的不公平行为表示抗议，这让她深感自责和无力。面对这种情况，简决定开始做一些改变。她开始尝试寻求改变自己在学校的处境的方法，以及开始勇敢地面对和解决她内心的冲突。

1968年，无论是芝加哥还是整个美国都处于政治动荡期。乔伊是一名家庭主妇，她与丈夫和女儿居住在郊区，过着平凡的生活。乔伊偶因怀孕而面临生命危险，她…

在著名的以色列巴希瓦现代舞团工作十年并已成名之后，美国舞者芭比•珍妮•史密斯做了人生中慎重的抉择，回到美国发展。 然而，在这里建立的深厚情感令她难以割舍。她不得不离开朝夕相处的导师、编舞师以及挚爱，回到家乡面对不确定的未来。 导演埃尔韦拉•林德原始本真的、亲密的拍摄方式为现代舞的表达找到了出口，显现出做抉择时各种心境杂糅在一起的情感困境。