根据德国作家Rolf Hochhuth舞台剧《The Deputy》改编，党卫军上尉Kurt Gerstein发现自己为净化水源而合成的化学药剂成为杀人毒气时深感震惊，想要把这种罪行告上中立国或教廷。天主教神父Riccardo是惟一愿意帮助他的人。然而两人的力量不但未能阻止悲剧的发生，还成为了历史车轮下的牺牲品。

Four monologues by playwright Peter Barnes celebrating the bicentennial of the French Revolution.

At the end of XIX century, Romania, A boyar tries to send a trunk full of jewels to his daughter abroad. Only that the trunk doesn't make the trip, so the daughter comes in the country to recover it, enlisting the help of some outlaws.

一九八八年的老街之上，刘德富动用八千元，强行将合伙人孙卫东逐出共同经营的月亮湾舞厅。孙卫东没有争执辩驳，平静转身离开。短短半月，他在街对面开设金凤凰舞厅，客源尽数分流，昔日红火的月亮湾最终闭门上锁。走投无路的刘德富守在店前拦下孙卫东，提出归还钱款并分予半数产业求和。孙卫东淡然道出心声，区区钱财，终究换不回街坊邻里长久积攒的信任与人心。

Can I Get a Witness? tells the story of a mother and daughter in a near-future world where huge sacrifices are made to maintain life on Earth. With its resources swallowed by e-waste and overpopulation, the world is experiencing an anthropogenic collapse. To manage, technological advances are shunned. Nobody has electricity and only people with exceptions are permitted cars. Most importantly, there is also a collective agreement that nobody is allowed to live beyond the age of 50. Oh’s Ellie lives with her teenage daughter Kiah (Keira Jang), who is starting her first day as a Documenter, an important role in this new world order. She uses her artistic gifts — beautifully conjured in animations — to draw the dying ceremonies, since printing and photography have been banned. Kiah is paired with Daniel (Joel Oulette), the young man who performs the contractual elements of each person’s end-of-life ceremony. He matter-of-factly provides the packages a person can choose, sets them up when the time comes, and performs the burials. But his new coworker is having a hard time handling the emotional impacts of the job.

在不太遥远的未来，我们已经解决了世界上所有的问题，减缓了气候变化，消除了贫困，实现了真正的跨物种平等。只有一个问题…人类必须在50岁结束生命，青少年艺术家必须记录下来。

MELTDOWN: THREE MILE ISLAND tackles the near catastrophe at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant and the whistleblower who spoke up to protect the community. Insiders recount the events, controversies and lingering effects of the worst nuclear incident in U.S. history.

Don't watch it alone! Paranormal Witness is an intense, cinematic, high-octane drama-documentary series. The show brings to life the true stories of people who have lived through explanation-defying paranormal experiences. Using a mixture of intimate first-hand testimony, personal photos and real footage, combined with grittily realistic drama, Paranormal Witness will transport you into a world turned upside down by extraordinary and terrifying events. ——来自官网 《超自然目击者》（Paranormal Witness）是Syfy转型之后开发的另一部反映超自然现象和「鬼现象」的真人秀节目，也是Syfy未来几年内逐步放弃常规科幻节目、全面转向低成本灵异节目的开端。在该节目中，一群所谓的「超自然现象亲历者」将现身说法，描述他们经历的「不可思议事件」。根据这些人活灵活现的描述，节目组将到事件发生所在地进行调查，「真实再现」那些或奇异或恐怖的场景。本质上和Syfy的《捉鬼队》系列、《事实与谎言：超自然档案》、《真相大追击》等节目没有太大区别，但该节目采用「故事化」的手法进行拍摄，有演员参与「演出」，从下面的「剧照」中也可见一斑。 ——来自天涯小筑

本片主要的底本资源采自所罗门·伏尔科夫那本争议颇大的“肖斯塔科维奇口述自传”《见证》（www.douban.com/subject/1144865/），全片以作曲家独白形式展开，契合原书的“口述”特征。电影脚本编写相当出彩，导演帕尔默也参与了脚本写作，伏尔科夫担任顾问。影片将俄罗斯二十世纪的悲剧历史和作曲家的创作心路交织在一起，大量运用象征性的影像，音乐运用和剪辑流畅，加深了影像的冲击力。影片主线围绕作曲家和斯大林展开，较有争议的段落是作曲家与独裁者在临终时的对话场景，展现了所谓历史正义和个人良知的冲突。全片长达2小时40分钟。