一个曾经丧失人性的刑讯逼供者.在几十年之后接受电台记者的采访重新回忆自己那段罪孽深重的过去.他以前拷问别人,现在却接受这个记者的“拷问”.在这个下午,拷问的不仅仅是他本人,也拷问了人性,拷问了整个社会制度。

　　"Veteran experimental filmmakers Danielle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub helmed this unusual adaptation of a novel by Elio Vittorini. Focused on the triumphs and failures of a group of laborers and farm hands who pooled their resources to operate an alternative collective farm after the end of World War II, Operai, Contadini features a cast of 12 actors who read aloud from Vittorini's book for the duration of the film, either reciting from memory or using a clearly visible script. Hardly designed to be a crowd pleaser, Operai, Contadini proved to be controversial among the audiences for its showings at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight series." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
　　"The group makes up a primitive community which seeks to erase not only the distress created by the war but also the hardships of life and hunger, and to protect them from violence, misery and fear. Amid the ruins of this post-war period, the characters build and invent a rapport  both in their professional and daily lives  between themselves, the sexes, generations, diverse social and geographical origins, and antagonistic political camps.
　　The group maintains a 'register', a kind of diary, as if it were entering the minutes of an inquiry or a trial." -Steve Grayson
　　"my favorite Straub-Huillet films are Too Early, Too Late and Operai, contadini (2001), both color landscape films with especially acute senses of place as well as of nature in all its harsh beauty." - Jonathan Rosenbaum

　　伊凡尼（南尼·莫莱蒂 Nanni Moretti 饰）有一个和睦温暖的家庭，儿子安德烈和女儿艾琳更是让这个家庭乐也融融。而伊凡尼身为心理医生，常常接触到各式各样的心理病患者，从而更加珍惜目前的生活。然而生活的残酷随之而来，在一个看上去平常的早晨，却传来了一个令这个家庭为之崩溃的消息——儿子在潜水运动中遇上不测，不幸身亡。
　　伊凡尼一家顿时陷入了一篇黑暗当中，母亲终日以泪洗脸，姐姐艾琳压抑着痛苦照顾悲伤的父母，而父亲，更是因为过度悲痛而不能继续工作。而儿子空空如也的房间，深深刺痛了每个家人的心。
　　远方寄来一个女孩子的来信，来信成全了家人对儿子的追思，并令到这个家庭重新有了一丝生机。然而逝者如斯，各人内心的伤痛，只有时间能慢慢治疗。

　　Six unused scenes from WHERE LIES YOUR HIDDEN SMILE? One of the more priceless of the "bagatelles" in this collection features a lounging Jean-Marie Straub who gives a non-stop disquisition on liberty and filmmaking while Danièle Huillet busies herself with laundry, and their dog Melchior frisks in and out of frame.

　　在十九世纪的古巴，当地咖啡业富商路易斯（安东尼奥•班德拉斯 饰）要迎娶一个邮购新娘。路易斯从未见过这名美国女子茱莉亚（安吉丽娜•朱丽 饰），当他在码头首次见到这位妻子的时候，茱莉亚的美貌令他倾心。但他不知道这位美丽新娘满脑诡计。
　　新婚生活让路易斯幸福无比，他以为幸福日子可以一直这样持续下去。路易斯发现他的妻子并不是他想象中那样单纯。茱莉亚隐藏着一连串的谎言，最终目的都是路易斯的巨大财富。
　　看似幸福的生活，就此暗藏了许多暗涌与变数。