故事发生在1950年巴西的里约热内卢，18岁的尤丽狄茜与20岁的吉达是一对形影不离的亲生姐妹，她们与保守的父母一同生活。虽然家风传统，姐妹俩却各自怀揣梦想：尤丽狄茜想做一名职业钢琴家，吉达渴望追寻真爱。在一次戏剧化的变故后，姐妹被迫分离，两人各自的梦想也因生活的无奈被搁置。即便如此，姐妹俩从未放弃找寻彼此的希望。
简素华（王丹凤 饰）和实习医生沈浩如（李纬 饰）是一对恋人，沈希望早日与小简结婚，留在大城市生活。而简素华却甘愿服从组织分配，支援祖国边疆建设。来到边疆的第一天晚上，她在简朴的宿舍里写下了走向新生活的日记。然而理想与现实是有差距的，工地医务站站长莫家彬（傅伯棠 饰）和护士顾惠英（蒋天流 饰）只顾恋爱而忽视了工作，工人们意见很大，而简素华的到来又令莫家彬对其大献殷勤，引起了顾惠英的误会。小简忍着内心的痛苦与不快，积极努力的工作，她的工作热情赢得了广大工人的称赞，也引起工区主任高昌平（汤化达 饰）的好感。沈浩如突然来到工地，要接简素华回上海结婚，其结果俩人不欢而散。规模宏大的工厂落成后，高昌平将率领队伍奔赴新的建设工地，临行前，他向简素华发出了邀请......
萨姆·沃辛顿在世界影坛为一屡澳洲阳光从地球上逝去唏嘘不已的同时，另一位与希斯·莱杰同样来自澳大利亚佩斯的男演员萨姆·沃辛顿于08年初吸引了众人的目光，先前被詹姆斯·卡梅隆挑中领衔《异次元战神》的他又在卡梅隆的推荐下入主《终结者4》接替阿诺，有机会与蝙蝠侠克里斯蒂安·贝尔同台献艺；这两部科幻大片将让萨姆·沃辛顿的名字成为09年暑期档当之无愧的关键词之一。如今接拍《纸飞机》变暖男……
郭辛丽（李丽珍 饰）是一名歌星，拥有很多忠实的粉丝，星途一片光明，然而，她遇见了名为徐文龙的男人，徐文龙是出了名的花花公子，他用花言巧语骗取了郭辛丽的信任，又利用郭辛丽的的名气将自己捧红，与此同时，他和外面的莺莺燕燕之间的暧昧从未断绝。郭辛丽怀孕了，徐文龙担心孩子会影响自己的前程，于是逼迫郭辛丽将孩子打掉。 终于认清了徐文龙真正面目的郭辛丽痛苦的离开了他，她淡出娱乐圈，独自将孩子生下来取名子桥。郭辛丽生产落下了病根，又要独自抚养子桥，整个家庭都被笼罩在贫穷的阴影下。一场车祸夺走了徐文龙的生育能力，但徐文龙得知子桥是自己的骨肉后决定将他从郭辛丽身边抢走。
凯特（贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰）和帕特里希（贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰）是一对孪生姐妹，拥有一模一样的长相，就连亲生父母都很难分辨出她们究竟谁是谁。一位名叫比尔（格伦·福特 Glenn Ford 饰）的灯塔巡视员出现在了姐妹两人苍白的生命里，她们顿时双双坠入了情网，最终，比尔选择了帕特里希。为了忘记比尔，凯特开始投身于艺术创作之中。 一晃眼几年过去，凯特始终都没能忘记内心的悸动。一天，她和帕特里希出海航行，结果发声了意外，帕特里希被茫茫大海所吞噬。凯特幸运的逃过一劫，捡回了一条命，但她接下来必须将帕特里希的死讯告诉比尔。
坐拥数亿财产的钟小年(徐峥 饰)意外遭人绑架，不得不在一位神秘人的操控下完 成一道道令人两难的选择题。在选择的过程中，钟小年落入陷阱，不仅巨额财产被盗取、 濒临身败名裂的边缘，还将妻子魏思蒙(王丽坤 饰)牵扯进一个个险境。为了洗脱罪名， 救回爱人，钟小年在重重危机中与神秘人展开了一场关乎生死和救赎的金钱游戏…
周总理到世界各国访问，一直希望能乘自己国家生产的飞机去。于是，中国民航总局所有干部群众都投入到积极的工作中。总局局长谷之松的工作受到党内“左”的路线干扰，但他力排众议，启用高级技术人才，使工作顺利开展。机长龙飞在复杂的气候条件下大胆实验，取得成功，他的妻子乔欣承受着“海外关系”的困扰，支持龙飞。副局长李瑞为了工作推迟婚期。谷之松的儿子也献出了生命。终于在1965年的春天，周总理乘坐着我们自己生产的飞机出访了。
深夜的纽约，夜班列车上两个地痞混混对乘客们肆意骚扰，人们敢怒不敢言，直到一个回乡的士兵挺身而出...
法国人自己拍摄的关于18世纪法国文豪巴尔扎克的生平传奇，由大鼻子扮演的巴尔扎克是本片最大的看点，电影围绕着这位桀骜不驯的怪才不平淡的一生，把他的婚姻、爱情、小说创作和家庭关系一一进行剖析，突破了过往对巴尔扎克的完美塑造，将他描绘成一个性格古怪、脾气暴躁、风流倜傥、最后因痴肥而卧床不起的失败男人--也许事业上是成功者，但生活上他是个地地道道的失败者。 阿尔当扮演的女子是巴尔扎克在生命弥留时的最大安慰，整部戏很有文艺味道，影片将那无可奈何式的人生落幕表现得很哀惋。
在日本国民航空迎来成立35周年庆典之际，该公司飞往大阪的123次航班在群马县坠毁，520名乘客与机组人员罹难。在此之后，恩地元（渡辺謙 饰）和好友行田四郎（三浦友和 饰）所领导的工会向推诿塞责的公司高层发起质疑。虽然他们的斗争取得胜利，但是很快便遭到了报复。恩地在之后的十年内，不断被流放海外；而八面玲珑的行田则一步步高升，担当了重要职务。曾经的工会四分五裂，国民航空的腐败黑暗气息久久不散。直到七年后，又一次惨痛的空难发生…… 本片根据社会派小说家山崎豊子的同名小说改编，并荣获2009年电影旬报十佳影片第5名；第33届日本电影学院奖最佳作品、最佳导演、最佳剧本、最佳男主角（渡辺謙）、最佳男配角（三浦友和）、最佳女主角（鈴木京香）等12项大奖。
妮露法（阿里·礼萨·阿哥克哈尼 Ali Reza Aghakhani 饰）是一个35岁的独身女人，和母亲过着相依为命的生活。因为逆温层，德黑兰的空气质量在不断的恶化，妮露法的母亲因为严重的空气污染而患上了呼吸道疾病，拯救她的方法只有一个，那就是离开德黑兰。 身为家里最小的女儿，妮露法义不容辞的接受了带母亲离开故乡的这一任务，尽管她心里并不是十分情愿，但对于长辈们的要求，她一向都是逆来顺受惯了的。可就在这个节骨眼上，妮露法和曾经的恋人重逢了。旧情人的出现动摇了妮露法的决心，她决定不再做一个顺从的小女儿，为自己的命运抗争。
位于北海道的增毛町，是一个毗邻大海的小镇。倔强的老人中田忠男（仲代达矢 饰）气愤而蹒跚地离开这里，他的外孙女小春（徳永えり 饰）则愧疚而焦急地紧随其后。一切始于小春一句赌气的话语，刚刚失去工作的小春希望前往东京谋生，同时她也不愿再照顾倔强的外公，于是任性地说出“不愿再像妓女一样围着你转”的话。忠男夺门而出，希望在亲戚那里找到余生的依靠。祖孙俩先后拜访了与之一向不和的哥哥重男（大泷秀治 饰）、弟弟行男的内缘妻子清水（田中裕子 饰）、独立经营旅馆的姐姐茂子、混迹房地产业的弟弟道男（柄本明 饰）以及小春的父亲直一（香川照之 饰）。 经济萧条的背景下，家家各有一本难念的经。在这一过程中，祖孙的心也进一步地拉近……
In the time of Counter-Reformation, a miller and his son come under investigation by a priest of the Inquisition, when rumors spread that their prosperity comes from working with the Devil. The Devil's Trap is a film directed by František Vlá?il, based on a novel by Alfréd Technik, adapted by František A. Dvorák and Miloš Kratochvíl. It was the first of three historical dramas that Vlá?il made during the Czech New Wave (technically he isn't really a part of the New Wave, however these films were made during the same era of artistic freedom), preceding his more well known Marketa Lazarová (1967) and Valley of the Bees (1968). Set in the late 16th Century during the Catholic Reformation, in the Moravian Karst, situated in what is now the Eastern Czech Republic, it tells the tale of a miller (Vítezslav Vejrazka), and his son Jan (Vít Olmer), who come under suspicion and are investigated by a Jesuit priest of the Inquisition (Miroslav Macháchek), when rumors of witchcraft are spread by the local regent (Cestmír Randa), who is jealous of the miller's prosperity and degree of respect among the local populace. As expected from Vlá?il, this film is a stunning experience all the way through. From the opening shot, an ominous manipulation of perspective with a close up of a mangled figure of Christ dominating the foreground against a tiny figure in black walking along the horizon, to the breathtaking confrontational finale inside the vast stalactite filled Karst caverns, it is a wonderful display of visual mastery. Maybe not quite as impressive as Marketa Lazarová, but still full of astonishing imagery. As seen from unique angles and distinct points of view which highlight the director's remarkable sense of awareness of framing, motion, and positioning on the emotional and dramatic tone of the scene. The most memorable being a repeated shot where the camera is suspended and launched with speed through the air towards the miller's door. The story here is a simple one and I would say more accessible than his later works. With a conventional structure emphasized as much by its plot and characters, than by its expressionistic cinematography or authentic historical detail. The events play out without much surprise, and there is a strong underlying, almost supernatural, mysterious aspect that is left unresolved, in fact barely explored, which is slightly disappointing, but only because it's so fascinating that I wish there was more. Acting is great all around. Particularly the villains: Miroslav Macháchek as the priest, casting a sinister and imposing shadow wherever he goes, and Cestmír Randa as the weasel like regent behind all the persecution. While Vít Olmer brings a charismatic leading man presence in his role as the miller's son Jan, in love with the lovely orphan girl Martina (Karla Chadimová), who becomes a dangerous object of rivalry between Jan and other young men of the village. The film also features the evocative music of Zden?k Liška (perhaps the most prolific composer of the Czech New Wave). In this his second of eleven collaborations with Vlá?il, his compositions are used sparingly, but to great effect, complimenting but never overpowering a scene. The best example of which can be heard in an amazingly shot celebration and dance sequence at the end of the second act. The Devil's Trap might not be a masterpiece, but it is still a strong effort, with a fascinating straightforward story and a glorious historical setting captured beautifully by Vlá?il's unmistakable visual prowess. A fine work that would also be the perfect starter plate to prepare yourself for the challenging feast of Marketa Lazarová or The Valley of the Bees. It even has an easy to digest running time. It's therefore puzzling why this gem remains largely overlooked and ignored.
