夏有乔木雅望天堂

　　明万历年间，京城名妓杜十娘与进京应试的江南公子李甲相识。李甲得好友柳遇春帮忙，赎出十娘喜结百年之好。二人返乡经过瓜州，盐商孙富见十娘美貌，便约正为如何回家面对严父的李甲喝酒，劝其别为一青楼女子耽误前程。李甲愁苦无奈将十娘卖与孙富，十娘闻讯怒沉百宝箱，投江自尽。睡莲庵老尼救起十娘，留其带发修行。柳遇春高中后陪夫人至庵中还愿，与十娘相遇，携十娘回到苏州。李甲一路流浪到苏州，心中为十娘之死痛悔万分，不想巧遇柳遇春……

　　玛丽（Ina Weisse 饰）是一位事业有成的建筑师，在业内颇具名望。和丈夫结婚多年，两人一直过着风平浪静的生活，共同养育着两个可爱懂事的孩子，这个四口之家是朋友们眼中标准的模范家庭。然而，只有玛丽自己知道，在她的内心里，有一个巨大的黑洞，所有的幸福和温情都被吸进去，只留下冰冷空洞的回声。
　　某日，玛丽遇见了名为爱雅（艾丽卡·莫露珊 Erika Marozsán 饰）的女子，让玛丽没有想到的是，自己竟然被美丽的爱雅吸引了。更糟糕的是，爱雅有一个相爱多年的未婚夫杜姆（马可·豪斯曼 Marc Hosemann 饰），而杜姆恰恰正是玛丽的好友。这一段复杂的三角关系会怎样发展下去呢？

　　飘雪的坡道上，送牛奶的老头子金万皙（李顺载 饰）邂逅了收废品的老太太宋怡芬（尹秀晶 饰）。他们的前半生各自背负着艰辛的人生：万皙年轻时我行我素，直到妻子病逝才深觉愧疚；怡芬被心爱的男人抛弃在城市角落，孩子夭折后至老未嫁。两位老人在每天凌晨寂静的街道上相遇，孤独而苦难的生活令他们渐渐靠近。在万皙孙女妍儿（宋智孝 饰）的穿针引线下，如初恋般的悸动萌发在了彼此心中。万皙的朋友、停车场管理员张军峰（宋在河 饰）一直耐心的看护着患有老年痴呆症的老伴。直到有一天，军峰得知老伴已患绝症。目睹她一次次痛苦病发，心如刀绞的军峰做出了悲伤的决定……
　　影片改编自韩国著名网络漫画家姜草的同名作品，已公演的同名舞台剧亦受到好评。

　　根据同名少女漫画改编，描绘了4名高中生男女的青春爱情故事。山本朱里（滨边美波）是崇尚现实恋爱的女主角，山本理央（北村匠海）则是她没有血缘关系的弟弟。

　　在柏林的一家大饭店里。那时整个德国笼罩着经济危机的阴影。在豪华的大饭店里麇集许多来自不同阶层的人物。其中有陷入困境而避风头的财界巨擘普莱辛格，无奈色衰而想自尽的芭蕾舞演员格鲁辛斯卡娅，被赌博弄得倾家荡产而偷窃为生的旧男爵冯盖根，普莱辛格的旧属风烛残年的孤老克林格兰，以及年轻漂亮但贪婪自私的速记员弗兰苓等。
　　这部第5届奥斯卡最佳影片是米高梅在30年代初期首创“全明星电影”的代表作。全片以柏林的一家豪华大饭店为人生舞台，表现五组人物在同一天之中的离奇遭遇。叙事手法虽然中规中矩，但几位大明星的表演却相当精彩，充分掌握角色的个性和处境，其中有：面临事业危机的俄国芭蕾舞女星、嗜赌的男爵、患上绝症的小人物、企业家等。这些角色以三线交错的方式上演着人生的悲欢离合，剧情发展流畅，场景虽然局限在大饭店中，但人物穿梭流动自然。故事在后来的《柏林饭店》（Hotel Berlin）和《琼楼风月》（Weekend at the Waldorf）中再度出现，并被改编成百老汇歌舞剧。

　　国内知名女设计师袁元（俞飞鸿 饰），日本留学归国，气质出众，事业成功，多年的合伙人雷鸣也对她照顾有加。然而，看似人生赢家的袁元，内心深处却始终隐藏着一个难以放下的心结。在遇到事业瓶颈时，一位日本女孩（木下彩音 饰）的突然出现打破了袁元原本风平浪静的生活，一段关于北海道的神秘往事也随之展开……

　　故事发生在法国大革命期间，来自英国伦敦的律师西德尼（罗纳德·考尔曼 Ronald Colman 饰）爱上了名为露西（伊丽莎白·艾兰 Elizabeth Allan 饰）的美丽女子，然而露西早已经有了心上人，没过多久，她便和法国贵族青年查尔斯（唐纳德·伍兹 Donald Woods 饰）结为夫妻。西德尼将对露西的感情深深埋藏在心底，由衷的祝福了这对新人。
　　革命爆发，法国国内局势一片混乱，革命牵连到了查尔斯，查尔斯遭到了囚禁，并且被判处了死刑。悲痛之中，走投无路的露西找到了西德尼，向他寻求帮助，看着眼前心碎的爱人，西德尼决定不惜一切代价救出查尔斯，哪怕这份代价就是牺牲自己的生命。

　　牵牛（车太贤饰）第一次与她（全智贤饰）邂逅，就毫无浪漫感可言。在地铁上她就语出惊人，喝的醉醺醺的她大声训斥不自觉给老人让座的人，吐完之后就软趴趴地倒了下来。善良的牵牛上前接住，于是就只好背着她到旅馆投宿了。但是好心不一定有好报，牵牛正在好好洗澡时就被冲进来的警察带走了。
　　然而这两个人却从此开始约会了。她很霸道很任性，然而当她用那张可爱的面孔对着你笑时，你也忍不住心软。于是牵牛也心甘情愿地被她折磨。渐渐的，牵牛感觉到她的内心受伤了，他用尽全力去呵护去保护，她仍然缺乏安全感。虽然在一起很快乐也很感动，她却仍然提出了一个难以接受的约定：让我们先分开吧……

　　伊斯梅尔·维亚尔是一位法国电影导演，他正在拍摄一部以外交官伊凡为主人公的影片。与他的师父兼岳父布鲁姆一样，伊斯梅尔一方面仍然沉浸在丧妻之痛里。然而与此同时，他已经与西尔维娅开始了新的生活，西尔维娅成为了伊斯梅尔生活里的一道光。后来卡洛特突然回来“起死回生”，在西尔维娅离开之后，伊斯梅尔拒绝了卡洛特，他被生活中的一切折磨到快疯了。他中断了拍摄，回到家乡、法国北部城市鲁贝，在那里过着离群索居的生活，就像被幽魂围绕着一样。

　　Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
　　If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
　　[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
　　To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
　　More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
　　(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
　　In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
　　(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
　　I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
　　(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
　　See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)

　　19岁的少女寺泽弘子（渡边典子 饰）是一家婚姻介绍所的女秘书，某天所里接到一通电话，对方是关根集团董事长的遗孀恭子（长山蓝子 饰），她希望为自己的儿子昌和（渡边谦 饰）找到一位如意新娘。当恭子得知弘子姓名时，竟不假思索决定弘子为相亲的对象。
　　会面之日，弘子得知，恭子只希望她假扮昌和的新娘十天，以代替因车祸骨折的真正新娘。看在巨额报酬的份上，弘子欣然同意，留在关根家位于山中的别墅内进行各种礼仪的训练。但随着事态的发展，她意识到关根家的背后似乎隐藏着更为黑暗的秘密……
　　根据赤川次郎同名小说改编。

　　柯敏（杨恭如 饰）是电台的主播，主持者一档深夜情感互动栏目。柯敏的丈夫李沐（唐文龙 饰）经营着一家公司，两人结婚多年，本来满满的激情早已经化为了平淡。
　　沈阔（迟帅 饰）和女友秦素（周岭南 饰）是感情十分要好的情侣，巧合的是，沈阔是柯敏的忠实听众，几乎一期不落的收听着柯敏主持的节目，而秦素则是李沐手下的员工。着阴差阳错的巧合将四个人的命运紧紧联系到了一起。某日，沈阔在节目中给柯敏打了一通电话，谁知道正是这短短的一通电话，让一个家庭和一对爱侣的感情中出现了不易察觉的裂缝。面对花花世界的诱惑，四个人该做出怎样的选择？