一次偶然之中，程伟（钟镇涛 饰）在河边遇见了想要投河自尽的何莉文（林凤娇 饰），幸好程伟出手相救，否则何莉文早已经一命呜呼。何莉文请求程伟陪她去医院进行流产手术，被何莉文深深迷住的程伟答应了。手术之后，程伟更是将何莉文带回了家中修养。渐渐地，程伟了解了何莉文悲惨的过去。家道中落的她为了生计不得不来到酒廊上班，因此招致了男友罗平远的误会。罗平远打算前往美国深造，此时何莉文的腹中已经怀上了他的孩子。罗平远离开后，何莉文三番五次的想要联系他却无果，罗平远的家人亦不愿意相信何莉文的孩子是罗平远的。走投无路之下，何莉文想到了自杀。

Nothing really looks what it really is when you look from a distance and so is Jinwoo’s quiet life, far from the hectic, stressful city life, tucked away in the beauty of the Korean countryside, welcomed with open arms by a loving new “family” that has accepted, on their sheep ranch, him and Seol, his wonderful niece who he loves as if she were his own daughter.But when Park Kun-young's careful and precise direction begins to focus on the details of Jinwoo's existence, slowly revealing his restless soul, we gradually discover the complexity of the reasons that led to Jinwoo's extreme choice to retire in the countryside to live like a shepherd.The arrival at the ranch of Jinwoo’s longtime male friend from university, Hyunmin, upsets all balance. Moonkyeong, the ranch owner’s daughter, who has a crush on Jinwoo, accidentally discover the two men in bed and shortly afterwards Jinwoo’s twin sister, and Seol’s birth mother, shows up at the ranch after years of absence and silence and wants to take her daughter back to Seoul.The community of that small country place, which seemed kind and nice, slowly reveals their true colours and deep disapproval of the two men's relationship. The fragile sandcastle of happiness that Jinwoo has struggled to build is crumbling and the cold, harsh winter is upon him.Giovanna Fulvi

买了昂贵的大提琴，想要成就一番事业的小林大悟（本木雅弘 饰），经历了4个月的管弦乐演奏，得到的却是“乐团解散”的噩耗与购买乐器的高昂债务。迫不得已，大悟与妻子美香（广末凉子 饰）搬到老屋，过着清贫的日子。某日，一则广告吸引了大悟的注意：NK代理公司，帮助旅行，高薪短工时。大悟来到NK代理公司面试，社长佐佐木生荣（山崎努 饰）二话不说就决定聘用大悟，但却对工作内容避而不谈。在大悟的再三追问下，佐佐木社长终于道明：是入殓（日语Nou Kan）工作！虽然心理上有所忌惮，高额的薪水还是令大悟接受了这份工作。但这样的工作对普通人谈何容易，一方面对遗体的不适，一方面又要对妻友隐瞒自己的工作，小林大悟不平凡的工作就这样开始了。

故事发生在美丽的巴塞罗那，美国女孩维姬（丽贝卡·豪尔 Rebecca Hall 饰）和克里斯蒂娜（斯嘉丽·约翰逊 Scarlett Johansson 饰）在度假时认识了名声并不太好的艺术家胡安（哈维尔·巴登 Javier Bardem 饰）。性格迥异的两姐妹在第二次遇到胡安后，对于胡安结伴去奥维耶多过周末的的邀请，热情奔放的克里斯蒂娜一下子就爽快答应了，而即将结婚的维姬却感到深深的不安。奥维耶多发生了让人意想不到的事情，原本应该和胡安一夜春宵的克里斯蒂娜因病躺在床上休息，而理智现实的维姬却和胡安一夜风流。当三个人再次回到巴塞罗那之后，维姬的未婚夫道格前来陪伴她，维姬的生活似乎归于平静。而当克里斯蒂娜开始了与胡安热恋并同居的生活之时，胡安的前妻玛丽娅（佩内洛普·克鲁兹 Penélope Cruz 饰）突然出现，这三人之间构筑起一种奇特的关系。于是在盛夏的充满浪漫气息的欧洲名城，一段诙谐而又深刻的关于爱的故事拉开了序幕。在2009年第81届奥斯卡上，佩内洛普·克鲁兹凭借此片获得最佳女配角奖。