Jack Ridge is a former piano prodigy living on a farm he has let go to seed. He's living in the past, but the future is coming for him.

Freddy Angi, separate and homeless, stumbles into strange love affairs, including one with his wife Anna. The two meet now and then as lovers in a hotel room.

上海富户白家的养女白流苏（缪骞人 饰）嫁给了一个纨绔败家仔。婚后不久，夫妻便闹翻，白流苏离了婚之后搬回娘家住。她随身携带的钱财被逐渐败落的白家在数年间耗尽，又处处受兄长奚落。为了挣脱日渐困窘的处境，流苏只得考虑再嫁。此时，白家好友徐太太正在为白家七妹宝络牵红线，对方是从英国留学归来的范柳原（周润发 饰）。柳原学成经商，个…

In 1971, the Shah of Iran, the self-proclaimed 'king of kings', celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy by throwing the greatest party in history. Money was no object - a lavish tent city, using 37km of silk, was erected in a specially created oasis. The world's top restaurant at the time, Maxim's, closed its do…

The architect, who took up arms for the first time; the celebrated actress, who was swept along by the tide of circumstances; the famous director, who even filmed the atrocities; the pianist, whose performance was followed by thunderous applause on that day of revolution in 1956. How everyday people in Hungary and in C…