介绍：故事发生在1972年的德国，汉斯（尤利乌斯·维克考夫 Julius Weckauf 饰）是一个胖嘟嘟的九岁小男孩，生活在祖母经营的小铺子中汉斯的性格并不是那么的讨喜，但是他有一项过人之处，那就是他拥有能够逗人发笑的特殊能力，无论心情再低落的人，只要和汉斯讲两句话，就会重新获得笑容。　　汉斯的母亲玛格丽特（路易斯·海耶尔 Luise Heyer 饰）病重，全家的重担都堆到了父亲的身上，为了养家糊口支付医疗费，整日埋头工作的父亲也渐渐失去了笑容。好在汉斯家族中的女性都十分的豁达而坚韧，她们的存在在潜移默化之中影响了汉斯，让他的心灵免受残酷现实的伤害。

介绍：In the bleak filmscape of glasnost, The Needle stood out as a black sheep of a movie. The most playful and offbeat of the Soviet films of the period, it contrasted sharply to the mainstream, which was overwhelmed with revisionism of the Stalinist past and nihilistic social criticism. Made in 1988 by a young Kazakh director, Rashid Nugmanov, fresh out of VGIK (the national film school), The Needle was a pioneering effort in several ways. Having come from a remote, stagnant republic of Kazakhstan, the picture set off a movement that has come to be known as the "Kazakh New Wave." Represented by such works as Alexander Baranov's and Bakhyt Kilibayev's The Three (1988) and Woman of the Day (1990); Kilibayev's The Tick (1990); Baranov's He and She (1990); Abai Karpykov's Little Fish in Love (1989); and Serik Aprymov's The Last Stop (1989), the Kazakh New Wave was for the agonizing Soviet film of the late 1980s what the French New Wave was for the dusty French film of the late 1950s. The Needle was the movement's a bout de souffle. The film also became a model for the Russian version of postmodernism—uninhibited and uninformed, compensating for the lack of culture, skill, and resources with mischief and wit. A young man named Moro (played by Viktor Tsoi, the late rock 'n' roll legend from the St. Petersburg band "Kino") returns to his Asiatic hometown only to find his exgirlfriend, Dina (Marina Smirnova), becoming a drug addict and himself becoming involved in the bizarre life of the city's underworld. In an attempt to save Dina, Moro takes her away to the Aral Sea, turned into a barren desert by the time they arrive. There Dina seems cured, but back in town everything starts anew. Almost desperate, Moro decides to fight the drug dealers, led by a hospital doctor (played by another rock 'n' roll star, eccentric leader of the "Sound of Mu" band and the future star of Taxi Blues, Pyotr Mamonov), when one of them stabs him in a deserted park

介绍：Ayoungwomanisseducedandabandonedbyamanwhowasinvitedtostayathishomebyherfatherinastormynight.Noticingthatsheispregnant,thegirldecidestoleavehomeandstartanewlife

介绍：尼克（贾斯汀•钱特温 Justin Chatwin饰）出生于富足的家庭，亦是学校里的优等生。他梦想着可以成为诗人，但他的母亲却早已为他安排了以后的人生。他希望通过自己的努力去实现梦想。 安妮（玛格丽塔•列维伊娃 Margarita Levieva饰）和尼克在同一所高中，是一个问题少女，受家庭影响，终日游手好闲。 在一宗偷窃案中，安妮被男友出卖，却误认为是尼克告的密，遂与一帮朋友将尼克拖入树林暴打一顿。 转天，尼克像往常一样去学校上课，却发现自己变成了幽灵一般的隐形人…

介绍：英国富豪温斯洛家族的13岁幼子，被怀疑偷窃5先令的邮资而遭到退学的命运，在极具声望的父亲、倡导人权的姐姐和一位具社会影响力的律师多方奔走下，他们不惧偏激的舆论攻讦，能否洗刷家耻呢？