A bit of color for once, all the better to see the red flags with, not to mention the obvious aerial file footage of Warsaw. The story concerns Jozef Malesa, the mason or bricklayer of the title. He was once the darling of the party, the son of two old party activists, a worker of heroic reputation, his own commitment to The Movement unquestioned. He was chosen to be destined for great things, specially educated and pushed forward to positions of responsibility in the Party. Eventually he decides, because of the ethical pressures which he feels from the obstructionism of the bureaucracy from above, he asks to return to be a simple bricklayer. He is disturbed with the way the Party deals with people, especially their lack of direct contact. He thinks workers know better than the leadership many times but that's not the way power flows. He is uncomfortable with the compromises to his idealism. He remains committed to social justice and joins his friends for the May Day rally where his comfort and confidence in his place in society cause him to defer to no man, certainly no rat faced men in overcoats with red armbands. His great pleasure in life moreover is laying brick. He finds the work satisfying and fulfilling which is why he was such an obviously superior worker in the first place.
A martial arts fighter, haunted by his past, takes a job as a dock worker in a small village. His vow never to fight again is tested by the cruel owner of the pier.
Min Ji-suk runs a ticket barwhere customers can purchase tickets for certain servicesin the town of Sokcho in Gangwon-do. She hires Miss Yang (Ahn So-young), Miss Hong (Lee Hye-young), and Se-young (Jeon Se-young) through the employment agency. Miss Yang and Miss Hong, who are well experienced in this type of business, are used to accepting propositions from customers. But Se-young, who is dating a college student named Min-su, rejects all requests for sexual favors. When Min-su professes to having problems with his tuition and finances, Se-young reassures him that she will procure the necessary funds for him. When the bar's clientele begins to dwindle because of Se-young, Ji-suk reprimands her severely. Se-young develops a close relationship with a Captain Pak and even allows him to sleep with her. She asks Captain Pak to find Min-su employment on a boat, but when Min-su comes to Sokcho for his new job, he sees how Se-young has been making her living. Shocked, he turns his back on the job and leaves. When he eventually returns to Sokcho, he scathingly denounces Se-young's morality and severs their relationship. Decades ago, Ji-suk had stumbled into the bar business in a desperate effort to support her husband, who was serving time in prison; she later left him voluntarily out of shame and moral degradation. Concerned that Se-young will end up with the same fate, Ji-suk asks Min-su to meet with her. She begs him not to abandon Se-young, but he flatly refuses. Ji-suk reacts by pushing Min-su into the sea, and suffers a mental breakdown that lands her in a psychiatric institution.
影片根据真实故事改编,讲述白人医生阿尔佛雷德·布雷拉克(阿伦·瑞克曼 Alan Rickman饰)与黑人合作伙伴维文·托马斯(茅斯·达夫 Mos Def饰)打破种族界限,协力合作开创心脏手术先河,成为心脏外科手术先驱者的故事。医生布雷拉克在事业上雄心勃勃并且眼光独特,他发现了托马斯在医学方面的天赋,开始传授他医学相关的知识。起先托马斯用狗作为实验对象,天分过人的他很快就掌握了医学理论与手术实践上的技艺。他们一起攻克了法洛四联症(又称紫绀婴儿),可他并没有公开托马斯为此做出的贡献。在托马斯因为肤色而遭受不公正待遇的时候,他选择了沉默。 两人亦主亦仆、亦师亦友,在长达三十四年的合作中,维系着这份微妙的友情。当最后托马斯终于受到肯定获奖的时候,他默默的注视着医生布雷拉克的画像,泪流满面。
Они увидели друг друга в кафе. Не встретиться они не могли, так как в этом кафе никого не было, кроме бармена. И затем в течение долгого времени они жили, не видя никого вокруг любовь самодостаточна, она отвергает лишнее. Встречи на безлюдной станции метро «Арбатская». Он будет выкраивать время между командировками, она — между рейсами. Цветы и поцелуи на улице, под холодным дождем. Постель в его пустом светлом доме. Снова расставание. Но вскоре он поймет, что «самая красивая девушка Москвы и Московской области» — это его судьба…