故事灵感来自讲述阿曼达·诺克斯案件（被控谋杀英国室友）的小说《AngelFace》。片中，天堂记者西蒙妮（凯特·贝金赛尔饰）和纪录片导演托马斯（丹尼尔·布鲁赫饰）追踪一宗谋杀案，天堂故事将着重于两人的心理变化。阿曼达·诺克斯谋杀案发生于2007年末，曾是一桩震惊意大利的杀人案件。阿曼达·诺克斯来自美国华盛顿州的西雅图市，在意大利佩鲁贾一所大学留学，她被指控在意大利留学期间残忍杀害室友，被称为“天使脸孔杀手”。该案件在2009年宣布审判结果，阿曼达被判处26年监禁。2011年因罪证不吻合，阿曼达获得释放，后来这一裁决又被意大利最高法院推翻重审。
回复 :艾伯特（Åke Grönberg 饰）的全部身家性命都赌在了自己苦心经营的马戏团上面了，尽管生意日益惨淡，但他并没有产生放弃的念头，他决定用一场盛大的演出来振奋团里的士气。带着自己的情人安妮（哈里特·安德森 Harriet Andersson 饰），艾伯特来到了一个名叫舒伯格（甘纳尔·布耶恩施特兰德 Gunnar Björnstrand 饰）的男人处，希望能够向他借一些演出用的服装。艾伯特去看望分别已久的妻子阿格达（Annika Tretow 饰）和孩子们，并表示了想要留在家中安度晚年的愿望，没想到遭到了拒绝，不久之后，艾伯特又发现安妮和同事弗朗斯（哈塞·埃克曼 Hasse Ekman 饰）之间的私情。好在马戏团的演出获得了成功，生活即便残酷，但日子还是一天天的慢慢流走了。
回复 :"Veteran experimental filmmakers Danielle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub helmed this unusual adaptation of a novel by Elio Vittorini. Focused on the triumphs and failures of a group of laborers and farm hands who pooled their resources to operate an alternative collective farm after the end of World War II, Operai, Contadini features a cast of 12 actors who read aloud from Vittorini's book for the duration of the film, either reciting from memory or using a clearly visible script. Hardly designed to be a crowd pleaser, Operai, Contadini proved to be controversial among the audiences for its showings at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight series." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide"The group makes up a primitive community which seeks to erase not only the distress created by the war but also the hardships of life and hunger, and to protect them from violence, misery and fear. Amid the ruins of this post-war period, the characters build and invent a rapport both in their professional and daily lives between themselves, the sexes, generations, diverse social and geographical origins, and antagonistic political camps.The group maintains a 'register', a kind of diary, as if it were entering the minutes of an inquiry or a trial." -Steve Grayson"my favorite Straub-Huillet films are Too Early, Too Late and Operai, contadini (2001), both color landscape films with especially acute senses of place as well as of nature in all its harsh beauty." - Jonathan Rosenbaum
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回复 :影片讲述了两个年轻人因为音乐而相识、相恋的故事。女主角拉特纳因为父亲去海外工作而到姑姑家借住，并转到了加利所在的学校。加利因为家境不好，靠打工赚钱和学校的资助勉强维持着学业。两个人在聊天中发现彼此对音乐有着十分强烈的共鸣，并因此逐渐靠近，最终相爱。然而，不同的家庭背景却成为了他们爱情的阻碍……
