The Doll is an adaptation of the novel, The Doll (novel) by Bolesław Prus, which is regarded by many as one of the finest Polish novels ever written and, along with Pharaoh (novel), made Bolesław Prus a potential candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature. The influence of Émile Zola is evident, and some have compared the novel to Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert; both were Prus's contemporaries. The movie, however, may be more compared to Stendhal's Le Rouge et le Noir, (The Red and the Black).　　The Doll constitutes a panorama of life in Warsaw between 1878 and 1879, and at the same time is a subtle story of three generations of Polish idealists, their psychological complications, their involvement in the history of the nineteenth century, social dramas, moral problems and the experience of tragic existence. At the same time this story describes the disintegration of social relationships and the growing separation of a society whose aristocratic elite spreads the models of vanity and idleness. In the bad air of a backward country, anti-Semitic ideas are born, valuable individuals meet obstacles on their way, and scoundrels are successful.　　This poetic love story follows a nouveau riche merchant, Stanislaw Wokulski, through a series of trials and tribulations occasioned by his obsessive passion for an aristocratic beauty, Izabela Lecka, played by the famous Polish actress, Beata Tyszkiewicz.　　Plot　　As a descendant of an impoverished Polish noble family, young Wokulski is forced to work as a waiter at Hopfer's, a Warsaw restaurant, while dreaming of a life in science. After taking part in the failed 1863 Uprising against Tsarist Russia, he is sentenced to exile in Siberia. On eventual return to Warsaw, he becomes a salesman at Mincel's haberdashery. Marrying the late owner's widow (who eventually dies), he comes into money and uses it to set up a partnership with a Russian merchant he had met while in exile. The two merchants go to Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, and Wokulski makes a fortune supplying the Russian Army. The enterprising Wokulski now proves a romantic at heart, falling in love with Izabela, daughter of the vacuous, bankrupt aristocrat, Tomasz Łęcki. In his quest to win Izabela, Wokulski begins frequenting theatres and aristocratic salons; and to help her financially distressed father, founds a company and sets the aristocrats up as shareholders in his business.The indolence of these aristocrats, who secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his help (in secret) to Izabela's impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection. In the end she consents to accept him, but without true devotion or love.(wikipedia)

除夕夜的酒吧中，潦倒的剧作家埃里克使尽百宝挽回前女友却惨遭失败，与此同时，漂亮聪明的时髦女子艾尔莎却被条件一般的男朋友用老套的办法甩掉了。三年后埃里克凭借其创作的喜剧浪漫电影《摩登爱情》获得成功，赢得了一位美貌的年轻姑娘的青睐，某日与已婚的前女友重逢，双方都开始心猿意马。在爱情中摸爬滚打的艾尔莎终于碰到了她的梦中情人。现实中的男女主角是否能收获像电影中那样美妙的爱情呢？

　　卡尔·西奥多·德莱叶这部喜剧引出心灵流变的轨迹，并在喜剧形式表现中要求夸张的转折与表演方式。他的简单主义从《总统》的办公室开始到玛格丽特夫人的屋舍，更趋向朴质。而对容貌的描写这里也有了开端。影片中的骗徒，终究抵抗不了良心的责备以及虚假婚姻阻隔与女友之间的真情。但有趣的是，被骗的老妇却早已察觉他的不怀好意但又绝非恶徒。反而是外力最后促使内在的圆满。

A married couple raising two daughters find themselves in a mid life crisis where grief and attraction threaten their domestic nucleus

青春的岁月多彩而惆怅，成人的世界则充满失落和无奈。15岁的男孩帕尔（Rolf Sohlman 饰）平时在父亲（Bertil Norstr?m 饰）的修车行帮忙，偶尔还要和家人去看望住在疗养院、倍感孤独的爷爷。女孩安妮佳（Ann-Sofie Kylin 饰）拥有一个推销冰箱总是失败却高傲无比的父亲（Bertil Norstr?m 饰），还有一个美丽但却因个子太高无法成为空姐的阿姨（Anita Lindblom 饰），这些成年人心中的失意远远大于他们人生所得。　　相反正处在青春期的帕尔和安妮佳则躁动、奔放。两个孩子在疗养院的露天派对上邂逅，慢慢走到一起，帕尔因被大孩子揍了一顿假装对安妮佳不理不睬，但是青春的焰火其能就此熄灭？他们最终重归于好，共同品尝着幼稚的爱情之果所带来的青涩和甜蜜……　　本片获柏林电影节金熊奖提名及国际评论奖、UNICRIT奖、IWG Golden Plaque奖、瑞典哥德堡电影节最佳影片金奖等4个奖项。