影片改编自柯秋宾斯基的同名抒情小说。导演把情节拆散为“伊凡和玛丽奇卡”、“波洛尼纳”、“孤独”、“伊凡和巴拉格娜”、“日常生活”、“圣诞”、“春在明天”、“雷雨”、“小酒店”、“伊凡之死”、“虔诚的仪式”等11个单元，讲述了主人公伊凡两阙刻骨铭心的爱情悲歌：先是女主人公玛丽奇卡在寻找伊凡的途中不幸坠河而死，后有另一位女主人公巴拉格娜背叛伊凡，故事最后以伊凡死于情敌手下而结束。　　本片是典型的诗电影，以独特的风格展现了民族探索生存道路的景象，窥探了民族内在意识的活动和变化。影片以出神入化的方式混合细腻的纪录场面和巴洛克华丽的视觉效果。透过主角情感的引导，漩涡式的叙事方式，穿梭于奇幻真实之间。摄影机像是着魔似地，将观众带进他们神秘的梦境。影片上映后曾遭禁演，但在压力下，随即解禁。

两个狂躁的抑郁症患者在一家精神病院相遇，开始了一段浪漫的恋情，这段恋情展现了他们所有的美丽和恐惧。一天，卡拉因情绪不稳定重新住进精神病疗养院，同时马尔科也因病态复发入住同一家医院。尽管最初的印象不太美好，但同为诗人的卡拉和马尔科很快便擦出了癫狂的火花。 对文学的热爱、对创作的激情，以及对宇宙、大自然有别于常人的认识让二人很快成为世上独一无二的知己，彼此尽情地享受着相互助长的激情和美妙。然而，透过医生理智的双眼，看到更多的是此美妙背后的癫狂和危险。

Inspired by a shocking story from the Windrush Scandal.　　After 50 years in the UK, Anthony McKay-Williams is wrongfully detained by the Home Office and threatened with deportation.　　Patrick Robinson and Nadine Marshall lead the drama as Anthony and Janet McKay-Williams.　　Pippa Bennett Warner plays Patrick’s daughter Eileen, CJ Beckford plays her brother Gary and Corinne Skinner Carter plays Patrick’s mother, Lucille.

Seventeen-year-old Carlos doesn't fit in anywhere, not in his family nor with the friends he has chosen in school. But everything changes when he is invited to a mythical nightclub where he discovers the underground nightlife scene: punk, sexual liberty and drugs.

　　Shelly needs to catch a killer in order to prove her innocence in her brother's murder. Along the way she meets love, sorrow, and prosecution. A journey of self perception as she finally realizes her destiny.