Bipedalism, or 'two-footed walking', is the story of a painter who grew up in an orphanage and only years later learns the circumstances of his father's disappearance and death. Childhood memories bring the main character back to the past he buys a house in the suburbs that used to belong to his family. In the basement, he finds his father's archives and scientific research documents on the hybridization of human race with related biological species. Studying the archive material, he unexpectedly finds evidence of efforts to renew the experiments on the remaining hybrid population. The painter then becomes a researcher, and consequently a victim. The basic idea of his father's research was to change, control and influence the process of human evolution - initially connected with eugenics theories of the period before World War II, and now being placed in a context of modern 'biotechnological' expectations by his former colleagues. The main character tries to recreate and realize his father's heritage, who was forced to cooperate with state terror organizations, using the results of his secret research. In a tragic manner, this information turns into the main character's reality, at first forcing him to reappraise his father's values and later driving him to madness.

　　本片讲述了一位天才盲人钢琴家对抗不公命运的传奇故事。主人公米耶特出生于波兰一个贫困的农场家庭，12岁时因疾病视力渐逝、又经历父亲离弃、母亲早亡、修道院清冷无助的寄养生活……纵然拥有音乐天赋，他的钢琴之路却始终伴随着冷眼与嘲笑，为了弹琴他不断碰壁，又再次遭受朋友和心爱之人的背离……这个被命运几经捉弄，几乎毫无还手之力的弱者，唯一能够用来反抗的，便是他的音乐，音乐是他重新认识、沟通世界并且对抗不公命运的唯一途径……

胖胖的30岁的莱西·艾薇是个活泼的早餐老板，她迫切需要一个约会对象去参加姐妹婚礼。在新斯科舍省小镇，这不是件容易的事……

Aston (Robert Shaw), a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies (Donald Pleasence), an old derelict who has been fired from a menial job in a café. In time Aston offers him a job as caretaker of the house. Aston's brother, Mick (Alan Bates) - a taunting, quasi-sadist - harasses the derelict when his brother is away, countermanding his orders. Eventually Aston, himself irritated by the cantankerous old man, puts him out.

　　为了从事故中救出好友，飞行消防员彼特（理查德·德莱福斯 Richard Dreyfuss 饰）牺牲了。死后的他来到一个神奇的地方，美丽的女神哈普（奥黛丽·赫本 Audrey Hepburn 饰）告诉彼特，他必须回到人间引领女友多琳达（霍利·亨特 Holly Hunter 饰）走出悲伤，并再次找到她的幸福。于是，彼特化成了一具飘忽在多琳达身边的灵魂。他不能被凡人听见或者看见，只能默默的看着美琳达每天的生活。慢慢地，他似乎无法接受哈普派给他的任务，因为他是如此不愿意多琳达找到新的感情，爱上新的男友特德（布拉德·约翰逊 Brad Johnson 饰）。就这样，彼特挣扎与自己的爱与嫉妒之间，无法自拔。此时，他却得知了一个比自己的悲喜重要得多的消息：多琳达出事了，生命危在旦夕。　　趁着还来得及，彼特不顾一切地奔向多琳达。