伊朗导演贾法·潘纳希（Jafar Panahi）正在拍摄一部儿童影片，影片讲述打着石膏的小女孩米娜·穆罕默德·汉妮（Mina Mohammad Khani）放学后没有等到接她的母亲，于是自己独自回家的故事。然而在拍摄公交车一场戏时，却突然发生状况。米娜死死地盯着摄像机，突然大喊“我不拍了！”任凭导演如何劝说，这个小女孩就是不愿继续，转而独自离开。由于疏忽，米娜身上的微型麦克风未来得及摘除，导演当即决定尾随米娜，跟拍她回家的全过程。虚幻与现实的界限就在这一刻模糊了……　　本片荣获1998年伊斯坦布尔国际电影节金郁金香奖、1997年洛迦诺国际电影节金豹奖、1998年新加坡国际电影节最佳亚洲导演奖。

Follows a group of girlfriends from Assam and Meghalaya, north-eastern states in India, gathering in the back streets of Delhi to throw a secret wedding party for a soon-to-be bride. Terrorised by their rottweiler of a landlady and with their boyfriends utterly useless as help, the group's already disorganized plans soon go further awry. As the women cook the traditional Axone wedding stew (a pork stew with pungent local herbs), neighbors complain about its powerful smell. However, they are determined to prepare the aromatic dish. With the challenges brought on by cultural difference and the pressures of being migrants in a seemingly unfriendly city, is food and love enough to save the day

在威尔斯的一个小镇，家庭主妇贝蒂和丧葬业者波里士，不想去面对两人之间没有结果的感情，因为贝蒂嫁给了下流的镇长，虽然两人的婚姻早已有名无实。日子一天天缓慢地过去，直到镇长的母亲窒息死亡，因为安排丧礼的缘故，终于又让波里士和贝蒂重聚。两人这一次决定要忠于内心的感情，但并不想造成任何混乱，于是计划让贝蒂假死，再一起搭着豪华邮轮私奔到南太平洋的小岛。不过当镇长和他的情妇马瑞迪丝计划杀掉贝蒂，好继承她庞大的家产和保险金时，让情况变得加倍复杂。于此同时，法兰克费瑟贝则想用夸张的赌城式风格来垄断镇上的丧葬业，有踢跶舞表演、金碧辉煌的亮片装饰，还有买二送一的大优惠。

在费城北部度过夏天的时候，一边是犯罪世界，一边是关系疏远的父亲充满活力的都市牛仔亚文化，这让一个问题少年感到左右为难。

It is winter in a prestigious all boys' boarding school, where children continue to practice age-old rituals and codes bound by years of hierarchy of the popular norm. Shay is picked at constantly, the main perpetrators being Arjun, the tall athletic sports captain and his best friend Baadal. Shay and Prithi, the spunky daughter of the new Junior School Principal are cast as Bassanio and Portia in the Founders Day production of Merchant of Venice. Murali, the charismatic drama teacher unknowingly adds salt to Baadal's wounds by casting him as Shay's understudy. Indignant, Baadal vows to get Shay's part at any cost and turns to his buddy Arjun for help. Events take a sinister turn when Shay walks in on Arjun, Baadal and their cronies on a debauched night.