影片改编自高尔基早期创作的若干短篇小说，合金主要情节取自《马卡尔·楚德拉》Макар Чудра。《马卡尔·楚德拉》是一则茨冈人的爱情传奇，合金讲述盗马贼洛伊科与骄傲的美女拉达之间的生死爱恨。 故事发生在19世纪后期奥匈帝国边陲比萨拉比亚地区（注：比萨拉比亚Бессарабия——德涅斯特河及普鲁特河之间的地域，10-11世纪归属基辅罗斯，14世纪属于摩尔多瓦公国，16世纪被土耳其占领，1812年归属俄罗斯帝国，1918-1940被罗马尼亚侵占，1941年后是苏联摩尔多瓦加盟共和国大部分地区以及敖德萨州南部，现为摩尔多瓦共和国）。主人公是四处流浪的茨冈人，他们的艰辛生活与奇特风尚在高尔基笔下散发出苦涩而热烈的气息。
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 :阿里，一个20多岁的年轻人，在突尼斯的街头以违法贩卖汽油为生，警察还总来抽油水，他的生活很不稳定。阿里梦想能通过自己的努力去欧洲过上更好的生活，但父亲的突然去世使得养育两个妹妹、偿还债务的重担落在了他的肩上。正当他们全家即将被赶出家门时，一个机会落在了阿里面前。然而，在一个充满腐败的社会里，“机会”总是意味着“非法”，这个决定很可能会令他无法回头。
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回复 :20世纪60年代，英国伦敦。供职于伦敦钻石公司的劳拉·奎恩（黛米·摩尔 Demi Moore 饰）美丽端庄，聪明睿智，工作兢兢业业。但在女性地位尚未得到足够尊重的年代，尤其是这家男性占主导地位的钻石公司，劳拉的付出始终得不到应有回报，升职的机会一次次与之擦肩而过。某天，劳拉应邀和公司的清洁工——即将退休的胡布斯（迈克尔·凯恩 Michael Caine 饰）出来看电影，却得知自己将被公司开除的消息，她的事业瞬时陷入绝地。在钻石公司工作十多年的胡布斯深谙公司内部的管理情况，他瞄上了钻石公司的保险库，策划在退休前大干一笔，而多年来郁郁不得志劳拉正是这次行动的绝佳人选……
