黑之斜面

　　There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking for love; Debbie, a single mom, entertains men at the hair salon after hours; her son spends part of the weekend with her ex, a man with a hair-trigger temper. Molly is expecting her first baby and its father acts as if the responsibility is too much for him. Eileen is bitter, complaining about her husband and the dog next door; Bill's a doormat. His West Indian neighbor offers him a drink; her own grown son locks himself in his room most of the time. Will anyone connect during this Guy Fawkes weekend? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

　　八公（Forest 饰）是一条谜一样的犬，因为没有人知道它从哪里来。教授帕克（理查·基尔 Richard Gere 饰）在小镇的火车站拣到一只走失的小狗，冥冥中似乎注定小狗和帕克教授有着某种缘分，帕克一抱起这只小狗就再也放不下来，最终，帕克对小狗八公的疼爱感化了起初极力反对养狗的妻子卡特（琼·艾伦 Joan Allen 饰）。八公在帕克的呵护下慢慢长大，帕克上班时八公会一直把他送到车站，下班时八公也会早早便爬在车站等候，八公的忠诚让小镇的人家对它更加疼爱。有一天，八公在帕克要上班时表现异常，居然玩起了以往从来不会的捡球游戏，八公的表现让帕克非常满意，可是就是在那天，帕克因病去世。帕克的妻子、女儿安迪（萨拉·罗默尔 Sarah Roemer 饰）及女婿迈克尔（罗比·萨布莱特 Robbie Sublett 饰）怀着无比沉痛的心情埋葬了帕克，可是不明就里的八公却依然每天傍晚五点准时守候在小站的门前，等待着主人归来……
　　本片根据上个世纪30年代发生在日本的真实故事改编，1987年在日本拍成电影后创造了40亿日元的票房。