As bacteriologist Lena (38) drives past a burning car, she hears a scream of a dying woman. Lena does not tell her boyfriend how much the incident distresses her, just as she does not talk about the stillbirth she recently had. Instead, she throws herself into her work, intrudes into the life of the deceased, begins an affair with the widower and gradually takes on the role of mother to their son. Her persistent insomnia causes her to lose control between dreams and reality. Finally she accepts the help of a whisperer and then finds her own way to cope with her loss
刘苹果(范冰冰饰)在北京一家洗脚城里做按摩妹,丈夫安坤(佟大为饰)是负责清洗高楼落地窗的工人,二人生活贫困,却相亲相爱。 洗脚城老板林东(梁家辉饰)是个好色的港商,时常找不同小姐满足生理需要。老婆王梅(金燕玲饰)不能生育,经营一家美容院,两人感情冷淡。 一日刘苹果的好友小妹因为得罪客人而被开除,二人喝得酩酊大醉。神志混乱的苹果误打误撞走到一间足浴客房,正好是林东的休息室,二人发生关系,却被正在刷窗的安坤看到。 安坤欲借此敲诈林东,并前去找王梅谈判,愤怒的王梅要林东也尝尝“戴绿帽”的滋味,于是与安坤发生关系。 而在这时,一个更大的变故产生。苹果怀孕了,而到底谁才是这个孩子的父亲成了林东与安坤赌博的筹码,四人签订协议,如果是林东的骨肉,他将给二人十二万元的补偿费,而如果是安坤的,则双方互不相欠......
著名瑞典儿童文学作家阿斯特丽德·林德格伦(Astrid Lindgren)系列小说Six Bullerby Children之一(美国出版名为The Children of Noisy Village)改编而成,导演便是后来广为人所熟知的莱塞·霍尔斯道姆(Lasse H allström)。原著最早在1960年被改编成TV剧,后于1986年、1987年,莱塞·霍尔斯道姆相继改拍了两部。