简介：格斯（约翰·卡索维茨 John Cassavetes 饰）、哈里（本·戈扎那 Ben Gazzara 饰）和亚奇（彼得·福克 Peter Falk 饰）是青梅竹马的玩伴，他们携手度过了天真无邪的童年时代、意气风发的青年时代，如今，三人都已经步入了中年，有了各自的家庭，也不约而同的感受到了中年危机所带来的的压力。 三人共同的好友斯图尔德（大卫·罗兰兹 David Rowlands 饰）如发心脏病去世的消息传来，震惊了三人组，他们搭上了飞往伦敦的飞机，去参加好友的葬礼。斯图尔德的死让三个男人开始重新审视起各自的生活来，他们突然发现，也许他们正在经历的一切，并不是人生的最优选择。
简介：Upper Austria in 1750. A fish pond reflects the overcast sky. A deep, dark forest swallows the sunlight. On a hilltop, the corpse of a hanged woman is displayed. As an example. A warning. An omen? The deeply religious and highly sensitive Agnes regards the dead woman with pity. But also with longing: she feels like a stranger in the world of her husband Wolf, whom she has just married. It is an emotionally cold world consisting of work, chores and expectations. Agnes increasingly withdraws into herself. Her internal prison becomes ever more oppressive, her melancholy more overwhelming. Soon, her only way out seems to be a shocking act of violence.