本片根据雾社事件史实改编。1895年，屋顶《马关条约》割让台湾之后，屋顶日本遂即武力接收台湾，宝岛各地纷纷被攻破。而台湾山区因道路不通，原住民生活尚暂未受影响，雾社地区的赛德克人之中，马赫坡年轻一代的莫那鲁道（游大庆 饰）英勇过人，率族群与甘卓万人争斗不休。日人垂涎雾社地区的 丰富资源，试图染指但遭到赛德克人强烈抵抗，伤亡惨重，然终于借原住民族群之间的互相仇杀侵入了雾社。莫那鲁道只得忍辱投降，但心中的火苗从未熄灭。时间推至1930年，日本对于雾社原住民的“文明改造”历经多年，日语等所谓文明并未给予原住民平等的生活，日人的欺压和繁重劳作侵蚀着赛德克人的传统和尊严，多年的愤怒累积，终于在这一年全面喷发！
回复 :星期五的夜晚降临，整座城市已经提前陷入了周末的狂欢气氛之中。劳拉（瓦莱丽·勒梅西埃 Valérie Lemercier 饰）收拾好行李准备去找她的男友共度一个浪漫的周末。哪知道途中，劳拉竟然遇见了交通大堵塞，原来，巴黎的公交车司机们正在进行一场大罢工，劳拉不巧受到了波及，看着堵得水泄不通的马路，劳拉并不觉得着急，生性乐天的她懂得享受生命里的每一个时刻，哪怕这一时刻并不是那么令人愉快。命运的齿轮开始转动，这场堵车让劳拉认识了一个名叫简（文森特·林顿 Vincent Lindon 饰）的男人。此时的劳拉并不知道，自己和眼前的这个男人并非只有一面之缘，在日后漫长的人生里，他们的命运都被紧紧地维系在一起。
回复 :童年时代的悲惨遭遇让迈克尔（瑞安·雷诺兹 Ryan Reynolds 饰）和父亲查尔斯（威廉·达福 Willem Dafoe 饰）之间有着深深的隔阂，如今已经是一位知名小说家的迈克尔刚刚完成了一本名叫《花园里的萤火虫》的小说，这本小说记载了他童年的全部伤痛。母亲丽莎（朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰）终于完成大学的喜讯让迈克尔回到了家乡，这里有他所熟悉的一切，亦有让他痛苦不已的往昔。不幸的是，当迈克尔踏进家门之时，等待着他的却是母亲在车祸中不幸丧生的噩耗，看着悲痛的父亲，迈克尔开始重新思考起亲情的意义。对于迈克尔的新书，父亲暴跳如雷，他将它看作是儿子对于自己的控诉，矛盾重新在父子两人之间爆发开来。
回复 :The issue of War widow representation in Israeli cinema is one of the most complex for the local industry for it seems to be unique and with a very local and specific iconography.The war Widow is a difficult character to digest. Because this is an especially painful topic in Israel, its mode of representation is almost always problematic.Gila Almagor in Tofano's "siege" is one of the first characters of the "modern" war widows to appear on Israeli cinema screens.The human and social complexity of the status of widows was not represented adequately and personally until her complex and fine appearance in this film.It was mostly Preceded by cliches of heroic women who have sacrificed for the nation with characters to which it was very difficult to get attached, nor to their personal grief."Siege" was directed by an unknown Italian director of that period. Although Gilberto Tofano was brought as a professional director on the wings of inspiration made by the French New Wave of those years, he managed to turn out a very exciting work which has caught the Israeli warmth and sense of social siege which surrounds the Israeli widows, including the great expectations from them and the social stigmas.Tofano wrapped his leading lady with lots of warmth and gave a place of honor to Almagor's impressive presence in the film.This is without a doubt one of Almagor's best and most accurate performances. The restraint in her performance plus the shooting and expressive use of angles by Tofano and his soft European touch which was far off from the aggressive local product managed to produce a sense of documenting an authentic tragedy with a tangible personal touch that minimized the national dimension. The result stands the test of time proudly several decades after its creation.
