根据E·L·多科特罗的同名小说改编，电影片名直译是《拉格泰姆舞曲》，电影是一种从19世纪末开始流行的黑人音乐，早期爵士乐的雏形。本片并没有直接讲述太多关于爵士乐的故事，更多以1920年代美国纽约这个爵士乐蓬勃发展的时空为背景，分别铺陈四个家庭的不同生活和他们之间的交汇，反映了当时动荡而又生气勃勃的社会情景。后半段更多引出当年的种族歧视问题，有说法认为福尔曼通过呈现20世纪初黑人对不公处境的抗争来呼应80年代更加风起云涌的黑人民权运动。
李殊
回复 :1945年6月28日，某大学毕业舞会，男青年罗伊（Timothy Wahrer 饰）和他的女友弗兰西丝•罗斯玛丽•凯瑟姆（Joy Glaccum 饰）被人残忍杀害，凶手始终下落不明。弗兰西丝身为校领导的父亲（Lawrence Tierney 饰）伤心过度，从此禁止举行任何形式的庆祝舞会。时间转瞬即逝，转眼来到1980年。35年前的惨案除了当事人外早已为其他人淡忘，以帕姆（Vicky Dawson 饰）为首的一群年轻人难耐寂寞，他们决定将挺办数十年的毕业舞会带回校园。经过一番努力，年轻人们最终如愿以偿，而当他们陶醉在轻歌曼舞中之时，似乎当年那个神秘的杀手也回到了青年们的中间……
费翔
回复 :Kato is an aspiring screenwriter treading water. He spends his days pitching stories to offbeat agents and executives who are anything but impressed. Not that he has run out of ideas, they just don’t seem to go anywhere. Unlike his relationship with his girlfriend Zigzag – that one is going down the drain. Little does Kato – or anyone – know that life is about to take some seriously weird turns.While out to buy the special brand of food for his girlfriend’s dog Cerberus, Kato discovers an abandoned convenience store that transforms his trajectory. A stumble into a refrigerator catapults him into a realm of fantastical inspiration boosted by an eccentric couple he meets along the way. Might this be the key to getting his mojo back?Miki Satoshi (Adrift in Tokyo, What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?) returns with a surreal and quirky indie film that manages to be both charming and deeply philosophical. Teaming up with Japanese cinema expert and notable critic for The Japan Times Mark Schilling (Art, Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000), Convenience Story takes you on an eccentric Dantean ride brimming with psychological tension and the zest of karma. From the purgatory of writer’s block, to a hell of an adventure, Kato’s journey is a satisfying and thoughtful tale.源自：https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/convenience-story
江珊
回复 :故事发生的背景是意大利罗马。影片节奏相对平缓，有张有弛，这是为了使故事在观众眼里呈现出绝对的平淡、正常，就好像是每天发生在我们身边的故事一样。
