温蒂（艾莉森·斯戴曼 Alison Steadman 饰）和丈夫安迪（吉姆·布劳德本特 Jim Broadbent 饰）结婚多年，草莓两人育有两个女儿娜塔莉（克莱尔·斯金纳 Claire Skinner 饰）和尼古拉（简·霍洛克斯 Jane Horrocks 饰）。温蒂本分贤惠，草莓操持着家中大大小小的事务，而安迪辛勤工作，希望有一天能够自立门户。娜塔莉是一名水管工，个性开朗的她向往自由不羁的生活，喜欢和朋友们待在一起，然而，尼古拉却恰恰相反，有些神经质的她不仅整天紧张兮兮，还患有厌食症。尼古拉和男友之间的感情产生了裂缝，这让尼古拉的精神濒临了崩溃的边缘，与此同时，安迪在一次意外之中身负重伤，整个家庭的重担全部落在了温蒂和娜塔莉的肩头。
张俊天
回复 :安娜和薇琪是艾福德的侄女，两人为了筹给妈妈治病，跟随艾福德来到马尼拉。一心想要工作的两人没想到艾福德是一个皮条客，把两人骗来就是让两人接客赚钱。安娜无法接受现实，便自杀身亡，坚强的薇琪留了下来，她发誓要找到艾福德为安娜报仇。于是薇琪便穿梭各大色情场所，寻找报仇的机会，最后薇琪终于了了心愿，亲自杀了害死安娜的仇人…
黄翠珊
回复 :A bit of color for once, all the better to see the red flags with, not to mention the obvious aerial file footage of Warsaw. The story concerns Jozef Malesa, the mason or bricklayer of the title. He was once the darling of the party, the son of two old party activists, a worker of heroic reputation, his own commitment to The Movement unquestioned. He was chosen to be destined for great things, specially educated and pushed forward to positions of responsibility in the Party. Eventually he decides, because of the ethical pressures which he feels from the obstructionism of the bureaucracy from above, he asks to return to be a simple bricklayer. He is disturbed with the way the Party deals with people, especially their lack of direct contact. He thinks workers know better than the leadership many times but that's not the way power flows. He is uncomfortable with the compromises to his idealism. He remains committed to social justice and joins his friends for the May Day rally where his comfort and confidence in his place in society cause him to defer to no man, certainly no rat faced men in overcoats with red armbands. His great pleasure in life moreover is laying brick. He finds the work satisfying and fulfilling which is why he was such an obviously superior worker in the first place.
张惠春
回复 :丹尼尔（马修·麦克费登 Matthew Macfadyen 饰）是个久不得志的作家，而且一直生活在名作家哥哥罗伯特（拉珀特·格雷夫斯 Rupert Graves 饰）的阴影之下。默默担负赡养父母义务的他这次主办父亲的葬礼，却同样被哥哥喧宾夺主。本来严肃而又神圣的葬礼更是被堂姐的未婚夫，错食了迷幻药的可怜虫西蒙（艾伦·图代克 Alan Tudyk 饰），搅得一团糟。然而更大的危机在后面，一个神秘的侏儒男子（彼特·丁拉基 Peter Dinklage 饰）现身了，带着毁坏父亲所有声名的证据对丹尼尔进行敲诈。原来丹尼尔的父亲是同性恋，这个秘密眼看就要在他死后被揭开。在一团混乱中，葬礼断断续续的进行着。戏剧化的悲伤和幽默悄然向我们揭示葬礼的意义——带着挚爱的心情缅怀死者，也让生者将不如意的过去埋葬在葬礼上。
