登山的目的

　　讲述四位女性杀害她们丈夫并集体分尸的故事。影片的四位女主人公同是便当工厂的女工，性格各异却代表着现代的日本女性：曾在银行工作的雅子擅长持家理财，然而隐隐当上一家之主的她却无法得到长期失业的丈夫与叛逆儿子的沟通，长期都生活在压抑和孤独里；守寡的吾妻长期任劳任怨的服侍着瘫痪的婆婆；怀孕的弥生得到的不是关怀，而是嗜赌如命丈夫的虐打；贪慕虚荣的邦子负债累累，只为了换取物质上的享受。前三位女性都有着日本女性传统的美德，善良、坚强、甚至有些逆来顺受；邦子则是传统与现代文明冲突下的产物，她即无法摆脱日本女性社会地位低下的困境，又不能独立在社会上立足，只可惜无论传统美德还是蜕变的新生代，都无法得到男性和社会的尊重，桐野夏生细腻的笔触在平山秀幸的镜头前得到了最大的发挥，如果说弥生杀夫是为了顽强生存的挣扎，那么后来的集体分尸事件则是一种无声的抗争，“就像在工厂里做便当一样”，四位女主人公遭受的压抑得到了宣泄，更重要的是她们寻回了自信，开始思索在人生中的定位，开始尝试追求。然而这一切只能在秘密的情况下进行，这种挣扎与控诉是无法得到社会认可与宽容的，当她们杀人分尸的罪行即将败露时，她们被迫选择了逃亡，自卫杀死酒太保的吾妻烧掉了自己的房子和婆婆的尸体，在对寂寞人生的一声叹息后默默等待法律的制裁，弥生在半途分娩，毫无主见的邦子跟随雅子搭上了去北边的长途货柜车，为的是完成雅子去看极昼的梦想，影片在三位女性的笑声中结束，但对观众心灵的触动丝毫不亚于《末路狂花》结尾冲下悬崖的震撼，只是要唤起内心一个简单梦想的追求，却要付出如此大的代价，平山秀幸折射出的不只只社会现状的冷漠疏离，还有对传统意义上的女权主义的颠覆

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

　　小说家丹尼尔（奥斯卡·马丁内兹 Oscar Martínez 饰）从刚出道起事业就顺风顺水，如今更是获得了诺贝尔文学奖的殊荣，攀登上了职业的顶峰，然而这荣誉却并未带给他满足，恰恰相反，丹尼尔担心名声和财富会夺走他文学创作上的灵感与锋芒。　　一晃眼五年过去，丹尼尔热度不减，邀约和奖项不断，可冷淡而又避世的他只教助手一一回绝。一封来自小镇萨拉斯的信吸引了丹尼尔的注意，萨拉斯是他阔别已久的故乡，如今邀请他踏上故土，接受“杰出公民”的奖项，在未告知媒体和朋友们的情况下，丹尼尔独自踏上了返乡的旅途，在那里，他再度见到了曾经的恋人艾琳（安德丽娅·弗里杰里奥 Andrea Frigerio 饰），如今的艾琳早已经嫁为人妻，而她的丈夫正是丹尼尔的旧友安东尼奥（达迪·布列瓦 Dady Brieva 饰）。

　　想要守护历史的年轻史官和为了成为国王而想要抹去历史的王世孙为了彼此的信念而斗争的故事。