残暴的瑜伽

　　马来西亚一处廉租屋长年没水没电，但对被社会遗忘的阿强而言，这里是自己唯一可以喘息的家，他与母亲妹妹三人相依为命，母亲长期抑郁，酿成心病，只有妹妹的笑容给灰暗生活带来一丝光亮。妹妹生日，一家人难得快乐庆祝，兄妹牵着手出外买蛋糕，谁料意外降临，贫苦一家再次跌入绝望深渊......电影于平凡真实中暗含深不见底的悲伤，将当下马来西亚贫穷乱象缓缓道来。官僚体制、阶级歧视之下，穷人被压榨被欺侮，更被遗弃被怀疑，血缘和身分无从证明，却更衬出亲情与爱的不可磨灭。无路可走，无从反抗，深渊里的人要如何逃出？

　　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.

　　迈克·李的《与此同时》描述了撒切尔夫人时代英国的经济衰退，是这位编剧兼导演在电视领域开创性工作的巅峰之作。他利用紧张的接触来打破菲尔·丹尼尔斯和蒂姆·罗斯饰演的兄弟俩枯燥乏味的日常生活，其中包括与一个努力成为中产阶级的一本正经的阿姨(玛丽安·贝利)，与一个快要发疯的喋喋不休的光头党(抢镜的加里·奥德曼，这是他第一个主要角色)，这令兄弟俩越来越不满。《与此同时》由迈克·李如今标志性的即兴创作过程以及贝克特式摇摆不定的对话节奏推动，是对领取失业救济金的生活的一种无情的、往往极其有趣的观察。

　　本片改编自曾获得读卖文学奖戏曲·剧本奖的松田正隆所著舞台剧，以不下雨的长崎夏天为舞台，讲述了主人公·小浦治（小田切让 饰）因儿子去世的丧失感而停止了人生时间的故事。被妻子惠子（松隆子 饰）抛弃的他，和妹妹阿佐子（满岛光 饰）留下的17岁侄女优子（高石明里 饰）开始共同生活，故事由此展开。治在惠子去接儿子牌位的时候隐约注意到了他工作过的造船厂同事阵野（森山直太朗 饰）和持田（光石研 饰），优子在打工的地方结识了前辈立山（高桥文哉 饰）。失去爱的男人，放弃爱的女人，以及不懂爱的少女。每个人在面对各自苦楚的同时，在如夏日沙石般干涸的心中，发现了小小的希望之芽。