影片以1860年意大利的西西里岛为背景，魅播通过萨里纳亲王这个中心人物的心路历程，魅播反映出面对风起云涌崭新时代的到来，身处翻天覆地的社会变革的浩荡潮流当中，原有权贵和贵族因此而没落这一无奈而必然的命运。萨利纳亲王一家原本过着平静的生活。但随着局势的急剧变化，亲王的外甥唐克雷迪投奔正在西西里登陆的青年意大利党人加里波军队。返回故里，唐克雷迪对市长塞达拉的女儿安杰莉卡一见钟情，两人情投意合，不久便订婚了。塞达拉答应给女儿一份丰富的嫁妆，这样便挽救了萨利纳即将衰败的家族，而塞达拉也因能跟大贵族攀亲而沾沾自喜。此后，西西里岛进行了全民投票，结果一致赞成归并意大利。都灵派来了使者，邀请萨利纳作为名门贵族的代表，参加议会工作，但被萨利纳拒绝了。新政府没有给这个沉睡了两千多年的岛屿带来任何变化，特别是加里波在战败后，巴勒莫上流社会的生活又恢复了旧貌，贵族们频频举行舞会，庆幸劫后余生。
苏清和
回复 :本片导演马克马巴夫计划拍摄一部关于电影百年的片子，需要雇用100名临时演员，他登了一个报纸广告. 然而当数以百计人们出现的时候,场面失控，临时他改变了注意。用摄影机记录下那些应聘者的陈述和想法，真实展露了伊朗社会各阶层的风貌。
回复 :The Polish doco for the BFI’s Century of Cinema distinguishes itself from all the others in the series by being the only one not to have any film critics, academics, directors, etc providing a commentary. Instead it takes the refreshing route of having ordinary people of all ages talking about what’s special to them about movies – so we get some old folks describing their first trip to the cinema when a lot of people didn’t even know what a film was, memories of what it was like to go to the movies as children, teenagers, and adults before, during, and after WWII, and especially the key scenes from films that have made lasting impressions upon them (not unexpectedly, Wajda’s KANAL strikes a nerve), which are shown in accompaniment, so that it becomes the interviewees who ultimately decide what’s shown in the doco. This kind of stuff is what the ‘100 Years of Cinema’ celebration is really about.
刘晓
回复 :几次自杀未遂之后，丹尼埃尔被送进精神病诊疗所。让她不好过的一个原因是她的女儿苏菲，丹尼埃尔无论如何也不能同女儿建立正常而稳定的关系。在心理医生面前，丹尼埃尔渐渐敞开心扉，道出了母女间的冲突以及自己所深陷的绝境。..
