电影以建设十三陵水库为背景，由三代人的文化和思想观念的冲突，塑造了“九兰”一个时代的英雄群像，写出了普通劳动者对国家命运的担当。同时，也引发了一个发人深思的话题：什么是真正的“初心”。
影片真实取材湘西三邪——落花洞女，湘西腊尔寨每年必须向山神献祭一位妙龄少女，否则全村就会陷入诅咒，怪事频发…桂家的女儿桂彤不幸被魑魅选中，朗德和祁峰同时深爱着桂彤，新婚之夜他们能否成功解救心爱之人？村中诅咒又将如何破解～
1948年，为了争取渡江战役的胜利和稳定新生的人民政权，第三野战军选派优秀军官潜入国民党统治老巢南京，在中共南京地下组织的有力配合下，他们深入虎穴，展现了一幕幕与国民党反动派斗智斗勇、殊死搏斗的壮举。
During a hot summer in Quebec’s countryside, a recently settled couple struggles. Marie (35), a sound artist in lack of inspiration doubts her relationship with her partner. The arrival of Noée (25), a young French traveler who mourns her father, will destabilise the status quo and trouble their neighbour Yan (30), a solitary farmer, by awakening new desires. In Montreal, Eva (15), a teenage Filipina who recently moved to Canada, tries to find new roots in the city. Since her arrival, she suffers from insomnia, often interrupted by strange dreams of her hometown in the Philippines. Jeanne (25) is having trouble finishing her thesis on the work of Marie, the artist in the countryside. As Eva tries to anchor herself, Jeanne plans to leave everything. The Splendour of Life is a sensual film that explores how we relate to each other in a changing world that transcends us - an invitation to live to the fullest.
小洲总是背着父亲薛大队长在学校调皮捣蛋，这次跟死党小马与胖雄又闯祸了，训导主任牛头于是一状告到薛大队长那里。父亲将小洲痛责，更在他书包里搜出小马的香烟，为此又将小洲严惩。小洲含冤受屈后愤而出走，心中更暗盼父亲可以从这个家消失；没想到当晚从对岸发射的两颗导弹竟令小洲如愿，薛大队长必须离家往前线去。父亲不在家，小洲与小马、胖雄的行动更肆无忌惮，却因此而惹上学校的小霸王大毛。小洲为对抗大毛，求助于国宅帮的少年头头A 司；A 司答应帮忙，却要三人付保护费。 三人夹在大毛与 A 司之间，饱受两方威胁。这时台湾面临战争边缘，股票大跌，总统直选在即，民间吹起移民潮。1996 年的南方时光，纷扰躁动，回想起来令人惘然。
