A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.
A film on the relationship between a child and his parents. A small boy has to take responsibility not only for himself, but even for his family, which is falling apart, as his father is unable to recover after his wife left him. They both travel from one place to another, till finally they find themselves on the street.
Cast: Aaron Kwok, Charlie Yeung, Kelly Lin, Hailu Qin
Directed by Patrick Tam
Scriptwriter: Patrick Tam, Kai-Leong Tian
Producer: Cary Cheng
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded Office of Strategic Services (OSS, the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency). While working there, his ideals gradually turn to suspicion influenced by the Cold War paranoia present within the office. Eventually, he becomes an influential veteran operative, while his distrust of everyone around him increases to no end. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
Cast: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert DeNiro, Alec Baldwin, Billy Crudup, Tammy Blanchard, William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Joe Pesci
Directed by Robert De Niro