堕落的偶像

《天涯芬芳》讲述战争年代中国闽侨为代表的华人如何支援抗战的故事。杨子寒与刘玉茹为爱私奔南洋，在异国他乡协助阿杉叔开办茶行。恰逢国内抗日战争爆发，他们与南洋华人筹措资金参与同乡会抗日活动及回国参战、期间牺牲亲情，爱情。

　　荒凉严峻的美国西北小镇，命运交织的平凡人生兀自翻涌著。因为劳工索赔被拒，心有不甘的男子愤而携枪挟持人质，迫使女律师不得不硬著头皮隻身涉险劝说；为了建造新家，一对夫妻努力说服当地老人家出售他囤积多年的沙岩，却也让他们的婚姻裂痕隐隐浮现；为了担任法律课程的讲师，年轻女律师千里迢迢地来到偏远小社区，意外与牧场女工逐渐亲密。

　　里昂市长保罗感到很不安。在从政三十年后他发觉自己已没有什么新思维，感到非常空虚。他的团队决定聘请爱丽丝，一位才华横溢的哲学家来为他解决这问题。爱丽丝与市长因而展开一连串的对话，这让他们经常接触，并且动摇了他们的信念。问题也逐渐出现：政治和反思是否能够兼容？

　　John Wood left the pieces of a broken civilisation behind, to go back to his roots in the woodland, after a virus pandemic struck the world. Residing in a simple cabin, he only wants peace and to live in harmony with nature. Coming from a long line of timber men, he joined the army and served as a soldier for many years. Rebelling against his superiors for killing civilians under martial law. John feels he got his own wife killed when saving hundreds of innocent civilians from certain death. His wife executed point blank as retribution for John's disobedience and supposed heroic acts. Now, a young woman named Maria Johnson has escaped a pandemic research lab. She's been part of experiments to find a cure for the still raging virus. Carrying the potential cure in her blood, she is hunted by profiteers and mercenaries who knows her secret. Coming upon John's cabin in the woods, Maria is instinctively taken into shelter by John. He wants her to recover fast and leave, but by learning her...

　　为了应对911之后日益猖獗的恐怖主义，美国总统亨利·阿什顿（威廉·赫特 William Hurt 饰）与西方各国以及阿拉伯国家首脑相约西班牙的萨拉曼卡，将在此缔结全新的反恐同盟。是日阳光明媚，广场人头攒动，不同社会背景之人齐齐聚集，嘈杂万分。阿什顿总统的车队在一片欢呼和反对声中到来，六个月前为保护总统而遭到枪击的资深探员托马斯·巴恩斯（丹尼斯·奎德 Dennis Quaid 饰）冲在最前方，警觉地监视着来自周遭一切可疑之人。谁知，当总统正准备发表演说时，两发子弹击中了他。广场顿时大乱，有人仓皇而逃，有人冲向主席台，有人则趁乱制造祸端。随之而来的爆炸将这美好的一日彻底毁灭。
　　通过电视台女导播、阿什顿总统、巴恩斯以及几名和此事件有关之人的视角，血腥一日背后的真相逐步得到还原……