类似大岛渚的《感官世界》和亚历桑德罗·佐杜洛夫斯基的《鼹鼠El Topo》的混合，带有热态海岸的变态阴冷感

一个白手起家的农民和碾米厂老板，在他妻子死后，当他把年轻的情妇安置为新的女主人时，他面临着两个儿子的反抗。更为复杂的是，大儿子已经和他的普通法同居妻子住在同一所房子里。

After the end of the world, Earth is a thirsty planet ruled by vicious warlords. One woman is brave enough to fight back; she bands together five warriors to save her town and their precious water

　　洋二是居住在東京的上班族，面對降職和離婚，他深居簡出，迴避社交，以保全面子。一日，洋二發現鄰居卧斃於居中，被列為「孤獨死」個案，自己也被迫離開居所。他遇上來自菲律賓的看護，並追隨其中一位前往馬尼拉；儘管在當地遭遇諸多不便和不適，洋二仍深深感受到當地人生活的可塑性、緊密的人際網絡，與孤獨死的黑暗寂靜大相徑庭。

Like millions of Filipinos, Jess Huson--limo service driver and certified nursing aid/caregiver--has a dream: to get a visa and work in the United States. However, luck never seems to be on his side. After every interview with the ultra-strict US consul, Jess always goes home with a 'denied' stamped on his application. Meanwhile, Jess has to take care of his ageing but randy diabetic father, Mang Sancho, who spends his days watching TV and phoning into late night radio talk shows.
To make ends meet, Jess drives around his prized client, Nigel Adams, internationally famous television host for Planet Strange, a show that documents all the world's weirdness and oddities. Jess becomes Nigel's guide to the strange universe that is Pinoy culture. They go to strip clubs that refuse to serve meat on Lent, and interview a colorful array of characters, from bulletproof shamans to enterprising penitents who charge money to be crucified.
Along the way, Jess chances into an old girlfriend, Mara, who works in a carnival freak show as a sirena, a mermaid, whose authenticity is always questioned because of her bad (a result of being immersed in a water tank the whole day). Mara has an 8-year-old son, Jason, who may or may not be Jess' son.
Incidentally, Jess also learns that Adams has a brother who operates one of the biggest nursing aid agencies in the US East Coast. But Adams' career is already on the brink unless he finally comes up with some truly bizarre footage. Talisman-toting mystics and Santo Niño-possessed faith healers just won't do anymore. In the end, Jess commits the ultimate sacrifice--to please Nigel with all-too important footage and to achieve his dream of going to the US. And when Jess comes inches close to his dream, he is faced with one life-changing choice