美国南北战争时期，连连征战和南方军队的节节败退令士兵Inman（裘德·洛 饰）心灰意冷，为了再见情人Ada（妮可·基德曼 饰），他离开部队，踏上了漫漫回家路。
在他的家乡，偏僻的冷山镇，Ada也饱受生活的折磨和等待的痛苦。父亲的去世和奴隶的离开，使养尊处优的Ada生活难以为继，在山区女孩Ruby Thewes（Renée Zellweger 饰）的帮助下，Ada渐渐学学会与周围粗砺尖锐的生活对抗挣扎，期待Inman的归来。
穿越连绵战火，冷山，是他们之间唯一的连系，在这里，即使旧日所有的信仰天堂都已破灭，却仍能让你疗伤止痛。

一架英国飞机在飞越撒哈拉沙漠时被德军击落，机师由于受伤，想不起自己是谁，因此被叫做“英国病人”。汉娜是战地医院的一名护士，她决定独身留下来照顾那个英国病人。他们停留的地方是意大利的一个废弃的修道院，远离战争的喧嚣，显得宁静而闲逸，“英国病人”静静的躺在房间的木床上，窗头 的一本旧书渐渐唤起了他的思绪……
一段爱情，在战火中燃烧，逾越了道德，改变了战局。考古学家艾马殊伯爵（拉尔夫•费因斯 Ralph Fiennes 饰）跟随探险家来到撒哈拉沙漠考察，结识了绘制地图的飞机师杰佛和他妻子凯瑟琳（克里斯汀•斯科特•托马斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 饰）。凯瑟琳的才气和美丽让艾马殊深深着迷，两人在沙漠一个幽深洞穴参观壁画时，更加发现彼此志趣相投。 道德最终战胜了激情。凯瑟琳和艾马殊分手后，杰弗发现了妻子的外遇。伤心的杰弗开着飞机企图与妻子和艾马殊同归于尽，艾马殊幸运躲过一劫，却造成凯瑟琳身受重伤、自己命丧黄泉。艾马殊赶到深爱的人身边，把她安置到山洞里，承诺一定会走出沙漠，找到援助。但是，事情却不像想象中容易。他为了救人，担当了卖国罪名，惹来了杀身之祸，最终他没有违背诺言，可是，凯瑟琳已在寒冷中永远地离开了他……艾马殊将凯瑟琳的遗体放上飞机，在飞越撒哈拉沙漠时被德军击落，于是发生了影片开头的一幕。
在照顾“英国病人”的日子里，汉娜结识了印度籍的拆弹手基普，两人互生情愫。即使战争已然结束，但拆弹手基普必然仍要无数次面对死亡。
最终，应英国病人的要求，汉娜给他注射了大剂量的吗啡......

年轻有钱又置身于意大利的艳阳下，这是汤姆·瑞普利（马特·达蒙 Matt Damon 饰）所渴望的生活，却是迪基·格林利（裘德·洛 Jude Law 饰）早已拥有的东西。
瑞普利是个出身平凡，生活也毫无值得炫耀的年轻人，他受到一个富商之托，到意大利去游说他浪荡不羁的儿子迪基，重回他的家乡美国。但是当瑞普利一到那里，就深深地被迪基的生活形态所迷惑：美丽的别墅、高级浮华的度假饭店、一掷千金的奢靡生活，以及他美丽温柔的女友，都令他羡慕不已。
由于瑞普利一心觊觎迪基的生活，最后这样的欲望竟扩张成想要将迪基取而代之，他缜密的心思不仅令人咋舌，而冷静的犯罪手法更教人措手不及。就在他陶醉于亲手打造的美梦中时，瑞普利因为一次意外的巧合害他露出了马脚，于是引起警方的注意并展开调查……
本片改编自女作家派翠西亚·海史密斯写于1955年的同名小说，法国导演雷内·克莱芒曾于1960年拍摄过一部以该小说为蓝本的电影《太阳背面》，由法国影星阿兰·德隆主演。

威尔·弗兰西斯（裘德·洛 Jude Law 饰）是知名建筑师，可年轻有为的他家庭生活并不那么幸福。妻子与他的沟通越来越少，一心扑在自闭的女儿身上，家人缺乏日常的交流。
威尔的办公室接连被盗，气愤的他开始调查窃贼，并由此结识了单身妈妈阿米拉（朱丽叶·比诺什 Juliette Binoche 饰）。魅力独特的阿米拉正是窃贼的母亲，可此时威尔已深深被她吸引。他放弃对盗窃案的追踪，悄悄追求阿米拉。
阿米拉生活贫困，一个人肩负着抚养和教育儿子的重任。威尔渐渐打动了阿米拉，似乎两个人的生活即将因为这段感情被重新构建。然而，生活的解构，并不像威尔设想的那般简单。

妮娜（茱丽叶特·斯蒂文森 Juliet Stevenson 饰）的丈夫杰米（艾伦·瑞克曼 Alan Rickman 饰）不幸去世，妮娜一直沉浸在失去挚爱的悲痛中无法自拔，她封闭了自己的内心，不再相信任何感情。然而，某日，杰米的魂魄突然出现在了妮娜的身边，兴奋至极的妮娜决定再也不要离开杰米了，一人一鬼开始了他们的共同生活。
然而，人鬼殊途，妮娜不可能一直活在往昔的回忆里，此时，她的身边出现了一位名叫马克（迈克尔·马罗尼 Michael Maloney 饰）的男子，马克是一名魔术爱好者，个性温柔而又平和，是十分完美的结婚对象。马克对美丽的妮娜充满了好感，但妮娜却陷入了困惑中，迟迟无法做出选择。

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由明格拉导演的《蝴蝶夫人》于2009年向全美影院直播。
纽约大都会高清歌剧计划由2006年上任总经理彼得·盖尔博提出，采用高清设备录制其制作上演的歌剧，通过AMC、Cinemark、Regal集团等电影院线进行卫星信号传播，并在各地剧场或者大学校园进行落地播出。这种方式为纽约大都会歌剧院建立了更大的观众群，有力推动了歌剧艺术的普及。上海大剧院于2011年加入该计划，先后引进播出《魔笛》《波西米亚人》等剧目，成为内地首个加入该计划的艺术机构。

主角是一位勇敢多智的非洲女性，在当地开设了一家侦探社，成为当地独一无二的女侦探，解决了无数大小人物的生活烦恼。没有流血，没有冷酷的犯罪案件，其特色并不在展现诡异的奇案，而是一些与生活习习相关的困扰－－例如为人寻找失踪丈夫，揭发一个骗子的真面目，找寻一个叛逆女儿的下落，追查一位疑似被巫师抓去炼制补药的小男孩－－而在解决问题的过程中，展现了人性的关怀及温暖。它有的是到处可见的小机智，及充满非洲人情味及趣味的生活意趣。

在叙述这些温馨侦探故事的同时，很自然地带领观众认识一个非刻板印象中的非洲－－这个非洲展现的不是战争、饥饿、绝望，而是其美好的质朴传统及代代相传的生存毅力，全剧充满醇厚的生命情怀。

Time: 1904
Place: Nagasaki, Japan
Act 1
In 1904, a U.S. naval officer named Pinkerton rents a house on a hill in Nagasaki, Japan, for himself and his soon-to-be wife, "Butterfly". Her real name is Ciocio-san (from the Japanese word for "butterfly" (蝶々 chōchō, pronounced [tɕoːtɕoː]); -san is a plain honorific). She is a 15-year-old Japanese girl whom he is marrying for convenience, and he intends to leave her once he finds a proper American wife, since Japanese divorce laws are very lax. The wedding is to take place at the house. Butterfly had been so excited to marry an American that she had earlier secretly converted to Christianity. After the wedding ceremony, her uninvited uncle, a bonze, who has found out about her conversion, comes to the house, curses her and orders all the guests to leave, which they do while renouncing her. Pinkerton and Butterfly sing a love duet and prepare to spend their first night together.
Act 2
Three years later, Butterfly is still waiting for Pinkerton to return, as he had left shortly after their wedding. Her maid Suzuki keeps trying to convince her that he is not coming back, but Butterfly will not listen to her. Goro, the marriage broker who arranged her marriage, keeps trying to marry her off again, but she does not listen to him either. The American consul, Sharpless, comes to the house with a letter which he has received from Pinkerton which asks him to break some news to Butterfly: that Pinkerton is coming back to Japan, but Sharpless cannot bring himself to finish it because Butterfly becomes very excited to hear that Pinkerton is coming back. Sharpless asks Butterfly what she would do if Pinkerton were not to return. She then reveals that she gave birth to Pinkerton's son after he had left and asks Sharpless to tell him.
From the hill house, Butterfly sees Pinkerton's ship arriving in the harbour. She and Suzuki prepare for his arrival, and then they wait. Suzuki and the child fall asleep, but Butterfly stays up all night waiting for him to arrive.
Act 3
Suzuki wakes up in the morning and Butterfly finally falls asleep. Sharpless and Pinkerton arrive at the house, along with Pinkerton's new American wife, Kate. They have come because Kate has agreed to raise the child. But, as Pinkerton sees how Butterfly has decorated the house for his return, he realizes he has made a huge mistake. He admits that he is a coward and cannot face her, leaving Suzuki, Sharpless and Kate to break the news to Butterfly. Agreeing to give up her child if Pinkerton comes himself to see her, she then prays to statues of her ancestral gods, says goodbye to her son, and blindfolds him. She places a small American flag in his hands and goes behind a screen, killing herself with her father's seppuku knife. Pinkerton rushes in, but he is too late, and Butterfly dies.

Time: 1904
Place: Nagasaki, Japan
Act 1
In 1904, a U.S. naval officer named Pinkerton rents a house on a hill in Nagasaki, Japan, for himself and his soon-to-be wife, "Butterfly". Her real name is Ciocio-san (from the Japanese word for "butterfly" (蝶々 chōchō, pronounced [tɕoːtɕoː]); -san is a plain honorific). She is a 15-year-old Japanese girl whom he is marrying for convenience, and he intends to leave her once he finds a proper American wife, since Japanese divorce laws are very lax. The wedding is to take place at the house. Butterfly had been so excited to marry an American that she had earlier secretly converted to Christianity. After the wedding ceremony, her uninvited uncle, a bonze, who has found out about her conversion, comes to the house, curses her and orders all the guests to leave, which they do while renouncing her. Pinkerton and Butterfly sing a love duet and prepare to spend their first night together.
Act 2
Three years later, Butterfly is still waiting for Pinkerton to return, as he had left shortly after their wedding. Her maid Suzuki keeps trying to convince her that he is not coming back, but Butterfly will not listen to her. Goro, the marriage broker who arranged her marriage, keeps trying to marry her off again, but she does not listen to him either. The American consul, Sharpless, comes to the house with a letter which he has received from Pinkerton which asks him to break some news to Butterfly: that Pinkerton is coming back to Japan, but Sharpless cannot bring himself to finish it because Butterfly becomes very excited to hear that Pinkerton is coming back. Sharpless asks Butterfly what she would do if Pinkerton were not to return. She then reveals that she gave birth to Pinkerton's son after he had left and asks Sharpless to tell him.
From the hill house, Butterfly sees Pinkerton's ship arriving in the harbour. She and Suzuki prepare for his arrival, and then they wait. Suzuki and the child fall asleep, but Butterfly stays up all night waiting for him to arrive.
Act 3
Suzuki wakes up in the morning and Butterfly finally falls asleep. Sharpless and Pinkerton arrive at the house, along with Pinkerton's new American wife, Kate. They have come because Kate has agreed to raise the child. But, as Pinkerton sees how Butterfly has decorated the house for his return, he realizes he has made a huge mistake. He admits that he is a coward and cannot face her, leaving Suzuki, Sharpless and Kate to break the news to Butterfly. Agreeing to give up her child if Pinkerton comes himself to see her, she then prays to statues of her ancestral gods, says goodbye to her son, and blindfolds him. She places a small American flag in his hands and goes behind a screen, killing herself with her father's seppuku knife. Pinkerton rushes in, but he is too late, and Butterfly dies.

Time: 1904
Place: Nagasaki, Japan
Act 1
In 1904, a U.S. naval officer named Pinkerton rents a house on a hill in Nagasaki, Japan, for himself and his soon-to-be wife, "Butterfly". Her real name is Ciocio-san (from the Japanese word for "butterfly" (蝶々 chōchō, pronounced [tɕoːtɕoː]); -san is a plain honorific). She is a 15-year-old Japanese girl whom he is marrying for convenience, and he intends to leave her once he finds a proper American wife, since Japanese divorce laws are very lax. The wedding is to take place at the house. Butterfly had been so excited to marry an American that she had earlier secretly converted to Christianity. After the wedding ceremony, her uninvited uncle, a bonze, who has found out about her conversion, comes to the house, curses her and orders all the guests to leave, which they do while renouncing her. Pinkerton and Butterfly sing a love duet and prepare to spend their first night together.
Act 2
Three years later, Butterfly is still waiting for Pinkerton to return, as he had left shortly after their wedding. Her maid Suzuki keeps trying to convince her that he is not coming back, but Butterfly will not listen to her. Goro, the marriage broker who arranged her marriage, keeps trying to marry her off again, but she does not listen to him either. The American consul, Sharpless, comes to the house with a letter which he has received from Pinkerton which asks him to break some news to Butterfly: that Pinkerton is coming back to Japan, but Sharpless cannot bring himself to finish it because Butterfly becomes very excited to hear that Pinkerton is coming back. Sharpless asks Butterfly what she would do if Pinkerton were not to return. She then reveals that she gave birth to Pinkerton's son after he had left and asks Sharpless to tell him.
From the hill house, Butterfly sees Pinkerton's ship arriving in the harbour. She and Suzuki prepare for his arrival, and then they wait. Suzuki and the child fall asleep, but Butterfly stays up all night waiting for him to arrive.
Act 3
Suzuki wakes up in the morning and Butterfly finally falls asleep. Sharpless and Pinkerton arrive at the house, along with Pinkerton's new American wife, Kate. They have come because Kate has agreed to raise the child. But, as Pinkerton sees how Butterfly has decorated the house for his return, he realizes he has made a huge mistake. He admits that he is a coward and cannot face her, leaving Suzuki, Sharpless and Kate to break the news to Butterfly. Agreeing to give up her child if Pinkerton comes himself to see her, she then prays to statues of her ancestral gods, says goodbye to her son, and blindfolds him. She places a small American flag in his hands and goes behind a screen, killing herself with her father's seppuku knife. Pinkerton rushes in, but he is too late, and Butterfly dies.

Time: 1904
Place: Nagasaki, Japan
Act 1
In 1904, a U.S. naval officer named Pinkerton rents a house on a hill in Nagasaki, Japan, for himself and his soon-to-be wife, "Butterfly". Her real name is Ciocio-san (from the Japanese word for "butterfly" (蝶々 chōchō, pronounced [tɕoːtɕoː]); -san is a plain honorific). She is a 15-year-old Japanese girl whom he is marrying for convenience, and he intends to leave her once he finds a proper American wife, since Japanese divorce laws are very lax. The wedding is to take place at the house. Butterfly had been so excited to marry an American that she had earlier secretly converted to Christianity. After the wedding ceremony, her uninvited uncle, a bonze, who has found out about her conversion, comes to the house, curses her and orders all the guests to leave, which they do while renouncing her. Pinkerton and Butterfly sing a love duet and prepare to spend their first night together.
Act 2
Three years later, Butterfly is still waiting for Pinkerton to return, as he had left shortly after their wedding. Her maid Suzuki keeps trying to convince her that he is not coming back, but Butterfly will not listen to her. Goro, the marriage broker who arranged her marriage, keeps trying to marry her off again, but she does not listen to him either. The American consul, Sharpless, comes to the house with a letter which he has received from Pinkerton which asks him to break some news to Butterfly: that Pinkerton is coming back to Japan, but Sharpless cannot bring himself to finish it because Butterfly becomes very excited to hear that Pinkerton is coming back. Sharpless asks Butterfly what she would do if Pinkerton were not to return. She then reveals that she gave birth to Pinkerton's son after he had left and asks Sharpless to tell him.
From the hill house, Butterfly sees Pinkerton's ship arriving in the harbour. She and Suzuki prepare for his arrival, and then they wait. Suzuki and the child fall asleep, but Butterfly stays up all night waiting for him to arrive.
Act 3
Suzuki wakes up in the morning and Butterfly finally falls asleep. Sharpless and Pinkerton arrive at the house, along with Pinkerton's new American wife, Kate. They have come because Kate has agreed to raise the child. But, as Pinkerton sees how Butterfly has decorated the house for his return, he realizes he has made a huge mistake. He admits that he is a coward and cannot face her, leaving Suzuki, Sharpless and Kate to break the news to Butterfly. Agreeing to give up her child if Pinkerton comes himself to see her, she then prays to statues of her ancestral gods, says goodbye to her son, and blindfolds him. She places a small American flag in his hands and goes behind a screen, killing herself with her father's seppuku knife. Pinkerton rushes in, but he is too late, and Butterfly dies.

Time: 1904
Place: Nagasaki, Japan
Act 1
In 1904, a U.S. naval officer named Pinkerton rents a house on a hill in Nagasaki, Japan, for himself and his soon-to-be wife, "Butterfly". Her real name is Ciocio-san (from the Japanese word for "butterfly" (蝶々 chōchō, pronounced [tɕoːtɕoː]); -san is a plain honorific). She is a 15-year-old Japanese girl whom he is marrying for convenience, and he intends to leave her once he finds a proper American wife, since Japanese divorce laws are very lax. The wedding is to take place at the house. Butterfly had been so excited to marry an American that she had earlier secretly converted to Christianity. After the wedding ceremony, her uninvited uncle, a bonze, who has found out about her conversion, comes to the house, curses her and orders all the guests to leave, which they do while renouncing her. Pinkerton and Butterfly sing a love duet and prepare to spend their first night together.
Act 2
Three years later, Butterfly is still waiting for Pinkerton to return, as he had left shortly after their wedding. Her maid Suzuki keeps trying to convince her that he is not coming back, but Butterfly will not listen to her. Goro, the marriage broker who arranged her marriage, keeps trying to marry her off again, but she does not listen to him either. The American consul, Sharpless, comes to the house with a letter which he has received from Pinkerton which asks him to break some news to Butterfly: that Pinkerton is coming back to Japan, but Sharpless cannot bring himself to finish it because Butterfly becomes very excited to hear that Pinkerton is coming back. Sharpless asks Butterfly what she would do if Pinkerton were not to return. She then reveals that she gave birth to Pinkerton's son after he had left and asks Sharpless to tell him.
From the hill house, Butterfly sees Pinkerton's ship arriving in the harbour. She and Suzuki prepare for his arrival, and then they wait. Suzuki and the child fall asleep, but Butterfly stays up all night waiting for him to arrive.
Act 3
Suzuki wakes up in the morning and Butterfly finally falls asleep. Sharpless and Pinkerton arrive at the house, along with Pinkerton's new American wife, Kate. They have come because Kate has agreed to raise the child. But, as Pinkerton sees how Butterfly has decorated the house for his return, he realizes he has made a huge mistake. He admits that he is a coward and cannot face her, leaving Suzuki, Sharpless and Kate to break the news to Butterfly. Agreeing to give up her child if Pinkerton comes himself to see her, she then prays to statues of her ancestral gods, says goodbye to her son, and blindfolds him. She places a small American flag in his hands and goes behind a screen, killing herself with her father's seppuku knife. Pinkerton rushes in, but he is too late, and Butterfly dies.

Time: 1904
Place: Nagasaki, Japan
Act 1
In 1904, a U.S. naval officer named Pinkerton rents a house on a hill in Nagasaki, Japan, for himself and his soon-to-be wife, "Butterfly". Her real name is Ciocio-san (from the Japanese word for "butterfly" (蝶々 chōchō, pronounced [tɕoːtɕoː]); -san is a plain honorific). She is a 15-year-old Japanese girl whom he is marrying for convenience, and he intends to leave her once he finds a proper American wife, since Japanese divorce laws are very lax. The wedding is to take place at the house. Butterfly had been so excited to marry an American that she had earlier secretly converted to Christianity. After the wedding ceremony, her uninvited uncle, a bonze, who has found out about her conversion, comes to the house, curses her and orders all the guests to leave, which they do while renouncing her. Pinkerton and Butterfly sing a love duet and prepare to spend their first night together.
Act 2
Three years later, Butterfly is still waiting for Pinkerton to return, as he had left shortly after their wedding. Her maid Suzuki keeps trying to convince her that he is not coming back, but Butterfly will not listen to her. Goro, the marriage broker who arranged her marriage, keeps trying to marry her off again, but she does not listen to him either. The American consul, Sharpless, comes to the house with a letter which he has received from Pinkerton which asks him to break some news to Butterfly: that Pinkerton is coming back to Japan, but Sharpless cannot bring himself to finish it because Butterfly becomes very excited to hear that Pinkerton is coming back. Sharpless asks Butterfly what she would do if Pinkerton were not to return. She then reveals that she gave birth to Pinkerton's son after he had left and asks Sharpless to tell him.
From the hill house, Butterfly sees Pinkerton's ship arriving in the harbour. She and Suzuki prepare for his arrival, and then they wait. Suzuki and the child fall asleep, but Butterfly stays up all night waiting for him to arrive.
Act 3
Suzuki wakes up in the morning and Butterfly finally falls asleep. Sharpless and Pinkerton arrive at the house, along with Pinkerton's new American wife, Kate. They have come because Kate has agreed to raise the child. But, as Pinkerton sees how Butterfly has decorated the house for his return, he realizes he has made a huge mistake. He admits that he is a coward and cannot face her, leaving Suzuki, Sharpless and Kate to break the news to Butterfly. Agreeing to give up her child if Pinkerton comes himself to see her, she then prays to statues of her ancestral gods, says goodbye to her son, and blindfolds him. She places a small American flag in his hands and goes behind a screen, killing herself with her father's seppuku knife. Pinkerton rushes in, but he is too late, and Butterfly dies.