本片基于真实历史故事改编。1942年1月,日本战争机器的铁蹄席卷东南亚。在这里,有一个叫做新不列颠的岛屿上,有一座天主教传教站,这里的澳大利亚护士们克服种种困难的条件,悉心照顾手上的澳大利亚士兵。(文/life_is_good@YDY) January, 1942. The Japanese war machine thunders across South East Asia. In its path,on the island of New Britain, lies a tiny Catholic mission station, Vunapope. Here a handful of Australian nurses take refuge with wounded Australian soldiers. Sisters of War i...。When Manuel Ortigosa, a famous Parisian writer, learns of the death of his husband Aymeric in a car accident, he is totally devastated. He thought he was on a business trip to Brussels: what was he doing in the middle of the night on a back road in Provence at the time of the tragedy? Manuel goes down to Aix to identify the body, and discovers that a whole part of his husband's...。在一个漆黑的夜晚,某海滨城市船厂仓库管理员李玉洪一家四口被人残忍杀害。这起恶性案件引起当地公安机关的高度重视,重案组杨高(张嘉译 饰)专门负责此案。经过缜密分析,警方已经锁定几个重要嫌疑人,杨高委托供职于船厂保卫科的叶民主(冯巩 饰)和老田(滕汝骏 饰)蹲守第七个埋伏点——市郊废弃火车站,负责监视犯罪团伙中的头目“智者”(牛振华 饰)。
由于工作性质的关系,民主和老田对家里人也严格保密,夜以继日在火车站内的水塔里监视。在此期间,民主的女友百林(江珊 饰)心生误会,老田的身体也垮了下去。肝癌晚期的老田最终无奈退出,叶民主则在水塔内孤军奋战,似在进行一场遥遥无期的战争……。