入围华沙电影节前两部竞赛。                                    
                               　　Rebellious teenager Natsumi arrives from Tokyo on a small provincial island in search of the treasure left by her deceased mother. She’s in shock to find out that Reiko – her aunt – is a local Ama-San, a traditional Japanese pearl diver. Reiko is her mother’s identical twin sister. Because of the yearslong conflict between the sisters, the aunt and the girl have never met or even heard about each other till now. The aunt is reluctant to welcome the girl, who reminds her of her bitter past, and wants to get rid of her. Natsumi has to find a way to resolve the old conflict and reunite the family to find the underwater treasure left by her mother and save herself from the big trouble she is in. Japanese 1990s pop songs from the aunt’s youth will be an unexpected ally.

　　影片被描述为“对生命意义的诗意沉思”。故事发生在1955年一座虚构的美国沙漠小镇，镇上正在举办一场年轻天文学家/太空人大会，原本的计划是让来自美国全国各地的学生和家长聚集在一起进行学术竞赛并且争取奖学金，但是却意外被即将改变全世界的大事件打乱原来的行程。

　　In India, Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of giving her young daughter an education and will go to any length to make that happen, including leaving behind all she knows in search of a better future.
　　In Sicily, Giulia works in her father’s wig workshop, the last of its kind in Palermo. When her father is the victim of a serious accident, she discovers that her family’s livelihood is at stake.
　　In Canada, Sarah is a twice-divorced mother of three children and a successful lawyer whose identity is wrapped up in her work. Just as she expects the promotion she’s been working her entire career for, she learns she has breast cancer.
　　The Braid is a vibrant and singular reminder of what connects us all – across borders, across languages, across cultures.

　　改编自哈佛大学博士阿尔芒·尼格利的畅销书《上帝之问》。该剧讲述了精神分析学家西格蒙德·弗洛伊德在其晚年之际，邀请了英国一位并不出名的年轻教授C.S·刘易斯到他伦敦的家里做客。两人就弗洛伊德近期所出版的一本书展开研究及探讨，越聊越投机的两人又对神的存在、爱情、性以及生命的意义交换了各自的价值观。然而当时恰逢世界二战爆发，身为犹太人的弗洛伊德博士无法再忍受癌症和失去亲人的双重打击很快病逝。这次谈话也成为了弗洛伊德留给世人的最后一笔宝贵财富。

　　这个不言而喻的体系塑造了美国，并记录了当今的生活是如何由人类划分的等级制度定义的。