《厄夜變奏曲》是在《黑暗中漫舞》、《醫院風雲》導演拉斯馮提爾為金獎影后妮可基嫚量身訂作的驚悚劇。一切的惡夢就從這個1930年代的美國小山城開始 …… 封閉守舊的美國小鎮闖進了一個神秘女子格蕾斯（Nicole Kidman 飾）。她美麗善良，正在逃避歹徒追殺。鎮中的作家湯姆力勸村民留下這個女子，讓她暫時在鎮裡避過難關。然而條件就是格蕾絲要干各種農活來償還。人們同意了，不久後卻發現格蕾絲是一個通緝中的逃犯。大家要把格蕾絲趕走，最後答應，如果她更賣力的幹活，才可以在這裡逗留。格蕾絲日以繼夜的勞作，終難逃過不幸的事情發生。一個鎮民在警察搜捕後，強暴了格蕾絲。齷齪的事情拉開了序幕：人們開始隨意的污辱她，甚至連湯姆，也揭開了善良的面具，格蕾斯淪為鎮上的一條狗，幹活，受罪，善良的心也有了漸漸的改變。鎮上的人怎麼也想不到，這個女子的神秘身世，讓此刻的污辱成為了他日的滅頂之災。
A poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, always sticks to her own moral code.
Young farmer Mikajlo while on youth labour action falls in love with a student Nada and infatuated with her, he leaves the peasant brigade and Malena, a girl who as if she were overabundant, followed him to work the labour action. Mikajlo's courtship of Nada provokes laughter and ridicule, so ambitious 'Don Juan' returns to his brigade and the girl.
A documentary film about the Brazilian town of Toritama, the self-proclaimed capital of jeans. The workers of the city’s self-managed small businesses only get one real break from their self-exploiting lives in the textile business: the annual Carnival.
When a poor and out-caste village tanner goes to village priest to get the date of his daughter's marriage fixed, the priest in turn asks for labor without pay in exchange.
"The Last One Put Out the Light" - The Berlin construction workers Micha, Silvio and Norbert are out of work. The way out spells - Norway. Because over German craftsmen are in demand. The three with 17 other desperate people are bawling Norwegian and preparing themselves for "it's always just salmon" and fearing the darkness. Too bad that their wives have other plans.
The Peralta brothers work in the countryside the Alto Paraná. There they will meet subhuman working conditions. Finally, the workers rise and harshly punish their exploiters.
Martha Bieder is the last rubble-woman in Berlin Rummelsburg. Every day, rain or shine, she stands at the conveyor belt - as she has for decades - sorting through rubble. After a retirement party thrown for her by her male colleagues, she tells her story of being a rubble-woman in post-war Germany.