精神医生Lilian Steiner就自己一个病人的死展开了调查，她相信这是一起谋杀。
民国年间，与世隔绝的怪水村被湖中“水猴子”所扰。此物实为濒危水栖人猿，能模仿人言诱杀村民。少年水生幼年目睹父亲惨死其手，自此深陷恐惧。村中长老三叔公借祭祀之名行愚昧统治，以活人献祭暂息水怪，却埋下更深祸根。连年暴雨与人为侵扰激怒水猴子，袭击频发。当香兰之弟被食、其父莫叔反抗被杀，香兰决意以身献祭复仇。水生幡然觉醒，不再逃避，联合青年村民布设机关陷阱，假借献祭诱敌。恶战后水怪被擒，却于庆功夜破笼而出，血洗村庄，三叔公亦命丧其口。村民终于醒悟：迷信退让换不来平安。水生断发持叉，率众设伏，以智慧与血勇将水怪斩杀。晨光中，他与香兰相扶而立，唯有直面恐惧、团结抗争，方能驱散千年阴霾，重获新生。
一望无际的戈壁荒原，驾车前来拉驼毯的胡仨禁不住心中的欲火，猛地抱住了柳红儿。土匪装扮成驼夫又来攻土城。大门被炸开，胡仨领人用炸死的骆驼作掩体拼死反抗，硝烟中露出一张张绝望的脸。这时，从土匪手中逃跑的马安找来牧民带着驼群赶来，又一次救了土城的人。一天夜晚，胡仨残忍地勒死了胡守义。胡仨疯狂地带人枪杀驼夫，土城内满目疮痍，四处硝烟和死尸。柳红儿一步步走上城墙，用火枪朝着胡仨开了枪。城外，远处尘土飞扬，一队整齐的骑兵出现在地平线上……
天真活泼的女孩儿小雪，非常喜欢跳舞，常常扒在少年宫舞蹈厅外的窗台上看小朋友们练舞。欧鹿老师发现了小雪的舞蹈天赋，吸收她参加舞蹈班。小雪的爸爸杜渐是个普通的交通民警，他的妻子池绿在小雪两岁时离开他们出国而去，父女俩相依为命。杜渐爱女儿，不愿把父母离异告诉她。这天清晨，他忙着把饭做好，小雪起床后，趁爸爸不注意，悄悄地将自己饭盒里的荷包蛋放进爸爸饭盒里一个。舞蹈班里，同学们穿着美丽的练功服和练功鞋，只有小雪穿着背心短裤光着脚，课间休息，同学们喝着各种饮料，小雪却悄悄跑向自来水龙头。当小雪听到几个打电话的同学议论她是“野孩子”、“没有妈妈”的话时，她上前抢过电话，拨了号码，就喊着“妈妈”说起话来，伤心的眼泪从她脸上流下来。傍晚，杜渐边做饭边看池绿的来信，信中池绿提出请律师代办离婚手续，并准备带小雪去巴黎。这时小雪回来，杜渐得知小雪瞒着他去跳舞非常生气，因为她的妈妈曾经是舞蹈演员。小雪委屈地哭了，她想妈妈。一觉醒来的杜渐发现小雪的纸条，她去找妈妈了。老师、片警、邻居都来帮杜渐找小雪，终于在倾盆大雨的田野里发现了昏迷的小雪。抢救室门口，杜渐焦急而愧疚地跪了一宿。小雪由于高烧用药过多，耳朵失聪了。一天晚上，杜渐忘记带钥匙拼命拉门铃，小雪在饭桌旁等爸爸却听不见，慢慢地睡着了，杜渐在门外坐了一宿。为给女儿买助听器，杜渐卖掉了心爱的鸽子。池绿闻讯从法国赶来，要带小雪去法国治疗。杜渐经过痛苦的思想斗争终于同意了。他告诉小雪父母离异的原委，嘱咐她听妈妈话。池绿被深深地感动。清晨，杜渐和小雪推开门惊呆了，满院的鸽子都回来了。北京市少年舞蹈比赛开始了，小雪跳起了舞蹈《小鸽子》，获得全场热烈的掌声。杜渐思绪万千，脑海中闪现出小雪的一个个成长过程。
Sabina, a divorced mother of two small children, falls in love with an old friend from the Bosnian war. The two plan to marry, but things go terribly wrong. Sabina K. is inspired by a true story set in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The "Sabina" of the title plans to marry Sasa (with whom she served during the Bosnian War), but there is a problem. Sabina is Muslim and Sasa a Catholic, and their respective families disapprove of the marriage. Their only ally is an older woman, Ankica, whose son - killed in the war - had been their close friend. "Aunt" Ankica thinks of Sabina and Sasa as her own children and invites them to her home on the island of Korcula to get married. Springtime comes and Sabina travels to Korcula where she is reunited with Ankica and where the two women wait for Sasa to join them from Zagreb. The days pass... Sasa never arrives... and with a heavy and troubled heart, Sabina returns to Sarajevo. She discovers that Sasa has taken all his things from her apartment and moved out. There is no note; no explanation. Sabina goes to Sasa's mother for answers, but the deeply embittered woman treats her harshly and calls the police.
