本片为苏联电影理论家兼导演爱森斯坦的处女作,用六个章节展示了一场罢工运动的始末。
繁忙的工厂里,工人们埋头工作。布尔什维克党在地下积极组织工人罢工,但表面上仍然一片平静……工厂里的一把工具失窃,当值工人被厂主调查侮辱,气忿不过的工人回到车间,上吊自杀。工人们与厂主爆发了冲突,工人冲出工厂,打倒工头,联络其他工厂的同志,一场大规模的罢工启动了。
工厂主与工人们的谈判陷入僵持,失去生活来源的工人们忍饥挨饿,工厂主又雇佣侦探抓捕工人领导、借助流氓势力破坏工人组织。在水龙和骑警的驱逐下,工人们四处奔逃,最终遭到血腥屠杀……。位于岐阜县某个毗邻青山绿水的清新小镇,在同学经营的诊所担当护士的单身女子玉井静流(常盘贵子饰)与温柔的奶奶樱(八千草薰饰)、挑剔聒噪的母亲时江(根岸季衣饰)相守度日。生活波澜不惊,却也令人感叹日常的无聊与烦闷。因工作原因,静流为孩子们采购治疗间隙阅读的绘本,自然而然想起儿时读过的绘本《向月亮祈祷的小丑》。通过网络,她从居住在东京的男子户服航(谷原章介饰)手中买到这本书。书中夹了一张手写的点心作法便条,这张纸片跨越空间的距离,将素未谋面的静流和航连接在一起…… 本片根据北川悦吏子的原作改编。。Martinez, a lonely accountant who really prizes his daily monotony, is pushed by his hierarchy to retire. While his life stability is threatened, his neighbor, a woman of his age, is found dead in her home after several days. Although he has never met her, her death will make him realize that his life is still ahead of him.。