魅妆

　　高中的杨芳芳（谭松韵 饰）是一个平凡的“丑小鸭”，一封来自她初中“梦中情人”——郭阳（罗云熙 饰）的情书，打破了她所有的平静。她开始做各种尝试，努力让自己变成“火凤凰”，为的是要在“最美的时候遇见他”。她为爱情努力锐变，奔走，一次“精心策划”的美丽邂逅让她和他坠入爱河，年轻的激情在盛夏尽情释放，但紧随而来的是暴风骤雨般的痛苦……

　　Dynamic Alan Gaskell captains a ship bound from Hong Kong to Singapore. Gaskell tries to turn over a new leaf from his hard-drinking lifestyle after becoming re-attached to a refined high class English lady, Sybil Barclay. His former girlfriend Dolly is extremely jealous of the budding relationship and tries hard to get the Captain back. He is apparently unimpressed with her loud, obnoxious, and uncivilized manners, even though she is extremely beautiful. After a temporary takeover of the ship by gold-seeking Asian pirates, Captain Gaskell must deal with the fact that Dolly and her drinking pal, Jamesey MacArdle, are implicated in the crime.

　　本片描写了越南风景的三段恋曲：春季，乡下姑娘欣被大户人家雇为采摘白莲花的女工。每天望着荷花荡的风景，她都会跟其他女工哼唱民歌。她的歌声吸引了患麻风病的杜先生。她在为他抄送诗词的时候，两人产生了忘年之交；旱季，三轮车夫海偶然结识了妓女莲。她总在跟他描述星级酒店里的奢华生活，但是他却只是痴望着她。慢慢地，两个人的关系也发生了微妙的变化；雨季，越战老兵詹姆斯（哈威•凯特尔 Harvey Keitel 饰）在酒吧里邂逅了推销小贩伍迪，并从他贩卖的货物里发现了一枚越战时的打火机。詹姆斯对伍迪诉说着他跟妻女失散的离别之苦。此后，两人各自的情感均有所收获……
　　1999年圣丹斯电影节评审团大奖、最佳摄影奖，2000年美国独立精神奖、最佳摄影奖。