黑暗之下

中学教师沈东宝（贺军翔饰），因为梦见自己获得国际最佳导演而立下誓言，立志要拍摄一部国际水准的大片。沈东宝开始为自己的“大片”拉投资找赞助，最终通过七大姨八大姑凑够了五万多，在找资金的同时沈东宝也在寻找适合的演员。无意间他碰到力争上位梦想成为大明星的千千（江若琳饰），最终在她的百般献媚中，沈东宝敲定了这个女主角。刘易守知道沈东宝的计划后，一番赞扬和鼓励，让沈东宝眼前一亮，觉得终于找到了一直寻觅的事业拍档。而刘易守此时的目的，是想方设法地想骗走电影资金远走高飞⋯⋯

　　Mari (Marina Vlady) runs a boardinghouse for girls who are in trouble, and Juli (Lili Monori) is a young married woman who is fleeing her passionate marriage with an uncontrollable alcoholic. She has brought her young daughter along with her. Though this is not allowed under the house rules, Mari makes an exception for Juli. Both women are desperately unfulfilled - Mari has a narrow-minded and passionless man for a husband, and Juli still loves her husband, whom she recognizes as a person she cannot continue living with. The two turn to each other for comfort, and each woman gains necessary insights into her own life in seeing the other's struggles. This sober movie by feminist director Marta Meszaros was not a rousing box-office success.

　　少女林晓阳（杨林 饰）爱看漫画，常幻想自己是细川智荣子少女漫画《尼罗河女儿》主角。她生活在繁华的台北，白天在肯德基当店员，晚上在夜校读书。晓阳与家人住在一座简陋的平房里，祖父（李天禄 饰）是个风趣的老头。父亲（崔福生 饰）在嘉义当员警，常年在外执勤。母亲去世后，晓阳肩负起母亲的职责，照顾上了年纪的父亲及上学的妹妹，并整天为哥哥担心。
　　哥哥（高捷 饰）与朋友合开一家餐厅，白天工作，晚上当小偷，却能照顾到家人。父亲和哥哥爆发冲突时，晓阳总是站在哥哥一边。她暗恋上哥哥的朋友阿三，却不知阿三爱着别人。种种事实让她感到气愤、悲伤和绝望，并在遭受打击后成熟清醒。