本片探索了一个孩子与一个男人的内心世界，以及他们与父亲之间的关系。 当他的父亲病重时，在城里当厨师的图尔加回到了他的村庄。 不久之后父亲去世，他决定留下来完成向父亲承诺的收割工作。 在外地干活时，他遇到了一个十岁的男孩，他独自和祖父母住在一起，而他的单亲母亲则在城里工作。而图尔加与对男孩的关心和他们之间的关系则促使他们挑战自身。
《做局》写了当今城乡联合发展经济过程中十分常见的现象，农民与企业家从互不信任，互相设局到在一系列波折与冲撞中互相了解并最终走到一起，共同诠释了根一样的传统道德，有着突出的现实意义和认知功能。本剧的主要人物刘怪，是受中国传统文化深刻影响的、精明强干、智慧幽默、具有现代精神的农村的人尖子。
The tormented life of Dante Alighieri, from solitary childhood to death in exile, seen through Giovanni Boccaccio’s journey to rehabilitate his memory.
解放前夕的天津搬运码头，工人们受尽马八辈（陈士和 饰）父子和国民党统治者的压榨，个个挣扎在死亡线上。搬运工胡二（郭派清 饰）强忍饥饿扛包运货，累得昏倒在地，儿子因捡漏在地上的粮食，被马家的狗腿子活活摔死。胡妻（李晓工 饰）闻讯哭昏死过去。愤怒的工人自觉聚在一起商议，推选胡二和丁占元（李紫平 饰）为代表，率全体工人大闹马八辈的寿宴，追讨扣发的工钱并增加工资，不然就罢工。在六号门带动下，全市各货场码头纷纷响应。在强大斗争压力下，马八辈的儿子马金龙（谢添 饰）不得已给工人增加工资，之后指使特务逮捕了胡二。解放后，马氏父子受到政府处理，工人们推选胡二当了搬运站长，而被政府处理的老恶霸并不甘心......
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.
