温蒂（艾莉森·斯戴曼 Alison Steadman 饰）和丈夫安迪（吉姆·布劳德本特 Jim Broadbent 饰）结婚多年，日韩两人育有两个女儿娜塔莉（克莱尔·斯金纳 Claire Skinner 饰）和尼古拉（简·霍洛克斯 Jane Horrocks 饰）。温蒂本分贤惠，日韩操持着家中大大小小的事务，而安迪辛勤工作，希望有一天能够自立门户。娜塔莉是一名水管工，个性开朗的她向往自由不羁的生活，喜欢和朋友们待在一起，然而，尼古拉却恰恰相反，有些神经质的她不仅整天紧张兮兮，还患有厌食症。尼古拉和男友之间的感情产生了裂缝，这让尼古拉的精神濒临了崩溃的边缘，与此同时，安迪在一次意外之中身负重伤，整个家庭的重担全部落在了温蒂和娜塔莉的肩头。
柴可夫斯基
回复 :通过节振国的成长，描写抗日战争时期，翼东开滦煤矿工人阶级在党的领导下，反抗帝国主义的压迫剥削，建立工人抗日游击队，配合主力部队，坚持了翼东抗日战争的故事。
殷志源
回复 :“It is a film from an extended series. It is hard to say who is the main character of “The Soviet Elegy.” There are more than a hundred faces of our compatriots. But, of course, it is not by chance that it is the destiny of a famous political figure, Boris Nikolayevitch Yeltsin, that bears a special accent in the film. Though he got to power following quite typical ways, his uncommon character puts him out of the ordinary, and in the author’s opinion it may be determined by his uncommon human nature. Our hero exists within the tragic pattern of the soviet socialist life. He is a character of a drama, of which he is one of the authors. “The Soviet Elegy” can hardly be called a documentary film in the proper sense. Of course, the author guarantees the accuracy of chronology, but he insists on an artistic mode of thinking, not on a political or historical investigation.”
闵宽弘
回复 :有着“小云雀”之称的法国国宝级歌手艾迪特·皮雅芙（玛丽昂·歌迪亚饰），她有着传奇的一生。皮雅芙的童年颠沛流离，先是被母亲抛弃，然后被父亲送到妓院由祖母抚养，随后在父亲从军队退役后，又被强行带走随马戏团演出生活。再之后皮雅芙跟随父亲卖艺为生，街头初啼并到成为一名酒吧卖唱的 少女。正式登台的皮雅芙顺利成为一名歌喉迷人的明星，演唱了许多脍炙人口的歌曲。然而她的情感却一再受挫，尤其是和拳击手马塞尔（让-皮埃尔·马丁斯饰）的情感经历。她的晚年每况愈下，最后死于肝癌。
