Tharlo is an orphan. Now grown up, he makes a living as a sheep herder in the village. He has grown a ponytail, so people simply call him “Ponytail”, since nobody remembers his real name anyway. Tharlo has a remarkable memory. He remembers so many things, except his own name. He is now in his forties, and he has yet to have his first woman. Now Tharlo goes to town to take a photo for his identity card. He meets a girl in the barber’s shop who changes the course of his life. He embarks on the journey to find his true self. He sells all his sheep and those entrusted by other villagers to him for care, and decides to use the money to go out into the world with the girl, only to find himself being deceived and cheated by her. Ironically, in his journey of self-discovery, Tharlo has lost his sense of self. As he witnesses in the mirror his ponytail being cut off and leaving him bald, he can no longer see himself as a man with a history that he recognizes.

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

1982年，隆冬时节，苍茫大地，人们在渴望春天的到来（包产到户）。 王支书要村里恢复演出老戏。“戏篓子”路老鹤，安排杨志刚演男主角，女儿路小芬不情愿。女儿的意中是奎疯子的儿子王树满。 在奎疯子眼里，花生是他的“图腾”。有人偷了九亩半的花生，急得他满街乱转。他发现，不止一人拿着花生去路老鹤家…… 人见人怕的奎疯子，却对路小芬言听计从。整日像个孩子跟在小芬身后走动。 这晚，队部秘密开会，整出一份分地计划。不想，计划还没捂热乎就被杨志刚连夜从抽屉里偷了出来，公布于众。王支书被打了个措手不及。 奎疯子和霸占了十年的“九亩半”成了“分地”的焦点。 “唱戏”“分地”交织中，牵出一段历史悲剧。 电影《村戏》剧本改编自《贾大山小说精品集》中的前半部“梦庄生态”部分，主要是《村戏》、《花生》和《老路》等三篇。

2000 film by Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.