1991 film by Zhang Yimou

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.

当独立、自助的生活不能再维持时，我们该怎么办？在生命临近终点的时刻，我们该和医生谈些什么？应该如何优雅地跨越生命的终点？对于这些问题，大多数人缺少清晰的观念，而只是把命运交由医学、技术和陌生人来掌控。影响世界的医生阿图•葛文德结合其多年的外科医生经验与流畅的文笔，讲述了一个个伤感而发人深省的故事，对在21世纪变老意味着什么进行了清醒、深入的探索。本书富有洞见、感人至深，并为我们提供了实用的路线图，告诉我们为了使生命最后的岁月有意义，我们可以做什么、应该做什么。 作者选择了常人往往不愿面对的话题——衰老与死亡，梳理了美国社会养老的方方面面和发展历程，以及医学界对末期病人的不当处置。书中不只讲述了死亡和医药的局限，也揭示了如何自主、快乐、拥有尊严地活到生命的终点。书中对“善终服务”“辅助生活”“生前预嘱”等一系列作者推崇的理念，都穿插在故事中作出了详尽的说明，相信会给老龄化日益加剧的中国社会以启迪。 众多专家、媒体推荐。创新工场CEO李开复：作为一名医生，阿图•葛文德关注的是医疗的局限以及人的尊严。作为凡人，我们都将面对人生的终点，《最好的告别》给我们重要的启示。《新知》杂志主编苗炜：希望大家有机会能看看阿图•葛文德医生的著作，他能帮助我们更好地理解医学，知道医学的局限和可能。畅销书作家马尔科姆•格拉德威尔：这是阿图•葛文德最有力，也最感人的一本书。《自然》杂志：难得读到这样一本发人深省的书。 [编辑推荐] 亚马逊年度好书、《纽约时报》畅销书。 人终有一死，如何向死而生。“全球十大思想家”、美国著名外科医生划时代之作。 奥巴马、李开复、余华、刘瑜、苗炜力荐。 湛庐文化出品。

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

2007 film by Li Yang

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

2010 film by Eva Ionesco

A scientist becomes obsessed with returning his family to normalcy after a terrible accident.

Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up bitter memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's life, like his fragile mind, gets out of control.

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

2010 South Korean film by Jang Cheol-soo