The River Wild

　　Joseph isn't particularly happy, although he hides it rather well. The day his brother dies, the certainty sets in that life will pass him by. To ensure this doesn't happen, one evening, he gives in to his desire.

　　凯特（蕾切尔•史密斯Rachele Smith饰）是个执着追求芭蕾舞梦想的女孩，她未经受过任何专业训练，通过录像带模仿练习，舞技出众。其父沉迷博彩不关心凯特，但是妹妹却力挺她完成梦想。她来到美国芭蕾舞学院面试，然而主考官里弗斯（彼得•盖勒 Peter Gallagher 饰）出于功利放弃了她，选择了名门之后。然而，凯特的舞技还是令人侧目，特别是另一考官库伯（伊桑•斯蒂菲尔 Ethan Stiefel 饰）和入选者汤米（肯尼•沃曼德 Kenny Wormald 饰）。前者曾为她据理力争，而后者则对她一见倾心。后来，因为在夜店一段即兴的HIP-HOP表演，凯特得到了一个HIP-HOP俱乐部的工作机会。同时，汤米开始与她约会，两个人都怀揣着对芭蕾的梦想，所不同的是前曲棍球运动员汤米转型成功，而自学成才的凯特却历经艰难……

托特（布拉德·兰弗洛 Brad Renfro 饰）是一个十六岁的青年，和所有这个年纪的男孩一样，他活泼开朗，对世间万物充满了好奇，但有一股与生俱来的另类力量隐藏在他的灵魂之中。一次偶然中，托特发现了一个惊人的秘密，自己所居住的平静小镇上，居然住了一个曾经在二战时期犯下过累累罪行的前纳粹军官科特（伊恩·麦克莱恩 Ian McKellen 饰）。 　　托特的这一发现并没有令他感到害怕，正相反，内心的悸动对他发出了召唤。托特找到科特，当面揭露了他所隐藏的罪行，但托特的目的却并非勒索或驱逐，而是要求对方将战争时期的所做所闻娓娓道来。在残酷和暴力的言语之下，一颗恶魔的心逐渐苏醒。

　　杰克（艾沃·皮茨克 Ivo Pietzcker 饰）跟弟弟一起和母亲过着相依为命的生活，杰克的母亲是一个极为不负责任的女人，白天工作结束后，她便乔装打扮外出找乐子，照顾弟弟的全部责任就落在了杰克一人的身上。杰克对母亲身边经常更换的男友抱有强烈的敌意，母子之间的感情因此十分脆弱。
　　某日，杰克的弟弟不幸被烫伤，社会福利机构勒令母亲必须将两个孩子之一送往福利院，母亲选择了杰克。在福利院里，杰克日日夜夜的思念担心着母亲和弟弟，终于，逃跑成功的他返回家中，却发现母亲丢下了弟弟不知所踪。带着弟弟，杰克踏上了充满了危险和未知的寻母之旅。

　　Synopsis
　　"Falsely accused as the murderer of my own husband... Oh, the cruel machinations of fate!" A female teacher (Lee Yong-ae) gives shelter to an escaped convict, but her husband, misconstruing her intentions, reacts violently and accidentally stabs himself to death in the process. The teacher is charged with her husband's murder, but fortunately the prosecutor on the case is a former student of hers, of whom she had taken painstaking care when she was working at an elementary school. Remembering her kindness to him, the prosecutor uncovers her innocence in court, and she is acquitted of the crime.
　　Notes
　　"A silent movie that allows us to examine the narrator-accompanied method of 16mm films" (Chung Jong-wha)
　　A Public Prosecutor and a Teacher is familiar to us for the performance of Shin Chool, Korea's last silent movie narrator (known as "byeonsa"in Korean). Numerous critics have recommended the film, praising it as "a silent movie that allows us to examine the narrator-accompanied method of 16mm films" (Chung Jong-wha), "the work of Korea's last silent movie narrator" (Kim Hong-joon), a movie that "reflects the public's consciousness and has great historical value" (Lee Seung-hun), and "the archetypal new-school film" (Chung Sung-il). As evidenced by such commentary, A Public Prosecutor and a Teacherenjoys greater recognition for its historical value as the only surviving silent movie in Korea than for its artistic or technical aspects. What is ironic is the fact that this recognition derivesfrom a production and screening method that fell behind the times, as sound films (or "talkies") had already become the norm when the movie was first made. Its inclusion in the list is therefore based on its historical, social context rather than on the film itself.
　　Afterword:
　　- Narrated by Shin Chool, who is known as Korea's last silent film narrator, A Public Prosecutor and a Teacherhas been screened at several film festivals since the latter half of the 1990s.