简介：俄国诗人安德烈（奥列格·扬科夫斯基OlegYankovsky饰）在美丽的女翻译尤金伲亚（多美兹亚娜·佐丹奴DomizianaGiordano饰）的陪同下，一同前往意大利寻访一位十八世纪俄国作曲家的生活。他们一起走访充满宗教意象的乡村教堂，在一座有天然温泉的古老小镇停留。此时他遇见了不被世人理解的疯人多米尼克（厄兰·约瑟夫森ErlandJosephson饰），村民因为他早些年囚禁家人而认为他神经失常。可安德烈看到了多米尼克疯狂下的深意，并被他所吸引。同时他拒绝了性感的尤金伲亚的示爱。此时的安德烈，游走在支离破碎的现实与超现实的梦境中不能自拔。他对祖国的思念、与家人的分离……种种情愫混杂在一起，彼此纠缠，化为终生的乡愁。本片获1983年戛纳电影节最佳导演奖，普通评审团奖，国际影评人费比西奖。

简介：ThePowerofEmotionexplainsthatemotionisn’ttobeconfusedwithsentimentality.Emotionisancientandmorepowerfulthananyartform.Thefilmlooksatyoungcoupleswhorunintodifficultiesastheytrytotranslatetheirexperiencesofloveintocleardecision-making.Awomanwhohasshotherhusbandprovidesajudgewithapuzzle.Thosewholovecanbringthedeadbacktolifebymeansofco-operation.That’sthefocusoftheopera,"ThePowerPlantofEmotions"andthe"Operaofthe20thCentury"cinema.AlexanderKluge:ThePowerofFeelingWhenIstartedworkingonThePowerofFeeling,Iwasnotinarationalstate.Ididnotsay,IhaveasubjectandnowIwillmakeafilmaboutit.InsteadIwasspellboundandobservedinmydirectsurroundings,forexample,howfeelingsmove.Ihavenotreallydealtwiththethemeofmymother’sdeathandthefactthatshewastheonewhotaughtme"howfeelingsmove."NorhaveIdealtwithhowshedied.Thatwasanentirepaletteoffeelings:"Allfeelingsbelieveinahappyend,"andeveryonebelievestacitlythattheywillliveforever:Theentirepaletteissomehowoptimistic,apositiveattitudetowardslifehavingbeenputontheagendaaslongasshewasyoung,aslongasherbodyheldout,fromonedaytothenextshecollapsed.Shejustsuddenlycollapsed,likeinanoperawheredisastertakesthestageinthefifthact.ItfeltasifIhadobservedanairraidoradisaster.ThefilmThePowerofFeelingisnotaboutfeelings,butrathertheirorganization:howtheycanbeorganizedbychance,throughoutsidefactors,murder,destiny;howtheyareorganized,howtheyencounterthefortunetheyareseeking.Whatisallthisorganizationoffeelingsabout?Generallyfeelingstendtobeadictatorship.Itisadictatorshipofthemoment.ThestrongfeelingIamhavingrightnowsuppressestheothers.Forthoughtsthiswouldnotbethecase.Onethoughtattractsotherslikeamagnet.Peoplethereforeneedaffirmationbyotherpeopletobesureabouttheirownfeelings(tocounteracttheacquisitionoftheirfeelingsthroughoutsideforces).Throughtheinteractionofmanypeople,forexample,inpublic,thevariousfeelingsalsohaveamagneticattractiontooneanotherjustlikethoughtsdo.Feelingscommunicatethroughtheirmanifestationinpublic.Thecinemaisthepublicseatoffeelingsinthe20thcentury.Theorganizationissetupthusly:Evensadfeelingshaveahappyoutcomeinthecinema.Itisaboutfindingcomfort:Inthe19thcenturytheoperahousewasthehometofeelings.Anoverwhelmingmajorityofoperashadatragicend.Youobservedavictim.Iamconvincedthatthereisamoreadventuresomecombination:Feelingsinboththeoperaandtraditionalcinemaarepowerlessinthefaceofdestiny’smight.Inthe20thcenturyfeelingsbarricadedthemselvesbehindthiscomfort,inthe19thcenturytheyentrenchedthemselvesinthevalidityofthelethalseriousness.