节目记录了主人公们知晓世界百味、直面生活疾风暴雨的决定性阶段。主创团队精选四组对立的关键词展开横向比照，通过“圆”与“缺”、“纳”与“拒”、“是”与“非”、“破”与“立”主题下的八幅人生图景，用多维度多视角观察普通人在面临决定性瞬间时的选择与命运。通过洞察每个独一无二的“人生第二次”故事，展现中国人面对困境的勇气和坚韧，激发观众对生活的勇气，对于人生和未来的多一重思考。
In the very waters where Melville's Pequod gave chase to Moby Dick, Leviathan captures the collaborative clash of man, nature, and machine. Shot on a dozen cameras — tossed and tethered, passed from fisherman to filmmaker — this is a cosmic portrait of commercial fishing as it's never been seen.
对于老牌泰米尔超级巨星拉金尼坎斯，铁杆粉丝对他不是简单的个人崇拜，而是一种坚定的宗教信仰。
January 2019. Filmmaker Karim Aïnouz decides to take a boat, cross the Mediterranean and embark on his first journey to Algeria. Accompanied by the memory of his mother, Iracema, and his camera, Aïnouz gives us a detailed account of the journey to his father's homeland from the sea crossing to his arrival in the Atlas Mountains in Kabylia - a mountainous region in northern Algeria - to his return. Interweaving present, past and future.
京杭大运河于610年完工，长达1794千米，是世界上最长的古代运河。从古到今，京杭大运河对中国南北地区之间的经济、文化发展与交流，特别是对沿线地区工农业经济的发展和城镇化发展均起到了推动作用。本系列纪录片由中日共同制作，第一次采用4K格式制作播出。节目以京杭大运河为主线，邀请在中日两国有知名度的一线日本影视明星田边诚一担任主持人，沿着运河逆流而上，从被马可波罗誉为“世界最华丽都市”的杭州作为启程点，前往有“东方威尼斯”之称的苏州、充满美食魅力的扬州、明清时代陶瓷贸易往来的重点都市聊城等运河经过的城市，最终到达北京紫禁城，实地探访沿岸人们的生活以及悠久的文化传统，展现京杭大运河和新时代中国的发展变化，增进日本民众对中国的友好认知。
