Cabella Oil and Brandini's have been competing oil ranches for decades. However, it wasn't always this way. Founders Raphael Brandini and Frank Cabella once worked harmoniously together, until their relationship fractured, causing them to split their joint ranch into two. Feisty and competitive heir to homegrown operated Cabella Oil, Nicole Cabella is determined to prove she's ready to take the reins of her family's business. And she's all set to initiate a renovation plan that will allow her to expand Cabella to the next level. All set, until Jake Brandini re-appears in Sunset Valley, that is. Corporate attorney Jake is sidetracked from his day-job when he's called back to the juggernaut Brandini ranch due to a family emergency. While there, Jake identifies a land dispute at the border between the Cabella and Brandini properties. Having been neglectful to his own family company, he decides to win back the land for them. In doing so, he re-ignites the rivalry between both factions, as Nicole refuses to concede to his claim on the land. Instead of pursuing a long and costly court battle, the local Sunset Valley judge proposes an unconventional manner of deciding the land's ownership: whichever ranch wins the annual Sunset Valley Olive Oil Competition wins the land. The Brandini's have won three consecutive years, so Jake is confident in accepting the challenge, though he personally has no experience manufacturing oil. On the other hand, Nicole has oil in her blood, but she'll have to conquer her own self-doubt if she wants to be victorious. As Jake and Nicole work towards creating their respective olive oil submissions, while enjoying the annual Fall Festival as they do, they discover they may have more in common than they realized - and sparks begin to fly.
一场车祸,改变了三个家庭的命运。凯恩(Carrie-Anne Moss 饰)失去了16岁的长子,整日沉溺在关于儿子的每点滴回忆中不能自拔,丈夫邀请朋友开释凯恩心情但适得其反,小儿子则因凯恩的忽视倍感落寞;丹尼斯身患自闭症,无法与别人正常交流,他的教授哥哥正与美女气象播报员打得火热,但这段关系看起来像是逃避,因为教授出于愧疚一直试图给丹尼斯介绍女朋友;青年约迪由管教所获释,但他仍无法同父亲达成和解,比约迪大不了几岁的继母横阻在夫子之间,约迪和继母发生了关系,短暂的欢愉之后他发现自己必须脱离家庭……三个家庭在夜色中相遇,他们必须走出各自的阴影。 本片获2009年加拿大吉尼奖最佳男配角奖。2007年温哥华国际电影节最佳西加拿大电影。
双胞胎姐弟珍妮(梅丽莎·德索蒙斯-波林 Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin饰)跟西蒙(马克西姆·高德特 Maxim Gaudette饰)收到过世的母亲娜瓦尔(卢布娜·阿扎宝 Lubna Azabal饰)的遗嘱,可当宣读完内容之后,两姐弟却一时难以接受这样的遗嘱:一份是写给他们从未蒙面的父亲;一份是写给她的第三个孩子——他们更是不知道这个哥哥的存在。影片巧妙的游走在两个不同的时空:母亲终其一生苦苦寻觅自己的长子;姐弟遵循母亲的遗嘱前往中东寻找他们的父亲与兄长。可越是穷其究竟,他们面对的越是理不清的头绪跟令人震惊的真相。 本片改编自加拿大著名法语作家瓦基迪·穆阿瓦德的同名剧作。导演丹尼斯·维伦纽瓦荣获第83届奥斯卡金像奖最佳外语片提名。
Bridgeport, January 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals something else. Ten years later, the director and cousin of the teenager examine the past causes and future consequences of this unsolved crime. Like an imagined biography, the film will explore the relationship between the security of the living space and the violence that can jeopardize it.
1953年的纽约,杀虫人比尔(Peter Weller 饰)进行着孤独的个人写作,只有两个好友知晓他的文学尝试。比尔的妻子琼(Judy Davis 饰)沉迷于注射杀虫粉,比尔为她拜访了戒毒医生班威,不久被麻醉品管理处传讯,在那里他遇到了能说话的虫子,它指出比尔的真实身份是一名间谍,比尔惊慌失措的逃回家,开枪误杀妻子,只得按照怪异生物的指点远赴中东的“区间”避难。当地的黑肉场场主、美国作家和他酷似琼的妻子、同性恋商人、以及集市上的女人看起来无不是一桩阴谋的一部分,比尔在自己那台会说话的打字机“克拉克诺瓦”的帮助下进行创作,并不断接近阴谋的真相,在又一次失去了琼以后,比尔发现了区间同班威医生的联系。 本片获1993年伦敦电影节年度女演员奖,1992年加拿大吉尼奖最佳导演、最佳摄影等多项褒奖。根据威廉·罗伯斯同名小说改编。
拉娅(卢蒂娜·卫斯理 Rutina Wesley 饰)的姐姐是个无可救药的毒虫,她挪用了拉娅的学费购买毒品,并最终死于吸毒过量。经历了这一番变故,再也无法承担私立学校高昂学费的拉娅只能选择离开,她回到了老家,回到了位于多伦多黑人社区的公立学校。 同学们将拉娅在私立学校就读当做是一种“背叛”,其中名为米歇尔(翠茜·阿姆斯特朗 Tracey Armstrong 饰)的强势女生和拉娅之间的关系更是水火不容。舞蹈大赛即将举行,为了赢得巨额的奖金,拉娅想方设法加入了一支踢踏舞团。在训练期间,拉娅和同伴们培养了深厚的友谊,同时亦对踢踏舞产生了由衷的热爱,随着时间的推移,一个问题在拉娅的心中不断翻滚:公立学校和私立学校,究竟哪里才是她真正的归属?