玛丽(朱迪斯•戴维斯 Judith Davis 饰)从乡下来到法国里昂国家音乐学院进修钢琴演奏,借住在童年好友艾玛(伊希尔•勒•贝斯柯 Isild Le Besco 饰)的公寓里。儿时很害羞少语的艾玛长大后变得成熟自信,让玛丽深深着迷,产生了不一样的感情。玛丽所在的学院学期末考核要求学生必须弹奏舒曼的狂欢节外加两首自选歌曲,因为课程上高标准的要求,玛丽不得不牺牲很多娱乐时间来严格练习钢琴。因而她大部分时间都是在艾玛陪伴下度过,二人分享着彼此生活的快乐,感情日益深厚。一次舞会上玛丽受到陌生男子的骚扰无法脱身时,艾玛及时相救,并给与安慰,使玛丽倍感温暖,二人的爱欲一触即发。但艾玛对玛丽日益强烈的控制欲却让事情走向了不可控制的方向….
An expert at sleight of hand and with a keen eye for identifying charlatans and tricksters, our story begins as Harry has fallen on hard times in recent years, professionally and ethically losing his way. He’s resorted to making his living as a fake medium and fraudulent ghost hunter, conducting séances for unsuspecting families who think their lives have been made a misery by ghostly mischief making. Harry’s duplicitous lifestyle has also had serious consequences when after leading a séance for a tragic soldier a young man commits suicide on the doorstep of Harry’s home. A couple of months later, Harry is offered the chance to investigate the haunting of a local MP’s home as the case threatens to ruin the politician’s reputation. With the prospects of leading his political party, Edward Curtis can ill-afford the scandal as his wife Grace begins to hallucinate and act bizarrely and very much out of character as she believes their family home to be haunted. There’s a possibility Grace may be committed to an asylum in scandalous circumstances if Harry doesn’t take on the investigation. Ghosts from Harry’s past influence his decision to take the case and he begins to think it might be time to take a new path. Together with the Curtis family maid, Sarah Grey, whose own mother has fallen prey to con artist mediums in the past, their detection and investigative skills complement one another and they make a formidable partnership. Smart, driven and open-minded, Sarah is a strong-minded woman who can handle herself when unravelling the mysteries behind the hauntings, which are seriously affecting Grace’s health and well-being. Harry also calls on the services of his old friend, Albert, during the investigation. An African pharmacist with a sideline in voodoo con-artistry, Albert has a keen interest in medical and scientific discoveries, which Harry exploits to the maximum. Journalist Vernon Wall also finds himself in Harry’s orbit. Cynical and hard-bitten, although clever at winning the trust of the people he’s interviewing, Vernon is keen to learn about Harry’s techniques and sensing a political scandal sets out to inveigle his way into his life by extracting information from Sarah.
故事发生在一间名为“鸟笼”的夜总会中,艾伯特(内森·连恩 Nathan Lane 饰)是其中的当家花旦,不仅如此,他和夜总会的老板阿曼德(罗宾·威廉姆斯 Robin Williams 饰)还是出双入对的同性情人。 某日,阿曼德同前妻所生的儿子瓦尔(丹·福特曼 Dan Futterman 饰)找到了老爸,喜滋滋的告诉他他即将带着未婚妻芭芭拉(卡莉斯塔·弗洛克哈特 Calista Flockhart 饰)前来造访。阿曼德在感到欣喜的同时亦十分紧张,因为芭芭拉的父母凯文(吉恩·哈克曼 Gene Hackman 饰)和路易斯(黛安娜·维斯特 Dianne Wiest 饰)是保守派人士,如果让他们知道了自己同艾伯特之间的关系,儿子的婚事可能就要岌岌可危了。于是,阿曼德开始劝说艾伯特,让他假扮成为一个正常人,表面上答应了阿曼德的请求,艾伯特的内心里却十分郁闷。
Moscow, summer 2016. A new lecture, a new guest lecturer (non other than renowned American actor and director, John Malkovich) and a new theme: “How to preserve love in the modern world” – five short stories about love. Some hilarious, some moving, all thought-provoking! The heroes suffer, struggle for love and often find themselves in absurd and ridiculous situations. Yet their trust in love, is even more real. Recommended for adults only, About Love is a must-see.