The movie is generally lacking in character development. The film at one point follows the creepiest-looking gangster (Flavio Bucci from the "The Night Train Murders") to his home where he is shacking up with another gangster's wife and her kid, but more than character development this seems to be more an excuse for another sex scene. The Placido character has an interesting flashback of him working on a filthy fishing barge, which is contrasted with a fantasy where he is piloting a yacht. This movie is very class-conscious in the way it has this poor Sicilian boy falling for a rich, northern girl (the Italian title "La Orca" comes from the designer outfit she's wearing). Placido is pretty good here, but this handsome, light-complexioned hunk is not too convincing as a lower-class Sicilian ruffian. As for Neihaus, I can't decide if she is a bad actress, or is just playing a really obnoxious character (she's more Paris Hilton than Patty Hearst). She does get naked several times which, judging from the English, title was the primary consideration.
The story is carried by Mady, student by day, locksmith by night. But Claire, the enigmatic young woman she is helping out one night, isn’t what she seems to be. This door isn’t that of her apartment. And the bag she wants to recover at all costs isn’t hers, but Yannick’s, a man whose questions Mady will have to answer to. Caught in a hellish race, Mady only has one night to prove her innocence in a bustling city. One night to save her own skin.
塞缪尔(汉斯·齐施勒 Hanns Zischler 饰)和科拉(西比勒·卡诺尼卡 Sibylle Canonica 饰)结婚多年,两人共同抚养着九岁的儿子尼古拉斯(Finn Kirschner 饰),日子在日复一日的平静之中缓慢的流逝着。然而一场噩梦突然降临到了这个家庭的头上,一天,尼古拉斯失踪了。 负责此案的犯罪心理学家梅尔内特(马蒂娜·戈黛特 Martina Gedeck 饰)介入到了这个家庭之中,在和科拉的相处过程中,梅尔内特逐渐察觉出了一丝诡异的气氛。一段令人震惊的录像带在校园之中传播开来,被囚禁的尼古拉斯正是录像带中的主角。录像带的出现让整个事件开始动摇和发酵,梅尔内特坚信,在这个看似美满的家庭之中,隐藏着不可告人的秘密。
梅尔默一家的每个成员都在各自的问题中挣扎。谢尔哈特很难让贝谷姆适应他们的新生活。谢尔哈特的生活中少了一个女人,而加赞弗则努力维持家庭的和睦。
富有的中年人M结束出差准备回国,在机场,他目睹了一位年轻的阿拉伯男子在安检时引发的纷争。在一场无关紧要的争吵后,M一路跟随着这位年轻人,并在飞行过程中警觉地观察着他的一举一动。年轻人很快注意到M的行为,挑衅地看着他,神秘低语“你什么也没错过!” 一系列令人不安的事件接踵而至。M变得疑神疑鬼,疑心他的生活里存在着一个更大的阴谋。他怀疑年轻人在跟踪他,甚至可能入侵了家里的安防系统,这一切让他安全感尽失。在浏览阴谋论网站时,他对自身危险的处境和脆弱的社会秩序变得深信不疑。 M的女朋友认为他的疑虑实在是大惊小怪,并意识到两人的关系已经走入虚无。一位同事和M有同样的顾虑,却更担心M自己的行为。M决定直面日益严峻的威胁。他坚信恶魔在夜晚现身。于是他设下陷阱,决心迎接他认为即将降临的危险。
约翰(克里斯托弗·乔纳 Kristoffer Joner 饰)是一个看似木讷老实的小职员,女友英格丽(安娜·巴赫-维格 Anna Bache-Wiig 饰)的决然离开令他倍受打击。虽然约翰无数次希望重新来过,但是他们的爱情已无力回天。沮丧落寞之际,他结识了住在隔壁的邻居安娜(塞西蕾·A·莫斯利 Cecilie A. Mosli 饰)和金(朱莉娅·舒华特 Julia Schacht 饰)。安娜端庄雍容,金妖冶性感,虽仅有一墙之隔,但是她们似乎知晓约翰和英格丽之间的一切。约翰虽然感到阵阵不安,但却不知不觉为这两个女孩所吸引,他也由此坠入一个深不见底的黑色漩涡…… 本片荣获2005年挪威阿曼达奖最佳男主角奖(Kristoffer Joner)。
During one fatal afternoon in an empty elementary school the two mothers of Armand (6) and Jon (6) get into a desperate fight to be believed when one son is accused of crossing boundaries against the other. All means are used, and soon a blend of madness, desire and obsession arises. Where the truth lies is impossible to know, and soon everything evolves less and less around the children, who we never meet, and more about the adults.
Director John Raftopoulos co-wrote the screenplay with Dave Paterson (2067) based on the true love story between himself and his current wife. Take My Hand follows vibrant young Australian woman Laura, who forges a successful banking career in London and seemingly has the perfect marriage. Her world is turned upside down when she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and her husband starts to show his true colors. When a tragic accident leaves her a widowed mother with three sons, she returns home to Australia, and is reunited with Michael, a high school friend and a divorcee with one daughter, who has loved Laura since they were teenagers.
大卫·卢里(约翰·马尔科维奇 John Malkovich 饰)在开普敦一所大学持教,然而年过五旬的他却因诱骗并与女学生发生关系而被学校惩处。在学校组织的听证会上,大卫对校方的指控供认不讳,却没有半丝悔改之意。被迫辞职的大卫来到山区小镇女儿露西(杰西卡·海恩斯 Jessica Haines 饰)的农场,却意外遭遇入室抢劫以及三个歹徒对女儿实施强奸,大卫因自己的无能为力感到十分自责,可是女儿对这件事情的冷处理态度则让大卫大动肝火,加之女儿对黑人邻居的一再让步则让他更为不解。大卫感觉到羞耻,他感觉自己就像狗一样活着…… 该片改编自同名诺贝尔文学奖获奖小说,并于2008年获得中东电影节最佳影片奖以及多伦多电影节的国际影评人联盟奖。
TRANSMITZVAH is a love story between siblings. They exhibit their wounds, exchange the pieces of each other’s puzzle, and complete (or start) the process of reaffirming their own identity. Rubén –the Singmans’ youngest son– challenges tradition by deciding to have a Bat Mitzvah instead of a Bar Mitzvah. Twenty years later, Rubén –now MUMY SINGER– returns to their hometown as a famous Yiddish singing star. After a sad event in the family, MUMY loses her voice and, with the help of her brother EDUARDO, tries to complete the path to adult life. A comedy with a jolly, playful, and musical dialogue about MUMY SINGER, and her trip to the past to make herself up, avoiding shortcuts and labels. The journey to who we really are can’t be avoided and must necessarily be taken.
Forgotten soap-star and self-appointed Mother of the Year, Ronnie Lipsick is living the life she never asked for. An acting career derailed due to an untimely pregnancy 18 years earlier, dreams of stardom replaced with a suburban performing arts school. A husband, Cormack, who’s lust and love for life has gone as limp as his manhood. Youngest daughter, Norah, who appears to have no use for her and finally, the ungrateful eldest, Audrey, who Ronnie has given the best part of her parenting time to mould into the success she always wanted to be. But when an accident lands Audrey in a coma, Ronnie gets her second chance at the life she actually wanted by taking on her daughter's identity.