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.
Piotr Czarny is a charming thirty-something lawyer. He is constantly chasing adrenaline, women and parties. His goal was to fill the list of mistresses with names for every letter of the alphabet. His plan is put in jeopardy when a colleague, Olga - the only woman he's completely honest with and doesn't sleep with - gives him an ultimatum.
Yura, working at a local nature museum, looking for a rare species, witnesses an arson in the forest. He brings the photos to a local newspaper, and gets a job there. With his new profession it dawns to him that the reality around him is a far cry from what is written in the newspaper.
号称世界上最危险的城市——巴西里约热内卢,警匪枪战时有发生。恶徒肆意横行,死亡如同家常便饭,甚至警匪沆瀣一气,危害城市。但就在这个混乱所在,却有一支刚正严明的部队横空出世。特别警察军事行动部队(Special Police Operation Battalion)凭借其果敢凶狠的办案作风而令匪徒闻风丧胆。 时1997年,教皇即将来此视察,高层要求纳斯西蒙(Wagner Moura 饰)所率领的这支精英部队在最短时间内肃清贫民窟内的毒品链。厌倦刀光血影的纳斯西蒙将心思放在了妻子和尚未出世的婴儿身上,他将任务交给了两个热血且充满理想的年青人——内图(Caio Junqueira 饰)和马提阿斯(André Ramiro 饰)。他们俩都不满警察队伍的腐败,决心在精英部队中大展身手…… 本片荣获2008年柏林国际电影节金熊奖。
《八月三十一日,我在奥斯陆》的金奖编剧艾斯基佛格,今年首执导演筒长片作品《盲》,一鸣惊人横扫国际各大影展,拿下柏林影展最佳欧洲电影奖、日舞影展世界电影单元最佳剧本奖,以及入围挪威奥斯卡七项大奖。透过独特的叙事结构与影像魅力,捕捉盲眼女主角内心的脆弱与偏执。 最近失明的英格丽 几乎足不出户,尽管失去了视力,但她的心与想像力仍旧清晰而活跃,但恐惧却让她在自己的内在世界,书写出另一个人生剧本。 她时常幻想外出上班的丈夫偷溜回家,观察她在家中的一举一动,或是在网路上认识了一名单亲妈妈,偷偷与她约会;英格丽看见他们在餐厅里谈笑着,突然间,女子失去视力... 而察觉到异样的丈夫不久和女子分手,但她却说自己怀孕了,还挺着大肚子到派对上找他对峙。正当女子一身滑稽的礼服成为众人的笑柄,英格丽仿佛走进自己的幻想世界,化身成穿着礼服的女子和丈夫对峙着...
卡拉是已有婚约在身的心理治疗师埃里克魅力十足的病人。她因与有伴侣的男性上床这一癖好前来寻求心理咨询。但他们并没有去解决这个问题,反而陷入了一段难以自拔的秘密恋情。