After a string of crushing personal and professional humiliations, Jack Lee accepts that at age 39 he is a failure. Worst of all, he's let down his selfless immigrant parents. To get back on track, Jack reaches out to others: an almost famous guru, a respected arts administrator, and two fellow computer programmers, all of whom have problems of their own.
Amanda Fuller is dynamite in Simon Rumley's (Red, White & Blue) mind-bending gothic psychodrama about a fashion-obsessed woman whose life falls spectacularly apart. You're unlikely to see many better performances this year than Amanda Fuller's mesmerising turn as April, a 30-something whose self-image and perception of life is determined by the vintage clothes she wears and sells at a funky emporium in Austin, Texas with husband Eric (Freak Me Out favourite Ethan Embry; The Devil's Candy, SFF 2016; Cheap Thrills, SFF 2013). When Eric strays, a devastated April meets Randall, a smooth-talker with a predilection for strange sexual games. That's just the start of this dazzlingly filmed and superbly edited journey into real and imagined worlds. A killer soundtrack rounds out the best film yet by genre-mashing British ace Simon Rumley (The Living and the Dead).
Nour makes a living from smuggling exotic animals and illicit products (birds of prey, venom, rare roots, etc.). Wishing to get her son out of the city and offer him a better future, she designs and develops a mobile app that connects clients and marabouts. It’s a success, but a patient’s consultation turns into a tragedy and Nour has to face a wave of violence that could cost her and her son their lives.
Oliviero is a burned-out writer, living at his estate near Venice, his dead mother dominating his imagination. He is also a degenerate: sleeps with his maid and his ex-student, hosts Bacchanalia for local hippies, and humiliates his wife Irina in front of strangers. She lives in terror. When a young woman is murdered, police suspect Oliviero. Things get complicated when his young, beautiful, and self-confident niece, Floriana, pays an unexpected visit. A silver-haired stranger observes. More women die, and thoughts of harming Irina give Oliviero new inspiration. What's Floriana's game and who's the observant stranger? Watching all is a black cat named Satan.
小尼古拉(马克西姆·戈达尔 Maxime Godart 饰)深受父母宠爱,在学校也与一帮朋友玩得开心,这其中包括:想当大官的亚斯特Alceste(Vincent Claude 饰)、以后会继承父业的杰夫Geoffroy(Charles Vaillant 饰)、梦想成为自行车冠军在班上却总是被罚站的克劳岱Clotaire(Victor Carles 饰)、长大要当黑道的奥德Eudes(Benjamin Averty 饰)、希望跟老爸一样成为警察的鲁夫Rufus(Germain Petit Damico 饰)以及全班第一名永远不会被罚站也是老师(Sandrine Kiberlain 饰)的最爱学生同时是其他同学眼中讨厌的大蟑螂的阿南Agnan(Damien Ferdel 饰)。 有一天,尼古拉的妈妈(瓦莱丽·勒梅西埃 Valérie Lemercier 饰)建议爸爸(凯德·麦拉德 Kad Merad 饰)请老板及夫人来家里吃饭,以便获得老板青睐涨工资;但小尼古拉听到和观察到的结果却让他以为父母要生个小弟弟,不要他了。沮丧的小尼古拉请求朋友们的帮助,大家七嘴八舌给他出了一堆建议,包括送花、大扫除,甚至找罪犯领养弟弟等荒谬办法。与此同时,教育部长也要来学校参观,班级又换了严厉的代课老师…… 本片根据由法国作家勒内·戈西尼(René Goscinny)创作,漫画家让-雅克·桑贝(Jean-Jacques Sempé)配画的系列同名漫画故事改编。影片在法国本土上映后一举拿下全法双周票房冠军,并获2010年凯撒奖最佳改编剧本提名。
雷娜的丈夫今天又赌博了。他坚持要带酒。她似乎厌倦了,给他倒了一杯饮料,然后接到了她丈夫的电话。这是我丈夫的弟弟(他正是我同父异母的弟弟)打来的电话,询问我是否可以留在家里去东京出差。终于见到弟弟的那一天,她趁着丈夫睡着的时候偷偷靠近他,向弟弟展示自己的容貌……