在位于郊外的华丽别墅内,人过中年的整形医生罗伯特·雷德加(安东尼奥·班德拉斯 Antonio Banderas 饰)和忠心老仆人玛丽莉娅(Marisa Paredes 饰)居住于此。在过去的十二年里,他先后失去了妻子盖儿和女儿诺玛(Ana Mena 饰),一桩桩人间惨剧彻底颠覆了罗伯特看似完美的生活,同时也将他的事业与研究推向了完全未知的领域。在别墅的某个神秘房间内,居住着一个美丽且与世隔绝的女子,她叫薇拉(埃琳娜·安纳亚 Elena Anaya 饰),既是罗伯特的病人,又是他的实验对象,二人有着纷繁错乱的渊源。她经罗伯特之手精心塑造出来的容颜,将彼此紧紧缠绕在了一起…… 本片荣获2011年华盛顿影评人协会最佳外语片奖。
Claudia and Maria, roam the streets of the city of Guatemala. Claudia works at a call center and is uninterested in the world around her. She lives with her activist grandfather, who tries to persuade her to join his cause. Maria unlike Claudia, is more spontaneous and lives with her mother in the outskirts of the city. The chaotic streets are filled with common stories of abuse, unforgiving police officers, and charming secret corners. Everything changes one night when they are attacked by three men. Although they manage to escape, Claudia is faced with the dilemma of choosing revenge or listening to her grandfather’s advice.
To Elena, existence is an effort—not only does she struggle against her body affected by Parkinson’s, but her daughter has just shown up dead and only she finds the suicide hypothesis implausible. Elena is not a good victim, and doesn’t show signs of having been a selfless mother. She is vulnerable, but also overcome by rage and sorrow, and that stubbornness seems to render her invincible, against all odds. But investigating the reasons for her daughter’s death soon becomes a trip through memory, and, as we’ve known since the time of Greek tragedies, every investigation is, deep down, an investigation about oneself. Elena Knows submerges us in the physical and mental experience of its protagonist and, at the same time, invites us to ask ourselves uncomfortable questions about aging, the complexity of mother-daughter bonds and the weight of those mandates women drag the same way Elena drags her feet.
张扬洒脱的索菲亚(Olivia Molina 饰)在父母的餐馆里长大,从小便流露出对料理的极度热情与天赋,并不顾母亲阻拦毅然放弃学业投身餐饮。身为餐厅经理的帅小伙法兰克(阿方索·巴萨维 Alfonso Bassave 饰)惊讶于索菲亚的料理潜能,决心要使她成为世界一流的女厨师,在美味的催化下,两人擦出爱情火花。然而于此同时,和索菲亚一直保持稳定关系的初恋情人东尼(帕科·莱昂 Paco León 饰)也正在锲而不舍地向她求婚。五年时光如白驹过隙,索菲亚和丈夫东尼生了三个孩子,过着外人看来幸福富裕的生活,直到一天法兰克再度出现,又重新唤醒了索菲亚内心深处对料理的追求与爱的激情。几番争执后,东尼终于决定支持妻子的理想,并为她买下了一间豪华餐厅。在三人的齐心协力下,索菲亚的料理事业如日方升,三人的关系也在食欲和情欲中完美契合,出现了令人意外的发展……
故事发生在1908年的格陵兰岛,约瑟芬(朱丽叶·比诺什 Juliette Binoche 饰)的丈夫是一位非常杰出的探险家,在一次前往北极的探险行动中失踪了。坚强而又骁勇的约瑟芬坚信自己的丈夫没有死亡,于是决定独自前往追寻丈夫踪迹的旅途。 所有的探险家们都对约瑟芬这一大胆的决定持反对的态度,因为她并不具备探险家所应有的专业知识,也没有接受过系统的体能训练,这样一个人置身于茫茫的北极冰川之中,留给她的只有死路一条。然而约瑟芬还是固执的上路了,在经历了无数艰难险阻之后,她竟然奇迹般的抵达了丈夫在北极设置的大本营,在那里,约瑟芬邂逅了一位名为阿尔卡(菊地凛子 饰)的异域女子。
巴塞罗那的大学生布鲁诺(劳伦克·冈萨雷斯 Llorenç González 饰)有一个漂亮女友卡拉(阿斯特丽德·伯格斯-弗瑞斯贝 Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey 饰)。但在无意撞到热情活泼的街头舞者瑞(阿尔瓦罗·塞万堤斯 Álvaro Cervantes 饰 )后,布鲁诺被瑞所吸引,两人擦燃火花。发现真相的卡拉伤心难过,也曾考虑跟男友一刀两断,但最终出于好奇和不甘,她维持了这个三人游戏,从而开启一场全新的爱情试炼...... 西班牙新锐导演泽维尔·比利亚韦德(Xavier Villaverde)借鉴意大利名导帕索里尼的《定理》情节,构筑了一个爱情乌托邦。片中角色并不含任何价值评价,他们只是诚实拥抱生活。爱情是什么?是寻找自己的幸福,还是让被爱的人幸福?爱情的自由和伴侣的忠诚如何统一?电影没有给出回答,但它至少展示了新世代爱情的各种可能性。