主演:拉尔夫·费因斯,唐纳德·萨瑟兰,汤姆·霍兰德
导演:Robert,Edwards
简介:故事发生在一个不知名的极权主义国家,没有交代具体时间,在一座因关押政治犯而臭名昭著的监狱里,狱警乔(范恩斯 饰)负责看守著名的政治犯,剧作家索恩(唐纳德·萨瑟兰 饰)。 作为地下反对组织的首领,索恩致力于通过恐怖主义活动和游击战推翻以总统儒尼奥尔为首的独裁政府。尽管乔不尽同意索恩的恐怖主义主张,但相处之下索恩凭着剧作家的雄辩口才使乔开始怀疑现有政权的合法性。此时,索恩的追随者发动了内战并节节胜利,在巨大的压力下,儒尼奥尔被迫释放了索恩,内战得以暂停。 索恩凭借号召力成为民族英雄,乔则成为总统护卫队的统领,索恩游说乔背叛总统。在一个漆黑的夜里,革命者潜入总统府,在一场模拟审判后,儒尼奥尔和第一夫人(罗拉·弗琳·鲍儿 饰)被就地处决。 索恩掌权后推行激进的革命政策,知识分子被送进集中营进行再教育,年轻人以向秘密警察告发父母为荣,甚至交通灯的颜色也被颠倒,红灯表示可以通行。对此表示强烈反对的乔也被送进集中营,新的统治者企图使他承认,在这个国家没有发生过任何政变。 愈发疯狂的索恩政权最终难逃覆灭,他和其他领导人被暗杀,旧政权复辟,集中营里的人纷纷获释,但乔由于参加过推翻上任政府的政变,一直被关押在狱中。 二十年过去了,乔成为监狱里唯一的囚犯,他每日坐在打字前,回忆所经历过的一切,至于他所叙述的事实是否确曾发生过,还是出于他的臆想,没人知道……
主演:Mark,Polish,Stana,Katic,Jean-Claude,Thibaut
导演:麦克·鲍力施
简介:While I had seen a few of the Polish Brothers other moves, namely 'Twin Falls Idaho' and 'Northfork' I freely admit I may not have been aware of 'For Lovers Only' if I didn't follow Stana Katic on Twitter. We all know what a great job Stana has been doing in the role of Kate Beckett in Castle for the past 3 seasons so any other project that she is involved with deserves a peek, right? Are you tired/bored with the usual Hollywood CGI laden, big bang, beat 'em up fare? Like me, do you need to be emotionally invested in a movie? If the answer is "yes" then 'For Lovers Only' is definitely the movie for you. It quite simply couldn't be any further from your 'conventional movie' and trust me it doesn't suffer for it in the slightest. What Mark Polish has written is an honest and heartfelt depiction of being in love - not just the joys but also the sorrows. 'For Lovers Only' was conceived under the radar, with zero budget and zero marketing. The movie was shot with a tiny crew on the fly while travelling throughout France over a short period of time. There are no sets, no artificial lighting just amazing scenery, architecture and touching performances. The director, Michael Polish has done a magnificent job in capturing the tone of this movie. Filmed in black and white with a digital SLR camera he has managed to create the most romantic and almost ethereal feeling – it looks timeless. I don't know how he's done it but Michael has managed to make Stana look even more stunning! When we first met former lovers Yves (Mark Polish) and Sofia (Stana Katic) they seem to be only half a person, barely functioning. When they bump into each other again in Paris after 8 years apart it is palpable. It's almost like they've been hit by a truck, no words are necessary as it's written all over their faces. We all know Stana can say more with her eyes than most actresses can with a couple of pages of dialogue. From that moment on you just know that there is more to their story and they are going to reconnect – it's inevitable. As they leave Paris on their journey the ease with which Yves and Sofia fall back into the role of lovers or more importantly being in love is in stark contrast to the stilted and awkward phone conversations they have with their respective spouses. These two seem to be each others perfect, each others everything that it's hard to imagine why they broke up in the first place – it's never explained either. If viewers are expecting what follows to be a 'sexcapade' throughout France then they are going to be disappointed. Yes, there is a sex scene but it's not gratuitous or explicit – this is a movie for grown ups after all. The most intimate moments in the movie are when Yves and Sofia are simply in each others personal space, totally comfortable with one another, sharing their feelings and thoughts. If the objective was to have the viewer almost feel like a voyeur then mission accomplished in spades. I don't want to dissect the movie scene by scene, it is better for the viewer to simply go on the journey with the lovers and let their story unfold before your eyes. You'll laugh, you'll cry but most of all you'll feel. The haunting score by Kubilay Uner fits each scene perfectly and only serves to heighten the experience. The choices of songs by artists such as Arcade Fire, Jeff Healey, John Lennon, A Girl Named Eddy and Serge Gainsbourg to name but a few are inspired. One could be forgiven for thinking that they had been especially written for the movie as they sit so comfortably within it. All in all 'For Lovers Only' is a treat for the heart and the soul. You will get a little something different out of it with each viewing. I first saw this movie just over a fortnight ago and it's still rattling around in my head. How many movies can we say that about?
主演:哈维尔·巴登,马里塞尔·阿尔瓦雷斯,布兰卡·波蒂略,鲁本·奥查迪亚诺,爱德华·费尔南德斯,成泰燊,罗晋
导演:亚历杭德罗·冈萨雷斯·伊纳里图
简介:乌西巴尔(哈维尔·巴登 Javier Barden 饰)是个职业通灵师,他能与死人交流从而抚慰那些悲痛的亲人,但能沟通生死的同时,他自己也罹患癌症,只剩两个月寿命,家里还有两个需要照顾的小孩,而孩子的母亲,他的前妻玛拉姆巴塔(玛丽赛·阿尔瓦雷兹 Maricel álvarez 饰)却是个常年酗酒和药物依赖的妇人,难以依靠。自家一团糟的乌西巴尔还要周旋在一群非法移民和偷渡者中间,帮助他们找工作,逃避警察,还自己掏钱为睡在工厂的移民们买了几个暖气,却不想好心造就一场煤气泄露事故,二十五名非法移民一夜殒身,赤裸裸的惨剧令乌西巴尔无法承受,随着他受到身心双重煎熬,一个肮脏破败的巴塞罗那随之掀开它的幕布……