简介:Middle class student Bob Letellier enters a new world when he meets Alain, a free-thinking rebel who, along with his group of young Parisians, has opted for a life of instant gratification instead of work and commitment. At a party, Bob meets a young woman, Mic, who appears to be just as carefree and cynical as Alain. Mic's only dream is to own a luxury car, and with Bob's help, she manages to find the money to but it. Mic's friend Clo discovers she is pregnant and, not knowing who the father is, she asks Bob to marry her. When they next meet at a party, Bob and Mic deny that they have any feelings for one another - a declaration that soon leads to tragedy... Marcel Carné is widely regarded as one of the standard bearers of French quality cinema of the 1930s and 1940s, responsible for such masterpieces as Quai des brumes (1938) and Les Enfants du Paradis (1945). How ironic then that, in 1958, towards the end of his film-making career, he should make a film which dared to portray the attitudes and behaviour of the 1950s youth, in a way that effectively captures the mood and sentiment of the time. Les Tricheurs was a hugely controversial film, not least because of its blatant depiction of adolescent free-love, and was even banned in some regions of France. It also received some intensely unfavourable reviews, most notably from the young hotheads on the Cahiers du cinéma such as François Truffaut who cited this film as a prime example of the decline of French cinema into mediocrity. In spite of all this negative press, the film proved to be an astonishing commercial success, attracting five million cinema-goers, and was awarded the Grand Prix du Cinéma français in 1958. Whilst Les Tricheurs is not as flawless as Carné's earlier masterpieces, it is nonetheless a significant work, having the power to both shock and move its audience, whilst having great entertainment value. It evokes the mood of its time in a way that few French films of this period did, depicting young people as pleasure-seeking rebels, rejecting the austerity and discipline of the previous generation whilst pursuing a life without cares, responsibilities or love. Similarities with James Dean's films of the 1950s (most notably Rebel without a Cause) are apparent, although Carné's treatment of young people is far more abstract - in his film they merely symbolise a world that has lost its way, more or less victims of post-war prosperity. Although the young people in Les Tricheurs lack the authenticity to be totally credible, the film does make an important, and indeed quite disturbing point, about where the permissive society may be heading. Much of the pleasure of the film is in the performances from its four lead actors, Jacques Charrier, Pascale Petit, Laurent Terzieff and Andréa Parisy, although only Terzieff is really convincing in his role. Marcel Carné originally considered Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo for the parts of Bob and Alain respectively, before opting for Charrier and Terzieff. As a consolation, Carné offered Belmondo a smaller part in the film - alas too small for the actor to be noticed by the public. Belmondo's breakthrough had to wait until the following year when he starred in Jean-Luc Godard's revolutionary A bout de souffle, a film which offers a very different perspective of the youth generation.
简介:故事发生在位于罗马的历史古城斯波莱罗,克莱尔(詹妮弗·康纳利 Jennifer Connelly 饰)从纽约远道而来,准备进入此地的芭蕾舞学校学习深造。在这里,克莱尔邂逅了名为杰森(Gary McCleery 饰)青年,两个人漫步街头,在鬼使神差之下来到了著名芭蕾舞演员娜塔莉(詹妮弗·康纳利 Jennifer Connelly 饰)的旧宅。
随着时间的推移,克莱尔渐渐感觉到似乎有一些科学无法解释的诡异事件正在自己的身上发生着,而这一切,都和那位在车祸中死去的娜塔莉有着千丝万缕的关联。同样察觉到此事的杰森决定对真相展开调查,在此过程中,他发现娜塔莉的灵魂似乎正在一点一点的侵蚀着克莱尔的心智。
简介:伊阿宋是国王埃宋的儿子,埃宋的弟弟珀利阿斯篡夺了王位,伊阿宋则被半人半马的喀戎抚养成人。长大后的伊阿宋回到王国,向叔叔要回王位。而叔叔要求他完成一个任务——夺取金羊毛,只要伊阿宋能做到,叔叔就把王位让出来。伊阿宋率领着希腊众英雄一路远去,来到了金羊毛所在地科尔喀斯。美狄亚(玛丽亚?卡拉斯 Maria Callas 饰)是科尔喀斯城邦国王的女儿,她爱上了伊阿宋,于是盗取金羊毛献给了伊阿宋。她背叛父亲、杀死弟弟,不惜舍弃一切,也要跟伊阿宋远走高飞,到遥远的国度一同生活。
然而十年后,伊阿宋不再爱美狄亚,他为了和别国公主结婚而抛弃美狄亚和他们的两个儿子。满腔怒火、悲痛欲绝的美狄亚决定向伊阿宋复仇,她用巫术杀死了国王父女,还把自己两个儿子亲手杀死……