简介:The Doll is an adaptation of the novel, The Doll (novel) by Bolesław Prus, which is regarded by many as one of the finest Polish novels ever written and, along with Pharaoh (novel), made Bolesław Prus a potential candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature. The influence of Émile Zola is evident, and some have compared the novel to Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert; both were Prus's contemporaries. The movie, however, may be more compared to Stendhal's Le Rouge et le Noir, (The Red and the Black). The Doll constitutes a panorama of life in Warsaw between 1878 and 1879, and at the same time is a subtle story of three generations of Polish idealists, their psychological complications, their involvement in the history of the nineteenth century, social dramas, moral problems and the experience of tragic existence. At the same time this story describes the disintegration of social relationships and the growing separation of a society whose aristocratic elite spreads the models of vanity and idleness. In the bad air of a backward country, anti-Semitic ideas are born, valuable individuals meet obstacles on their way, and scoundrels are successful. This poetic love story follows a nouveau riche merchant, Stanislaw Wokulski, through a series of trials and tribulations occasioned by his obsessive passion for an aristocratic beauty, Izabela Lecka, played by the famous Polish actress, Beata Tyszkiewicz. Plot As a descendant of an impoverished Polish noble family, young Wokulski is forced to work as a waiter at Hopfer's, a Warsaw restaurant, while dreaming of a life in science. After taking part in the failed 1863 Uprising against Tsarist Russia, he is sentenced to exile in Siberia. On eventual return to Warsaw, he becomes a salesman at Mincel's haberdashery. Marrying the late owner's widow (who eventually dies), he comes into money and uses it to set up a partnership with a Russian merchant he had met while in exile. The two merchants go to Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, and Wokulski makes a fortune supplying the Russian Army. The enterprising Wokulski now proves a romantic at heart, falling in love with Izabela, daughter of the vacuous, bankrupt aristocrat, Tomasz Łęcki. In his quest to win Izabela, Wokulski begins frequenting theatres and aristocratic salons; and to help her financially distressed father, founds a company and sets the aristocrats up as shareholders in his business.The indolence of these aristocrats, who secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his help (in secret) to Izabela's impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection. In the end she consents to accept him, but without true devotion or love.(wikipedia)
简介:To escape the clutches of the evil warrior and sorceress Morgana, Merlin transports young King Arthur into modern day America. When Merlin comes back ten years later to retrieve him, he finds a hip 15 year-old Arthur who does not believe Merlin, nor does he want to return to the past. Merlin must convince Arthur of his true identity, before Morgana can retrieve Excalibur and allow the Dark Forces to take over the world.
简介:A lovable dog named Bandit starts stealing cash to help his adopted family, he unwittingly sets them on a collision course with his dangerous ex-partner.
简介:玛丽安(莱娜·恩卓 Lena Endre 饰)和马库斯(Thomas Hanzon 饰)结婚多年,她对丈夫的激情早就被时光磨平,反倒是丈夫的朋友大卫(克里斯特·亨里克森 Krister Henriksson 饰)的身影渐渐吸引了玛丽安的注意。随着时间的推移,两人再也无法抑制内心里喷薄欲出的感情,走上了偷情的不归路。 最终,玛丽安选择了和马库斯离婚,但是两人的孽缘并没有就此终结,因为他们还有一个孩子需要抚养,与此同时,早已经反客为主的大卫不断的因为玛丽安和马库斯接触而醋意横生。让玛丽安万万没有想到的是,马库斯竟然选择了自杀,强烈的罪恶感将她推至了崩溃的边缘。
简介:最近,瓦伦斯(比尔·默瑞 Bill Murray 饰)心情不错,因为他即将赶赴伦敦,与他的弟弟詹姆士(彼得·盖勒 Peter Gallagher 饰)共度生日。然而,对于詹姆士来说,这可不是一个好消息,身为一个成功的银行家,繁忙的工作让他再也分不出时间来应付这个成天傻呵呵的弟弟了。为了打发瓦伦斯,詹姆士送给了他一张舞台剧门票,没想到正是这张门票,将瓦伦斯卷入了一个阴谋之中。 黑帮,杀手,这些平日里离瓦伦斯的生活无比遥远的角色开始接连出现在了他的身边,而单纯又善良的瓦伦斯将这惊心动魄的一切权当做是一部超真实的电影乐在其中。没想到,能够阻挡杀手强力攻势的竟然是瓦伦斯的单纯,正义和邪恶之间的争斗在笑料百出之中展开了。
简介:法国独立制片公司Gaumont将拍一部关于席琳·迪翁的电影《爱的力量》(The Power of Love),成本2300万美元,影片将会出现多首迪翁的经典歌曲,包括“All by Myself”、“My Heart Will Go On”、“I’m Alive”等。 瓦莱丽·勒梅西埃(《巴黎淘气帮》《五月傻瓜》)执导,她也将饰演迪翁。影片记录迪翁从60年代在魁北克出生、成长,到十几岁时声名鹊起,再到她与经纪人、丈夫Rene Angelil以及家人的关系。法国2020年12月2日上映。