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:This film, very much of its time shows London in the early 1970's. Of course now a different world. Note the old fashion Underground ticket machines, and the Black and White Telly in the flat. The location looks very much like Churchill Gardens, Pimlico, with Battersea Power Station in the background. And, plenty of smoking going on, in pubs, and on the tube. The film is strangely sexy in its own way, with the young girl playing along with the much older man, its really a sexual fantasy come true. It is another one of those British low budget film where the low budget adds to rather that take away value. Watch for fun, which is what it is.
主演:唐纳德·法森,迈克·艾普斯,伍德·哈里斯,欧玛瑞·哈德威克,埃米里奥·瑞弗拉,达里乌斯·麦克拉里,Cisco Reyes,Yasmin Deliz,洛博·塞巴斯蒂安,Malik Barnhardt,茅斯·达夫,黛比·艾伦,劳伦·伦敦,Jo D. Jonz,Shawn Michael Howard,隆巴多·博伊尔,Cassidy
简介:利奥(唐纳德·法森 Donald Faison 饰)是一个恪尽职守的快递员,一次失误中,他将一箱整整十公斤的高级可卡因错送给了无所事事的小混混布罗迪(迈克·艾普斯 Mike Epps 饰)与古奇(伍德·哈里斯 Wood Harris 饰),面对这天上掉下来的馅饼,两人做起了发财的美梦,他们找到了干毒品买卖的夏武(欧玛瑞·哈德威克 Omari Hardwick 饰),希望通过他将毒品脱手。 很快,这批毒品真正的主人波迪加(埃米里奥·瑞弗拉 Emilio Rivera 饰)就发现了事情的端倪,而毒品的负责人杰西(塞斯科·雷耶斯 Cisco Reyes 饰)更是记得如同热锅上的蚂蚁。而此时,早已经陷入了危险境地的布罗迪和古奇,却还在做着他们的春秋大梦。
简介:因为一次跳伞事故,白人富翁菲利普Philippe(弗朗索瓦·克鲁塞 François Cluzet 饰)瘫痪在床,欲招聘一名全职陪护。由于薪酬高,应聘者云集,个个舌灿莲花,却无法打动他的心。直到黑人德希斯Driss(奥玛·赛 Omar Sy 饰)的出现才让他作出决定。德希斯刚从监狱出来,背负家庭重担,一心只想寻张辞退信以申领救济金,而且他明显对女助理的兴趣要远大于这份工作。但是菲利普还是一眼相中了这个小伙子。于是,德希斯开始了一个月的试用期。虽然舒适的豪宅环境让他倍感虚荣,但是他仍面临很多挑战:不仅要为菲利普作身体复健,还得给他洗浴、灌肠、拆信、穿丝袜等。起初,两人的思维方式与价值观大相径庭,但是,随着了解的不断深入,他们成为了朋友…… 本片取材于真实事件,获2011年东京电影节最佳影片金麒麟奖,弗朗索瓦·克鲁塞与奥玛·赛分享影帝桂冠。