Veteran experimental filmmakers Danielle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub helmed this unusual adaptation of a novel by Elio Vittorini. Focused on the triumphs and failures of a group of laborers and farm hands who pooled their resources to operate an alternative collective farm after the end of World War II, Operai, Contadini features a cast of 12 actors who read aloud from Vittorini's book for the duration of the film, either reciting from memory or using a clearly visible script. Hardly designed to be a crowd pleaser, Operai, Contadini proved to be controversial among the audiences for its showings at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight series. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide The group makes up a primitive community which seeks to erase not only the distress created by the war but also the hardships of life and hunger, and to protect them from violence, misery and fear. Amid the ruins of this post-war period, the characters build and invent a rapport both in their professional and daily lives between themselves, the sexes, generations, diverse social and geographical origins, and antagonistic political camps. The group maintains a 'register', a kind of diary, as if it were entering the minutes of an inquiry or a trial. -Steve Grayson my favorite Straub-Huillet films are Too Early, Too Late and Operai, contadini (2001), both color landscape films with especially acute senses of place as well as of nature in all its harsh beauty. - Jonathan Rosenbaum
Minjae is a highschool teacher during the day, but at dusk, he goes out on the streets and join with youth who are alienated from school and home. Due to an incident, Minjae is put to the test again to protect his students ─ Jigeun and classmates.
下巴伐利亚的警察弗朗茨(塞巴斯蒂安·贝策尔 Sebastian Bezzel 饰)因为工作失误而被下放到慕尼黑,接手管理他的是那里出了名的严厉女上司。在好友的帮助下,弗朗茨总算在新城市落地生根了,但此时的他并不知道,一场狂风巨浪正在黑暗里汹涌的等待着他。 不久之前,弗朗茨父亲的汽车被盗了,当弗朗茨接到通知说车找到时,他万万没有想到,和汽车一起被发现的,还有后备箱里一具被保鲜膜紧紧包裹着的尸体。经过警方的调查,尸体的身份为一名来自塞尔维亚的女学生,更蹊跷的是,她的腹中还怀着孩子。与此同时,弗朗茨自己的个人生活也发生剧变,他和苏西之间的感情正在经历前所未有的考验。
机器人安德鲁(罗宾·威廉斯 Robin Williams 饰)是尼尔家四代人的管家。原本尼尔一家只是当他一部机器来使用,但大家渐渐发现安德鲁不只是一个家务机器这么简单,他在日常还会和他们一起欢笑,懂得人类的习俗,体会人类的情感。 安德鲁在尼尔家的女儿很小的时候就喜欢上她了,但由于他没有安装感觉模块,他任由她嫁给了一个错误的人。由于没有感觉,安德鲁可以在海边独自一人盖一栋房子生活。直到某天,他遇上了机械专家、科学狂人,为他安装上了感觉模块。 至此,安德鲁才体会到什么是吃醋、什么是恋爱。经过一番努力,安德鲁终于完全融入了人类社会。最终,他和自己相爱的人得以长厢厮守,并在垂垂老矣时幸福死去……