杰克(迈克尔·基顿 Michael Keaton 饰)是一位功成名就的音乐家,在事业上取得了硕大的成功,这也就意味着,他牺牲了大部分陪伴家人的时间,杰克的儿子查理(约瑟夫·克罗斯 Joseph Cross 饰)对此一直感到闷闷不乐。某日,杰克回到家,和查理一起堆了一个大雪人,杰克送给查理一只口琴,父子之间许下承诺。 圣诞节将至,杰克决心和家人们共同度过这个温馨的节日,然而,就在他驱车回家的路上,发生了严重的车祸,杰克亦因此丧命。失去父亲的悲痛和绝望笼罩着查理,整整一年,查理的家庭都生活在悲怆而又压抑的气氛中。一晃眼,圣诞节又到了,查理想起了和父亲的约定,他堆了一个雪人,然后吹响了父亲送给他的口琴,希望父亲能够如同承诺的那样,再度回到他的身旁。
39岁的布伦南•哈夫(威尔•法瑞尔 Will Ferrell 饰)无业,一直在母亲南希(玛丽•斯汀伯根 Mary Steenburgen 饰)家蹭吃蹭住。40岁的戴尔•多巴克(约翰•赖利 John Reilly 饰)也是个与父亲罗伯特(理查德•詹金斯 Richard Jenkins 饰)住在一起的大龄男,靠父亲的接济生活。南希与罗伯特一见钟情,婚后搬入罗伯特家居住,布伦南也随母亲一起搬入,从此被迫以继兄弟的身份与戴尔同处一室。二人从相互敌视逐渐成为最佳拍档,共同对付布伦南的优秀弟弟德里克(亚当•斯科特 Adam Scott 饰),玩闹得不亦乐乎。可没想到他们的胡作非为却毁了父母刚建立起来的美满婚姻,二人后悔万分,终于决定痛改前非……
Magdalena and Maria are two twin sisters who were separated at birth and know nothing of the other’s existence. Maria runs away from the boarding school in which she was brought up and finds work as a cabaret performer in the cafés of Marseilles. Magdalena lives with her adopted parents and works in an art gallery. The two sisters are joined by an invisible bond which draws them towards the same tragic conclusion. Director Werner Schroeter has acquired a reputation as an experimentalist filmmaker, hailed by some as an underrated genius, reviled by others for being a peddler of self-indulgent kitsch. Deux is arguably Schroeter’s most ambitious, unsettling and repulsive work to date. The director certainly wastes no time in alienating his audience; from the first ten minutes of the film it is clear this is not going to be an easy ride. The narrative cuts haphazardly between seemingly unconnected events, alternating between realism and stylised fantasy dream sequences, periodically shocking the spectator with graphic images of lesbian sex and a woman being slowly disembowelled. Having several actors playing multiple parts only adds to the sense of artifice and utter confusion, which is a pity as there is manifestly a lot of great acting talent on show – not least of which is Isabelle Huppert. The film’s sheer relentless grotesqueness and self-indulgence is so extreme, so unbridled, so stomach-churningly provocative, that it is hard to take any of it seriously.
在七岁那年,达林(凯文·史派西 Kevin Spacey 饰)被医生预言,无法活过十五岁。然而,在母亲波利(布兰达·布莱斯 Brenda Blethyn 饰)、姐姐妮娜(卡罗娜·艾伦 Caroline Aaron 饰)和杰夫查理(鲍勃·霍斯金斯 Bob Hoskins 饰)的帮助和支持之下,达林最终长大成人,并且成为了一名小有名气的歌手。 之后,达林遇见了史蒂夫(约翰·古德曼 John Goodman 饰),在后者的帮助下,达林成为了当时最有名也是最受欢迎的爵士乐手。一次偶然中,达林结识了名为桑德拉(凯特·波茨沃斯 Kate Bosworth 饰)的女演员,两人迅速坠入情网,并且不顾家人的反对结为夫妻。然而,好运似乎就此截然而止,达林的事业陷入了低谷,感情遭到阻碍,就连健康也在急剧恶化。