Killian is a young man who has never left the remote mountains of Huesca (Spain) which saw him grow up. In 1953, he travels back to the exotic Equatorial African island of Fernando Poo, in Spanish Guinee, where he was born, to work in a cacao plantation alongside his father and his brother. During 20 years in this island, until the troubled days of independence, he will undertake a journey towards maturity and knowledge, but will also have to deal with pain and loss.
才华横溢,有一腔理想抱负的热血少年马克斯·费舍尔(詹森·舒瓦兹曼 Jason Schwartzman饰),在休斯敦一间贵族预备学校就读。初入名校的马克斯,却把全部的心思都投注于社团上。凭借着过人的聪明才智,他很快在各种社团里游刃有余。然而过分忽视功课的他,不久就面临着被退学的威胁。因缘际会,他与事业成功的商业大亨赫尔曼·布卢姆(比尔·默瑞 Bill Murray饰)成为了忘年之交,学会了很多人生真理。然而这一切都终结在了才貌双全的女老师露丝玛丽·克罗丝(奥莉维亚·威廉姆斯 Olivia Williams饰)手里。马克斯深陷爱情的世界里,不能自拔。 本片凭借着处处充满针锋相对的机智对白与幽默感,以及新老演员对角色的成功塑造和诠释,荣获1999年第56届金球奖电影类-最佳男配角提名及1999年独立精神奖最佳导演、最佳男配角等多项大奖。
Inspired by stories of Polish musicians from the 1930-ies40-ies Music, War and Love is an uncommon love story; its romantic heartbeat is sustained by the love of music that draws its characters together. Two young lovers, ROBERT, a catholic opera singer and RACHEL, a Jewish violin virtuoso, dream of one day performing together at legendary Carnegie Hall. When they're torn apart by the German invasion of Poland, Robert vows to find Rachel, no matter what the war may bring. His search leads him on a life-threatening journey through the heart of Nazi Germany, to a reckoning that Rachel may be lost to him forever.
路易斯·温索普三世(丹·艾克罗伊德 Dan Aykroyd饰),一位功成名就的华尔街投资家。黑人比利·雷·瓦伦丁(艾迪·墨菲 Eddie Murphy饰),一个为了讨口饭吃而装扮成残废军人沿街乞讨的流浪汉。两个生活在天壤之别世界里的人,居然因为一次打赌而改变了他们的命运。路易斯在兰道夫莫蒂默公爵兄弟公司里工作,有着显赫的地位和优厚的待遇。比利在一次警察的追捕中误入上等俱乐部,遇见了路易斯。而路易斯将他交给了警察,目睹全过程的莫蒂默公爵兄弟对此事持有不同的观点,竟用打赌的方式将二人的身份和地位调换,一场荒诞不羁的命运互换随即上演。 本片荣获1984年第56届奥斯卡金像奖最佳歌曲提名,1984年第41届金球奖电影类-音乐喜剧类最佳影片提名及最佳男主角提名。