故事发生在东德刚刚解体的这个节骨眼上。里科(朱利斯?尼兹舒寇夫 Julius Nitschkoff 饰)、丹尼尔(梅林?罗斯 Merlin Rose 饰)、保罗(Frederic Haselon 饰)和马克(乔尔?巴斯曼Joel Basman 饰)是成长在这个动荡的特殊时刻的四位青年。他们用他们各自特殊的方式来疯狂的挥霍青春。 在经历的一系列疯狂的体验之后,四人合伙开了一家迪斯科舞厅,哪知道没开多久便被新纳粹青少年给霸占了。与此同时,里科依然保留着他想要成为拳击手的梦想,丹尼尔则对漂亮的莱比锡(露比?欧菲Ruby O. Fee 饰)一往情深。当他们的命运被时代车轮裹挟前进时,每个人会走上一条怎样的道路呢?
Set in a small Quebec town in the late-1920′s, this emotional drama follows the life and exploits of Celeste Beaumont, a talented young pianist who gains local celebrity at the town movie theater for her gifts as a silent film pianist. ? Awkward Pierre Blaudell is her biggest fan and eventually marries her. ? Shortly after this she bears his son, Pierre, who joins the army. ? She insists on joining him at the base and his meddlesome, snooty parents insist she give them her son. ? Pierre is killed in the war, and Celeste flees to New York where she finds steady employment as a jazz pianist. ? She finds a life-long companion with a black musician and chronicles her experiences in a diary that she passes on to her son after he grows up. ? Her son becomes a painter and once his own son, Antoine, is grown, reads him the story of Celeste, the youth’s grandmother. ? Intrigued, Antoine heads to the Big Apple in hopes of finding her. This movie is an emotional drama about how Antoine, played beautifully by Fran?ois Méthé, discovers the details of his heritage. ? This film won many awards in Canada and at Cannes in 1988. ? Fran?ois Méthé, who was about 11-years-old, never acted again after this movie. From IMDb A quiet painter, separated from his wife for a year, receives a suitcase in the mail from his mother, whom he hasn’t seen since infancy. ? He believes she abandoned him to his wealthy, paternal grandparents. ? The suitcase contains mementos and a diary, a long letter to him, written over the years, with details of her youth, her first job as a pianist at a cinema, the coming of talkies, her marriage, and how he came to live with his grandparents. ? As he reads through the materials and her story comes to life, his son Antoine, who’s about 10 or 12, tries to break through his father’s silence and sorrow by taking matters into his own hands.
2005年索菲亚国际电影节回顾单元评选的“保加利亚影史十部最伟大影片”之一。 A large balloon suddenly appears above villages and fields and grabs the attention of the peasants. They start liking the sudden guest from nowhere for the beauty of the free existence. A policeman comes and the dreams of freedom vanish. A barrage balloon appears unexpectedly over a Bulgarian village. The startled villagers decide to knock it down with a fusillade. But the balloon flies off to the mountains. The villagers, armed to their teeth, set off after it. But they are not alone in this undertaking. There is another armed group that chases the 'wonder'. An argument whose property the balloon is breaks out between the two groups. It turns out that the balloon flew from Romania over the Danube River. In the turmoil following the argument, the balloon is destroyed. The police arrive and punish the villagers for meddling in other people's affairs.