海滩边,巨浪滔天,英武的骑士布洛克(马克斯•冯•西多 Max von Sydow 饰)与黑衣死神(本特•埃切罗特 Bengt Ekerot 饰)摆下了一盘生死棋局。在下棋的过程中,骑士在回顾自己的人生,所见所闻暗合圣经的图景。十四世纪十字军东征后期,欧洲大陆瘟疫蔓延,民不聊生。布洛克曾遇到过马戏团的一对夫妻,丈夫笃信神明,无比虔诚,妻子则更加现实,唯命是从。他们的相濡以沫让幸福唾手可得。骑士在树林中邂逅了铁匠夫妇。铁匠非常粗鲁,他的妻子很是风骚,他们在树林里对着路人演出双簧,仿佛一对可笑的傀儡。最后,在经历过集体膜拜的祭奠仪式后,武士和他的朋友们再次遇到了死神,曾经的无助与恐惧,愤怒与怀疑,都化作了人生的诘问…… 本片获第10届戛纳电影节评委会大奖。
This apocalyptic parable carries within it a clear echo of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia. This unforgiving exploration of the Czech mentality tells the tale of a troupe of wandering actors who perform a passion play in some unnamed village. Fear of some unknown danger breaks out in the village, which is cut off from the surrounding world. Stupidity, selfishness and aggressiveness then come to the surface in this society under threat. In the film's key scene, a woman is raped by the self-styled leader. Zdenuk Mahler, who would later work on Forman's examination Mozart Amadeus, worked on the script. The director Evald Schorm (1929-1988) was one of the most original members of the Czech New Wave. During the normalization era, Schorm spent many years unable to direct. His last film, Killing with Kindness (1988) was only made in the twilight years of Communism. During that period when he was unable to direct films, he became an outstanding stage director. He directed groundbreaking productions at the Na zábradlí Theater and Laterna Magika.
Everyone bode her a rousing farewell on her way to New York – and yet, she remained in Wellington! With fantasy, charm and typical New Zealand humour, Millie finds it necessary to produce fake pictures of her supposedly wild life overseas and posts them for her friends on the World Wide Web. As a secret shadow to her own life, she learns a lot that she would rather not have known.
故事发生在1971年的法国,黛芬妮(伊兹娅·海格林 Izïa Higelin 饰)是农场主的女儿,因为不愿意接受父母替自己安排的未来,倔强要强的黛芬妮选择离家出走,孤身一人来到繁华的大都市巴黎,想要在这里开拓属于自己的天地。在巴黎,黛芬妮邂逅了致力于女权运动的斗士卡罗尔(西西·迪·法兰丝 Cécile De France 饰),随着时间的推移,两人打破了性别的界限,走到了一起。 父亲中风的消息传来,黛芬妮不得不告别卡罗尔,回到家乡,无法忍受思念之苦的卡罗尔千里迢迢来到了农庄,想要在这里和黛芬妮开始她们日出而作日落而息的田园生活。可是,两人特殊的关系很快就遭到了周遭的非议,亦使黛芬妮陷入了两难的抉择之中。