This is an unusual film of exceptional values--75 minutes long in color, with hardly any spoken dialogs. I saw this Iranian film in Farsi without English subtitles at the Early Iranian cinema retrospective on-going International Film Festival of Kerala, India. That I was watching a print without subtitles did not make a difference as there were very few lines of spoken dialogs.
This is a very accessible film for any audience to enjoy--its story and values are not merely Iranian, it's universal.
The film is set in rural Iran that had not tasted petro-dollar prosperity. The setting is on fringes of desert land, where water is scarce, rainfall scanty and hardly any blade of grass is green. Add to it wind and dust that buffets and whips man and animal and you can imagine plight of the people who live on the fringes of society.
The film is moving tale of a young teenager returning to his village with a goat--only to find his family and villagers have moved on to escape natures vagaries and that one old man remains. He gives the goat to him and goes in search of his family. Water is scarce and well water it treated with reverence and never wasted.
迪莉娅(米利亚姆·霍普金斯 Miriam Hopkins 饰)原本要和克莱姆(乔治·布伦特 George Brent 饰)携手步入婚姻的殿堂,然而半路杀出了个富豪吉姆(詹姆斯·斯蒂芬森 James Stephenson 饰),迪莉娅始乱终弃,最终嫁给了吉姆。
迪莉娅的堂妹夏洛特(贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰)非常同情克莱姆的遭遇,陪伴并且时时安慰他,不幸的是,克莱姆在战场上身亡了,而此时夏洛特的腹中已经怀上了克莱姆的孩子。最终,夏洛特生下了孩子,并交给莉迪亚抚养,而吉姆的堂兄乔伊(威廉姆·霍珀 William Hopper 饰)则爱上了楚楚可怜的夏洛特,这令善妒的莉迪亚气的快要发疯,发誓一定要破坏两人之间的感情。
盗贼麦尔斯(马丁·劳伦斯 Martin Lawrence 饰)与三名同伙合作盗窃钻石,岂料其中一人德克背叛了他们,警方被惊动,麦尔斯走投无路,只得逃跑中将钻石藏在一栋未完工的大楼通风管道里,之后束手就擒。两年后,麦尔斯刑满释放,但外面的一切似乎都已改变,女友不再需要他,而当年他藏钻石的那栋楼居然变成了——警察局!为了取回钻石,麦尔斯偷到ID卡,又凭借伪造的档案乔装成警察混入警局,由于警方缺人手,假警察麦尔斯很快得到任命,和菜鸟探员卡森(卢克·威尔逊 Luke Wilson 饰)结成搭档。麦尔斯凭借自己的盗窃经验很快表现出位,在警局得到重用,而管道中的钻石经过冲洗后下落不明,麦尔斯只得坚持假装下去。不久,德克为了得到麦尔斯的钻石再次出现……
Story of an inventor who, suffering betrayal in life, makes a career of it by becoming a clown whose act consists of getting slapped by all the other clowns. He falls in love with another circus performer, and those who betrayed him enter his life yet again.
During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys, a prominent Ohio family, and is forced to recuperate in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. He encourages young adults Richard and June Stanley to pursue their dreams, much to the dismay of their conventional father Ernest.
Meanwhile, Whiteside's spinster assistant Maggie Cutler finds herself attracted to local newspaperman Bert Jefferson. When she reads Bert's play, she is so impressed she asks Whiteside to show it to his contacts, and then announces she will quit his employment and marry Bert. However, her boss is loath to lose such an efficient aide and does his best to sabotage the blossoming romance...
一个全身赤裸的年轻男人蹲在室内靠窗的一株树干上,目光呆滞。他就是芬尼克斯(Axel Jodorowsky 饰),被关在精神病院的一位患者。从小体弱多病性格孤僻的芬尼克斯,童年是在马戏班里度过的。父亲奥高(盖伊·斯托克韦尔 Guy St ockwell 饰)是马戏班班主,母亲嘉西娅(布兰卡·格拉 Blanca Guerra 饰)是空中飞人的演员。嘉西娅信奉拜物教,她供的神是个被两个兄弟奸杀的断臂少女。在她流血的地方,人们挖池贮水建起教堂,取名“圣血”。当神父发现所谓的圣血不过是红油漆水时,同意当地政府拆毁教堂。嘉西娅带领教徒反抗。当嘉西娅发现奥高与人通奸时发起报复,奥高拿飞刀斩去嘉西娅双臂,割脉自杀。芬尼克斯进入精神病院。在嘉西娅的唆使下,芬尼克斯逃出精神病院,成为了嘉西娅的“魔手”。