Based on one of the major literary texts survived from the Middle Kingdom, the classical period of Egyptian literature, The Eloquent Peasant is a combination of a morality/folk tale and a poem. The events are set between 2160 and 2025 BC. When the peasant Khun-anup and his donkey stumble upon the lands of the noble Rensi, the peasant’s goods are confiscated and he’s unjustly accused of theft. The peasant petitions Rensi who is so taken by the peasant’s eloquence that he report his astonishing discovery to the king. The king realises the peasant has been wronged but delays judgement so as to he can hear more of his eloquence. The peasant makes a total of nine petitions until finally, his goods are returned.
母亲去世之后,阿曼达(莎拉•米歇尔•盖拉 Sarah Michelle Gellar 饰)继承了母亲生前精心经营的餐馆。然而没过多久,阿曼达便发现,从前门庭若市的餐馆,如今生意一天不如一天,甚至濒临了倒闭的边缘。
一次偶然中,阿曼达邂逅了名为汤姆(肖恩•派特里克•弗兰纳里 Sean Patrick Flanery)的男子。之后,汤姆在机缘巧合之下来到了阿曼达的餐厅吃饭,让阿曼达感到不敢相信的是,汤姆的存在令自己的厨艺大增,餐厅就此度过了这次经营危机。随着时间的推移,阿曼达和汤姆之间的距离越来越近,然而,汤姆对于阿曼达产生的种种误会使得后者感到深深的受伤,两人之间的感情产生了裂痕。
Aimlessly cruising through his first post-Stanford University summer, 22 year old David Braddock finds himself in China where he meets Mei, an ambitious young girl who urges him to find his life's direction.(From IMDb)