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.
Tired of country life, Anna leaves military school and her home to live in exciting Prague where she finds herself confused by the behavior of her hip new friends. Irma is despondent over her latest break-up. Speedy is always high, but his brother Filip seems normal enough and Anna takes a shine to him. She does not realize that Filip is gay and involved with his roommate Kytka, who earns a living hustling middle-aged men. The circle of friends remains close knit until the night in which Filip decides to sleep with Anna. Kytka becomes insanely jealous and this causes tragedy before the story reaches its fantastical, upbeat conclusion. This romantic comedy was among the Czech Republic's biggest hits of 1996.
~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Released in France as La Kermesse Heroique, Carnival in Flanders is set during the long-ago war between the Dutch and Spanish. A tiny village in Flanders is invaded by Spanish troops. The townsfolk have heard of Spanish cruelties in other towns, and decide to deflect the vanquishers by playing dead. This isn't terribly effective (you have to take a breath once in a while), so the wife of the burgomaster tries to soften up the invaders with a lavish carnival. So successful is this venture that the Spaniards allow the village to escape being decimated, or even taxed. An award-winner many times over, Carnival in Flanders was banned in Germany evidently, Goebbels caught on that director Jacques Feyder and scenarists Bernard Zimmer and Charles Spaak were drawing deliberate parallels between the Spanish and the then-burgeoning Nazis.
下岗恐怕不仅仅是中国工人面对的问题,下岗了怎么办?英国人用他们的幽默给我们上了一课。这天,刚下岗的钢铁工人盖茨(罗伯特•卡莱尔 Robert Carlyle 饰)和戴夫(马克•艾迪 Mark Addy 饰)遇上了一个同病相怜的兄弟――正在自杀的龙珀(史提夫•惠森 Ste ve Huison 饰),二人慌忙救下了他。为了今后的出路,三人绞尽脑汁。最终,他们想出了一个近乎疯狂的主意。他们找到了已经转业在舞厅当演员的前工头杰拉尔,于是,当地第一个专门的男人脱衣舞团成立了!随后,黑人霍斯和小伙子盖伊也闻风加入了这个团体。在一连串爆笑的场面下,这个脱衣舞团第一次演出就获得了空前的成功,虽然因为涉嫌色情遭到了警察调查,却为这个团体增加了更加多人气,很多人出于好奇心而来观看演出。在获得了家庭成员的理解后,这个团体开始了他们的终极演出。
Hit man Philip Raven, who's kind to children and cats, kills a blackmailer and is paid off by traitor Willard Gates in "hot" money. Meanwhile, pert entertainer Ellen Graham, girlfriend of police Lieut. Crane (who's after Raven) is enlisted by a Senate committee to help investigate Gates. Raven, seeking Gates for revenge, meets Ellen on the train their relationship gradually evolves from that of killer and potential victim to an uneasy alliance against a common enemy.
影片根据真实事件改编,1983-2005年间,有许多平民在苏丹的战火中流离失所,幸存者被当时的援救人员称为“苏丹的迷途男孩”(Lost Boys of Sudan),其中有一部分人,后来以难民的身份来到美国。片中威瑟斯彭扮演的凯瑞,帮助四位苏丹难民寻找工作,为他们争取合法权益,想方设法让他们与亲人团聚,并同他们结下了深厚的友谊。
影片的导演,曾执导过《拉扎老师》的菲利普·法拉迪约,坚持到非洲实地拍摄,坚持让真正的苏丹人来演。片中的演员Ger曾在难民营生活多年,另一位来自苏丹的演员Emmanuel则表示,电影就像是在讲他自己的故事。