In the international world of gun running... loyalty| honor and discretion are valuable commodities| but nothing is more priceless than the bond of family. Power begets enemies and a loved ones betrayal cuts like a knife. Sides will be chosen| wars will be fought. In the end| there can only be one King.
罗拉(朱莉·德博纳 Julie de Bona 饰)回到了久违的故乡,来到了她出生成长的地方——马尼昂庄园。一直以来,母亲的死如同乌云一样笼罩着罗拉,罗拉非常想要搞清楚这一整件事情背后的缘由。回到了故乡的罗拉发现死亡的阴影无时不刻的环绕着她,在溶洞游玩时的遇险和小男孩本杰明(亚历山大·福雷 Alexandre Furet 饰)的死亡让罗拉更加坚信,在这座表明平静的小镇背后,一定隐藏着什么不为人知的秘密。
随着罗拉调查的深入,她发现一切的死亡时间都和她的祖父有着千丝万缕的关联。罗拉的祖父是一个四处留情的花花公子,而如今,他的私生子们为了争夺家产,犯下了一桩又一桩无法挽回的罪行。
故事发生在南北战争结束之后,从前线退下来的老兵霍华德(詹姆斯·斯图尔特 James Stewart 饰)想要回到故乡,重新过上宁静的生活。可是到达目的地后他才发现,原本应该属于自己的土地,早已被他人侵占,想要赎回土地,霍华德必须付出一笔不小的代价。
身无分文的霍华德决定当一名赏金猎手来赚取外快,他将目标放到了大盗本(罗伯特·瑞安 Robert Ryan 饰)的身上。在捉拿罗伯特的过程中,霍华德结识了两名帮手罗伊(拉尔夫·米克 Ralph Meeker 饰)和杰西(米勒德·米切尔 Millard Mitchell 饰),两人误以为霍华德是警探,所以愿意无条件的帮助他。可是,当三人捉住了本后,另外的两人才发现了霍华德的真实身份,于是他们提出了瓜分赏金的要求。
十月里一个普通的湿气蒙蒙的日子,广告总监查尔斯(克里夫?欧文 Clive Owen 饰)错过了他的列车,但是在下一列车上,他却因一张车票,结识了金融投资顾问露辛达(詹妮弗?安妮斯顿 Jennifer Aniston 饰),两人给彼此留下了良好的印象。其时查尔斯的女儿身患糖尿病,他不得不抽出更多的精力照顾女儿,而同时事业上却遭遇了挫折,妻子忙于工作,无暇给予他更多情感上的宽慰。之后的日子里,查尔斯与露辛达时常见面,两个各自有家庭的人越发接近,终于在一次约会后来到了宾馆,但这次独处很快被打破,一个名叫拉洛克(文森特?卡索 Vincent Cassel 饰)的陌生人破门而入,用枪威胁他们,实施了抢劫并强暴了露辛达。担心私情暴露的两人无法依靠法律,而拉洛克的勒索却越发频繁,查尔斯决定用自己的力量,去解决这场危机。
一直作為米路斯.科曼劇本鐵三角(另一位是帕培錫,也是本片編劇之一)成員的艾雲.巴薩,當然也走低度戲劇路線。同是音樂家的彼德與卡洛老友重逢,生活狀況大不同,你有伴侶我有家庭,然而都有說不出的不明朗,唯有以酒與音樂代替口水。全片推展不問目的,只在剎那間的意圖,行行企企比起科曼更義無反顧,卻有生活淡如流水的詩意和繆思,叫觀眾聯想到二十年後的伊力.盧馬。巴薩鍾愛音樂的程度不下於文字和電影,古典音樂與民間音樂於全片迴轉迴盪,難怪成了奇斯洛夫斯基十大心愛電影之一。
康城影展青年評審團獎,美國全國影評人協會特別獎
這部1966年的珍品,是捷克新浪潮短暫生命中最佳作品之一。成名音樂家到小鎮探訪舊同學,舊同學是個窮音樂教師,有時在喪禮上吹奏樂曲。平凡的素材在巴素手裡,變出風趣復罕見的旋律,一部憂鬱的喜劇,或灰色喜劇。
- Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Ivan Passer's (Cutter's Way and Creator) last film to be made in his native Czechoslovakia is about friends – musician Petr and music teacher Karel – reunited when Petr returns to town for a performance. Passer frequently collaborated with Milos Forman and the episodic, low-action aesthetic that was evident in Forman's early work can be seen here. Years of separation have bred apprehension between the two men, and Karel's simmering jealousy makes their meeting all the more awkward. Eventually, the barriers crumble enough for the pair to freely discuss their lives. The film's simple beauty is in the details of the men's reacquainting themselves with each other, discovering each other's regrets and unfulfilled desires. Alive with pathos, humour and insight.
Special Award, National Society of Film Critics Awards
Its simple city mouse-country mouse story involves the meeting of two former schoolmates as they prepare for a small-town concert. Enlivened by Passer's flair for grotesquerie, this unassuming masterpiece maintains a delicate balance between hilarity and despair.
- Elliott Stein, Village Voice
Source: HKIFF Czech New Wave 2006
In May 1988, girlfriends Claudia Brenner and Rebecca Wight were attacked while hiking the Appalachian Trail by a 'mountain man' named Stephen Roy Carr. Combining documentary and narrative material, IN THE HOLLOW tells the story of the shooting, Wight's death, and Brenner's desperate survival (and later transformation into an advocate for hate crime legislation in the U.S.) as s...