In the summer of ’76, as President Jimmy Carter pledges to give government back to the people, tensions run high in a working-class Philadelphia neighborhood where the Black Panthers once flourished. When Marcus returns—having bolted years earlier—his homecoming isn’t exactly met with fanfare. His former movement brothers blame him for an unspeakable betrayal. Only his best friend’s widow, Patricia, appreciates Marcus’s predicament, which both unites and paralyzes them. As Patricia’s daughter compels the two comrades to confront their past, history repeats itself in dangerous ways.
Night Catches Us masterfully reckons with the complexity of its characters’ revolutionary ideologies and internal desires. Bell-bottoms, Afros, potlucks, and Caddies set the scene as the film potently interweaves political media with an evocative soul-inspired score, summoning a vivid sense of place and time. The golden light that bathes characters’ faces seems to express the promise—and elusiveness—of the necessary change Marcus and Patricia struggle for so dearly—each by separate means.
《舞台丽人》是由美英德三国共同制作的,由主演《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的克莱尔-丹妮丝担当女主角。
十七世纪的英国剧场,所有女角皆由男性所扮演。埃德华(比利·克鲁德普 Billy Crudup 饰)是英国最有名的当家花旦,运用他的天生美丽及后天技巧模仿女性唯妙唯肖,得到贵族上流的欣赏。然而国王查理二世厌倦了这种一成不变的演出,剧院终于准许真正的女性参与表演。埃德华面临失业危机,世人的排挤和咒骂,仇家的陷害毒打,生活的窘迫,贵族的抛弃使他在最底层随波逐流,一度萌生自杀念头。取他而代之的女演员玛丽亚(克莱尔·丹妮丝 Claire Danes 饰)在舞台上绽放光彩,但她深爱埃德华,并希望他能够重返舞台,以一个男人的灵魂。马上国王就要来观赏新的剧目,埃德华能不能杀死了那个身体里的女人?
Jane is trapped in an unknown world with endless possibilities. She has to discover a way to access them and alter her reality before she is destined to repeat the same test over and over again, Ad Infinitum.
本片讲述刚毕业的德国青年本(大卫·克劳斯 David Kross饰)来到柬埔寨金边旅游。柬埔寨的异国特色、灯红酒绿,很快让本倾心于此。而更让本迷恋的是,他在夜店邂逅了美丽的柬埔寨少女Sreykeo(阿萍雅·萨库尔·加伦苏 Apinya Sakuljaroensuk饰)。Sreykeo像所有妓女一样靠拉客赚钱,可这并没有丝毫影响到本对她的一往情深。但命运还是跟Sreykeo开了场玩笑,她被检查出艾滋病。这段措手不及的爱情,是否会以悲情收场,还是两人能够长相厮守、天长地久呢?
本片根据真实事件改编,是一部取景拍摄于柬埔寨的德国爱情电影。本片将在第62届洛迦诺国际电影节的Piazza Grande lineup上首映。