圣诞节即将来临,各处都立起了缤纷的圣诞树,即使是寒冷的冬日也不能阻挡人们的热情。然而对于一部分人来说,即使是圣诞节,有些事情也不得不解决。影片就讲述了圣诞节前的一周,一间酒店里的几个小故事。有人为了工作不能陪伴在家人身边,也有刚刚交往的恋人温馨甜蜜的小浪漫,有相伴一生的老两口在这里度过自己的纪念日,也有婚姻即将走向尽头貌合神离的夫妻。每个人都打算在这一年即将终结的日子为自己的生活描绘些新的回忆,这几个或温馨或伤感的小故事将带给人们什么样的启发呢?
It has been said that most great twentieth century novels include scenes in a hotel, a symptom of the vast uprooting that has occurred in the last century: James Ivory begins Quartet with a montage of the hotels of Montparnasse, a quiet prelude before our introduction to the violently lost souls who inhabit them. Adapted from the 1928 autobiographical novel by Jean Rhys, Quartet is the story of a love quadrangle between a complicated young West Indian woman named Marya (played by Isabelle Adjani), her husband Stefan (Anthony Higgins), a manipulative English art patron named Heidler (Alan Bates), and his painter wife Lois (Maggie Smith). The film is set in the Golden Age of Paris, Hemingway's "moveable feast" of cafe culture and extravagant nightlife, glitter and literati: yet underneath is the outline of something sinister beneath the polished brasses and brasseries. When Marya's husband is put in a Paris prison on charges of selling stolen art works, she is left indigent and is taken in by Heidler and his wife: the predatory Englishman (whose character Rhys bases on the novelist Ford Madox Ford) is quick to take advantage of the new living arrangement, and Marya finds herself in a stranglehold between husband and wife. Lovers alternately gravitate toward and are repelled by each other, now professing their love, now confessing their brutal indifference -- all the while keeping up appearances. The film explores the vast territory between the "nice" and the "good," between outward refinement and inner darkness: after one violent episode, Lois asks Marya not to speak of it to the Paris crowd. "Is that all you're worried about?" demands an outraged Marya. "Yes," Lois replies with icy candor, "as a matter of fact." Adjani won the Best Actress award at Cannes for her performances in Quartet: her Marya is a volatile compound of French schoolgirl and scorned mistress, veering between tremulous joy and hysterical outburst. Smith shines in one of her most memorable roles: she imbues Lois with a Katherine-of-Aragon impotent rage, as humiliated as she is powerless in the face of her husband's choices. Her interactions with Bates are scenes from a marriage that has moved from disillusionment to pale acceptance. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory's screenplay uses Rhys's novel as a foundation from which it constructs a world that is both true to the novel and distinctive in its own right, painting a society that has lost its inhibitions and inadvertently lost its soul. We are taken to mirrored cafes, then move through the looking glass: Marya, in one scene, is offered a job as a model and then finds herself in a sadomasochistic pornographer's studio. The film, as photographed by Pierre Lhomme, creates thoroughly cinematic moments that Rhy's novel could not have attempted: in one of the Ivory's most memorable scenes, a black American chanteuse (extraordinarily played by Armelia McQueen) entertains Parisian patrons with a big and brassy jazz song, neither subtle nor elegant. Ivory keeps the camera on the singer's act: there is something in her unguarded smile that makes the danger beneath Montparnasse manners seem more acute.
Eun-hee is an actress whose acting is poor, but she also plays in her real life. Her performance full of lies helps her feel she creates different personalities each time she dates separate men. Eventually a pack of her lies is tangled up and everything is about to be messed up. Ryohei, a Japanese writer, visits Seoul for his book launch party. He often writes a story pushing characters into a corner and then makes it be a tragedy. He meets Eun-hee by chance, who is in a trouble, just like in his novels.
九年前,杰西(伊桑·霍克 Ethan Hawke 饰)与席琳(朱莉·德尔佩 Julie Delpy 饰)在火车上不期而遇,怦然心动。在维也纳渡过疯狂而又浪漫的一夜后,他们在日出前分手,并相约在维也纳重逢。 九年之后,杰西已成为畅销书作家,而席琳则是法国环保组织成员。杰西在新书里娓娓道来的,正是九年前的浪漫夜晚。在巴黎促销新书时,杰西与席琳在书店相遇,然而他们只有一下午的时光相处,日落之前,杰西要乘飞机赶回美国。两人在午后的巴黎街头散步,在美丽的护城河上泛舟,无所不谈,兴致勃勃。可是就像命运的捉弄,快乐的时光像烟花一样醉人却短暂。 杰西对席琳一送再送,难以忘情;席琳用吉他和歌声,怀念着内心深处的爱恋。太阳就快落下去了,杰西就要误了飞机,又或许他更不想错过的,是命里注定的缘分。
高中女生芳山和子(原田知世 饰)与好友堀川吾郎(尾美としのり 饰)、深町一夫(高柳良一 饰)打扫教室卫生。和子独自一人时,听到实验室传出奇怪响声。她推门进入,却看见一支烧瓶跌落地上,瓶中流出冒着白烟的不明液体。在闻到一股薰衣草香气后,和子倒在地上不省人事。 在两名好友的帮助下,和子从昏迷中苏醒。原本以为没有关系的她却惊奇地发现,她拥有了穿越时空的能力。地震、好友所遇到的危险全都在真实度极高的“梦中”出现,而就在对童年的回溯中,和子渐渐发现了好友身上的一个秘密…… 改编自筒井康隆同名科幻小说,原田知世处女作,大林宣彦“尾道三部曲”之一。
相传世间凡有七窍者即可修炼成仙,猫修炼成仙的条件就是长出九条尾巴。毛毛已经是只八尾猫,她在人间修炼千年,依然未能长出第九条尾巴。狼妖晶晶即将修炼成魔之际被八尾猫打断修行,狼妖怀恨在心伺机报复。有着狼族高贵血统的程佳楠正是八尾猫苦苦寻找的主人的后世,经老祖指点,八尾猫再次来到人间,一切因果只在一念之间……
世外桃源“芳香之城”的公主苏凌芳(朱茵 饰)在城堡毁灭之前,被堡主放进小船顺水漂流,为教堂的神父所救并收养。身有奇异芳香的苏凌芳虽先天失语,但有着能用一个啊字感动世人的天籁之音。时间的残酷带走了神父,也随之埋葬了她谜一般的身世,独自生活的哑女无意间救下了父亲倒台躲避仇人追杀的80后富少蒋少君(扎西顿珠 饰)。身受重伤的蒋少君,在养伤期间爱上了这个不谙世事的女孩,许诺一生一世保护她。但久居世外的生活让他怀念起以往纸醉金迷的城市生活。一次和老欧(张达明 饰)无意的电话联系暴露了他的行踪,再次被仇家抓住囚禁起来。苏凌芳为了寻找到蒋少君,只身来到这个她未曾接触过的现实世界,几经破折终于和爱人在一起。起初想要利用苏凌芳天籁之音在娱乐圈东山再起的蒋少君,终于在真爱的洗礼下得到了灵魂的救赎,用着自己的方式保护着他所爱的这个女孩。
乔(马修·派瑞 Matthew Perry 饰)在一间律师事务所里工作,在公司里不受领导待见,工作上又不思进取,因此,乔充其量只能算是一位文职人员。最近,老板指派给了乔一项任务,那就是将一份离婚文件送给住在纽约的名为莎拉(伊丽莎白·赫利 Elizabeth Hurley 饰)的女子。 收到了离婚通知书,莎拉震惊了,她一直觉得,尽管和丈夫戈登(布鲁斯·坎贝尔 Bruce Campbell 饰)身处两地,但他们依然不失为是一对恩爱的模范夫妻,然而,丈夫的背叛白纸黑字就在眼前,根据德州法律,夫妻两人率先递交出离婚文件的那一方将获得更多利益,于是,莎拉收买了乔,和他一同前往戈登所在的德克萨斯州,为了争取自己的权益而宣战。
故事发生在抗战时期,少女唐琪(林黛 饰)的父亲在战争中为了保卫祖国而英勇牺牲,母亲病重最终撒手人寰。孤苦无依的唐琪只得投靠住在天津的姨母。在那里,唐琪邂逅了名为醒亚的男子。经过了解,醒亚亦是一名孤儿,相似的人生经历让两颗孤独的心迅速靠近,碰撞出了爱情的火花。然而,唐琪的姨母擅自将她许配给了汉奸王科长,醒亚的姑父母也坚决反对两人之间的感情。为了避免沦为汉奸之妻的命运,唐琪毅然决然的离家出走,来到护士学校想要成为一名护士。 不幸的是,学校的校长是衣冠禽兽,他玷污了唐琪,致使心灰意冷的她沦落成为舞女。
吴思渺(刘丹 饰)和乔岐(朱宏嘉 饰)是从大学时期就走到了一起的恋人,毕业之后,吴思渺来到了假日酒店工作,就此结识了酒店经理章竹安(巫刚 饰)。之后,因为在酒店的工作失误,吴思渺辞职来到了一家广告公司上班,哪知道上班第一天,章竹安就以客户的身份出现在了吴思渺的面前。 为了自己的业绩着想,吴思渺继续的和章竹安接触着,后者对她表现出了好感。与此同时,乔岐的初恋女友从国外归来,两人有来有往让吴思渺倍感吃醋,一气之下,她答应了章竹安的邀请,两人一起前往厦门游玩,在厦门,章竹安向吴思渺表白了。
余志刚(吕奇)是一个靠女人养活的小白脸,一天巧遇女售货员刘慧仪(陈宝珠),两人双双堕入爱河,被白梦萍(夏萍)得知大怒,到慧仪工作地方大闹一场,更被公司开除,刘父一向视慧仪作摇钱树,强逼她到舞厅做歌星,反招志刚误会,志刚决定离开白梦萍更与慧仪冰释前嫌,梦萍不能接受现实,驾车把志刚撞倒,究竟志刚生命有否危险,梦萍怎样面对事实,慧仪与志刚能否永远在一起……
It follows a singer-songwriter in a downward spiral as she takes a last effort gig at a motorcycle rally in South Dakota where she meets Casey, a guitarist who walked away from his dream long ago.
我最大的遗憾是,你的遗憾也与我有关。明明互相喜欢,却不得不接受命运的安排。向言(何蓝逗 饰)和林衡宇(曹煜辰 饰)从小相识,因故分开,大学又因一场啼笑皆非的闹剧重逢。一个是前途光明的外科大神,一个是家境优渥的绘画才女,怀揣着从校服到婚纱的美好憧憬,带着众人羡慕的目光,未来也在一步步规划中徐徐展开,但无法预料的阻碍也悄悄到来……