A Parisian museum director believes his wife has lost interest in him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk - thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death.
1913年(🧟)，几(🥐)乎(🤑)(hū )与《难夫难(nán )妻》拍摄的(de )同(⚾)时(🍇)，一个(gè )叫黎民伟的(de )广东人(📕)在(⏲)香(xiāng )港组建了一(yī )家名叫(🗞)“华(🎂)(huá(🍲) )美”的电影(yǐng )公司，不久(jiǔ )该(🎦)公(😋)司就与(yǔ )亚细亚(yà )公司(sī(🦖) )合(😅)作拍(pāi )摄了(le )《庄子(zǐ )试妻(qī(🗂) )》，这(🐱)(zhè(🔸) )也是(shì )影史上(shàng )第一(yī(🍠) )部(🍆)由(🤐)香港出品的故事短片。严珊(🎩)珊(🙏)扮演的虽不是重要角色，却(🚌)是(📅)(shì )中国银幕上(shàng )的第一位(🌍)女(🍀)(nǚ(🌷) )演员。
男主(zhǔ )Ajax和女主Annita眼前(qiá(🕢)n )要(🈸)步入婚礼(lǐ )之前，因Annita对(duì )Ajax的(🤑)无(🍁)理要求(qiú )后争执，不(bú )料让(👷)Annita饲(🐲)养(🦓)的(de )鹦鹉Socrate飞出屋(wū )外。Annita无理坚(😝)(jiā(🔱)n )决要Ajax要捉回(huí )Socrate才和她结婚(🈺)(hū(🍑)n )。Ajax不想放弃(qì )这段感(gǎn )情，于(🚶)是(😵)开(😭)(kāi )始追(zhuī )踪Socrate的旅(lǚ )程，还(🏡)被(🏄)警(🐡)(jǐng )方误(wù )通缉他(tā )，报(bào )章(🐧)还(🚙)大肆宣传他。Socrate被前往哈瓦那(😷)（(🕷)古巴城市）的Mr.Albanos和女儿Liliana买走(📋)，还(💷)(há(🗝)i )好Liliana和Ajax彼此有(yǒu )通信联络。Liliana被(😩)Ajax的(🚦)痴情打(dǎ )动，还开始(shǐ )对Ajax有(💘)爱(🤮)慕。Ajax在旅途中还(hái )经过了异(✖)国(🚏)(guó(🙍) )风格的神秘(mì )屋子和精神(🆔)(shé(✡)n )病院。Ajax还好(hǎo )被Mr.Albanos和Liliana保释和(hé(👏) )照(🀄)料。Socrate自己(jǐ )也飞回Annita屋里(lǐ )。Ajax和(🏘)Liliana最(👿)后(🌀)彼(bǐ )此产生爱意(yì )。Ajax还给(gě(😤)i )Annita写(📡)信(xìn )说要和(hé )Liliana结婚(hūn )，Annita这才(💡)(cá(🎩)i )痛哭(kū )绝望。
(novel "A Manchester Marriage")
A secret society holds a meeting to determine what to do about a powerful and dangerous man whom they have been studying closely for the past three months. They all agree that he deserves to die. Two of the members, Farallone and Forrest, are both in love with Lilith, the group's only female member. But Lilith accepts neither of them, preferring to devote herself to the group's cause. When the group meets again and deals cards to all the members, Forrest draws the ace of hearts, meaning that he will be the one to carry out the assassination. Lilith then suddenly agrees to marry him, in order to give him courage. But after their first night together, both of them begin to feel differently about what they have planned.
(novel "A Manchester Marriage")
根据(jù )谢苗·(🎆)所(👎)罗(luó )门诺维奇·尤什克维(🔧)奇(😱)（(💸)Семён Соломо(🔄)́(😘)нович Юшке́в(✋)и(⛎)ч）的(de )同名小说改(gǎi )编