'Watching 'Americanese' after movies like 'Failure to Launch,' I felt like I'd wandered into the grown-up cinema. ...It's a strange thing about characters in movies: The more 'universal' they are, the more provincial. The more specific they are, the more they are exactly themselves, the more we can identify with them.'
本片讲述的是一(🚪)(yī )个(😷)(gè )家(🤺)庭的悲欢离(lí )合(🏦)(hé )。巴尔拉(😛)杰·卡(kǎ )普尔是(✈)个富(🛌)有而(🎥)(ér )又精明的商人。他(tā )有一(🦔)个美(🚛)满的(de )家(jiā )庭(❗)，妻子(🐖)和儿(🎽)(ér )子是他生活的依靠(kào )。儿(🔑)子阿(🗞)维纳什(shí )海(🕍)外留(🙎)学归来，不(bú )久便与一个叫(jiào )米(🌴)(mǐ )莉(📻)的女孩坠入爱(à(🍢)i )河。婚后生下了(le )一个可爱的(🐲)男孩(👧)(hái )--安(🐻)(ān )什。然而，美(měi )满(🌶)(mǎn )的生活并没有维(wéi )持多(👣)久。阿(♟)维纳(😯)(nà )什因为一场车(🥊)祸(huò )撒(sā(🎫) )手西去，抛下了(le )年(🏯)轻的(♎)妻子(🎅)米(mǐ )莉(lì )和可爱的儿子。米(🚡)莉不(🗺)堪打击而(é(🏟)r )近(jì(🍻)n )乎崩(🏊)溃。痛失(shī )爱(ài )子的巴尔拉(🍚)杰(jié(🔍) )也沉浸在无(🎿)边的(⏮)伤(shāng )痛之中，但是为(wéi )了让儿媳(🧙)米莉(🍱)振(zhèn )作(zuò )起来，他(🖲)找来(lái )米(mǐ )莉的好友拉雅(🔳)。拉雅(🍪)一直(🌈)暗恋着(zhe )米莉。巴尔(🐖)拉杰(jié )希(xī )望撮合两个人(⏮)(rén )，但(😵)是受(🕟)到拉雅思(sī )想保(⚪)守的兄长(🍂)巴(bā(🕌) )尔万特的阻(👎)挠。善(⏺)(shàn )良(😬)的公公能否如(rú )愿以偿？(🈯)有情(⏳)人(rén )能否终(➕)成眷(💺)属？(🖋)答案就要从影片(piàn )中(zhōng )去(🤸)寻找(🥩)了。
哈(hā )里(lǐ(🌪) )斯（(🤮)Dominic Purcell 饰）、吉(jí )拉（Josie Maran 饰）和希德（(🥂)Marcus Thomas 饰）(🍴)是当年同在(zài )一(📍)所学校求学的(de )好(hǎo )友，他们(👐)的一(🎿)(yī )个(🌈)(gè )老友因车祸不(😙)幸(xìng )身亡，三人参加(jiā )完葬(🎏)礼后(⤵)决定(🔪)借(jiè )酒(jiǔ )浇愁。天(🗑)色已(yǐ )晚(🍜)(wǎn )，当(🚻)地酒吧皆已(⏳)(yǐ )打(🛸)烊。他(🤓)们突发(fā )奇想，竟跑去墓(mù(🚷) )地(dì(👥) )喝酒狂欢。希(🐓)德(dé(🤩) )偶然(🏴)在一块墓碑(bēi )上发现一条(🥧)神秘(🏫)(mì )的铭文，三(🌎)人读(👊)(dú )过(guò )后不以为意，继(jì )而在墓(✈)园中(🦁)尽(jìn )情起舞。
据说(🚽)是阿(ā )根廷的极少主义(yì(🍟) )电影(🍜)大师(🌻)，利桑(sāng )德(dé )罗·(🎥)阿隆索这(zhè )部(bù )63分钟的电(🕡)影看(👿)起(qǐ(🍉) )来像630分钟。说是(shì(👾) )蔡明亮式(🏌)的镜(🚭)头(tóu )语(yǔ )言(👄)，布莱(🍙)松式(⛪)(shì )的(de )声效特征。讲的(de )故事：(🏘)一个(🈺)导演(yǎn )等着(🎙)出席(📔)自己(🤬)电(diàn )影(yǐng )首映式，在楼里(lǐ(㊗) )面走(🔤)来走去；最(⛔)(zuì )后(🔗)电影开始，一(yī )共有三个观众：(🕤)他(tā(💪) )自己，收票小(xiǎo )姐(🔭)(jiě )，和引座员。这不是滑稽电(🙊)影，而(🥇)是对(🗽)于电影的(de )自(zì )我(👀)意识。
王（周(zhōu )润发 饰）领(🤫)兵(bī(🍻)ng )造(zà(🌿)o )反，夺得了王位(wè(⭕)i )。他为了更(🍶)加巩(💝)(gǒng )固自己的(👣)地位(🔃)，赶(gǎ(📙)n )走了前妻，迎(yíng )娶(qǔ )了梁国(🎚)的公(💄)主、现任王(📱)后（(🍪)巩俐(🐨)(lì ) 饰），以得到梁(liáng )王(wáng )的(👇)支持(🌡)。王子元(yuán )祥(〰)（刘(🚂)烨 饰）是(shì )前妻留下的孩子(zǐ(🐽) )，王跟(🐎)现任王后(hòu )也(yě(🔨) )生下了元杰（周(zhōu )杰伦 饰(🏅)）、(🔠)元(yuá(💰)n )成（秦俊杰 饰）(🏸)。王后却与元祥有(yǒu )着(zhe )不可(🔮)告人(➖)的乱(😉)(luàn )伦(lún )关系，王一(😊)直(zhí )念(nià(🕞)n )念不(😙)忘自己的前(💋)(qián )妻(👍)，对外(📵)声称前(qián )妻已死。王后一(yī(📇) )直(zhí(😱) )野心勃勃，元(🤔)(yuán )杰(📌)(jié )得知父亲逼着母(mǔ )亲吃毒药(🚝)，就答(⤴)(dá )应了母亲(🕴)在重(🥥)阳(yáng )节(jiē )的那天发起兵变(biàn )，腥(🦄)风血(🐙)雨的战(zhàn )争也开(🐇)始了……
Alfred lives with his mother in a small village, keeping chickens and selling eggs at the local market. He doesn't speak, except to his mother and to children. He has a girlfriend of sorts, although he shies away from any physical contact with her. But more than anything, Alfred wants a child. As natural fatherhood is out of the question he takes the next best option, and makes an application to adopt. With a very un-French lack of bureaucracy Alfred's adoptive son arrives, but turns out not to be the bouncing baby he was hoping for. More quietly oddball than Delphine Gleize's first feature Carnages (winner of the BFI's Sutherland Award in 2002), and filmed using a more muted palette, this is still a distinctly bizarre tale. The absurd comedy of the situation makes Alfred's efforts to be a good parent all the more touching, and our hearts go out to him as he struggles with learning how to give and receive love. Despite being almost wordless throughout, Darry Cowl succeeds in giving a wonderfully expressive performance as Alfred, but it is veteran actress Esther Gorintin who steals the show as his unconditionally loving mother.