Beverly和Violet（梅丽尔·斯特里普 Meryl Streep 饰）是一对老夫妻了，欧美如今的他们，欧美一个靠喝酒，另一个靠嗑药来维持这段夫妻关系。一天早上，Beverly出了家门后就再也没回来，Violet只能把他们的三个女儿还有她的表妹、表妹夫叫到家里来。二女儿Ivy来到了，之后大女儿Barbara（朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰）和丈夫Bill（伊万·麦克格雷格 Ewan McGregor 饰）也带着14岁的女儿远道而来。噩耗随即传来，警察在湖里发现了Beverly的尸体，死因是自杀。小女儿Karen带着未婚夫赶到了葬礼。葬礼后的餐桌上，嗑药过头的Violet开始发脾气，而各怀心事的女儿们也如坐针毡。大女儿Barbara受不了母亲的刻薄，两人大声争吵起来，这个家庭潜藏着的种种矛盾和那些刻意隐瞒的真相也渐渐显露出来......本剧改编自同名话剧，由原话剧作者Tracy Letts改编为电影剧本。
回复 :杰瑞•莫里恩（金•凯利 Gene Kelly 饰）是住在巴黎一位穷困潦倒的美国画家，通过朋友钢琴手亚当（奥斯卡•莱文特 Oscar Levant 饰），杰瑞结识了一位当红法国歌手亨利（乔治•盖塔瑞 George Guétary 饰）。不久杰瑞被一位富有的夫人麦络（妮娜•福煦 Nina Foch 饰）赏识并资助作画，但他却爱上了百货店的年轻售货员丽丝（莱斯利•卡伦 Leslie Caron 饰）。然而出乎意料的是，丽丝竟然是亨利的女友，不知情的亨利还劝杰瑞要勇于争取爱情。所有的矛盾在一次盛大的黑白舞会中聚集激化，杰瑞得知丽丝将要嫁给亨利的消息后最后一次幻想二人在浪漫巴黎歌舞翩翩。然而真挚的爱情就这样永远逝去么？本片获1951年奥斯卡最佳影片，最佳艺术效果，最佳摄影，最佳服装设计，最佳配乐，最佳剧本六项大奖。
回复 :"The Witch Burnt Alive"After a very long, but visually arresting animated opening credits sequence, Luchino Visconti (Death in Venice) directs the first story, which is the longest of the five, taking approximately a third of the film's running length. Mangano plays a superstar actress and model who travels to a mountain resort, only to find the well-to-do inhabitants have prejudices and preconceived notions about her based on her public persona. The women are all jealous and the men all want to sleep with her, but all Mangano wants is to be left alone. It's a mostly somber satirical piece, but story-wise, it languishes in its modest idea a bit long, becoming inconsequential to all but those fascinated by the realities of being famous."Community Spirit"Bolognini's piece isn't really a story. It's more of a visual gag, in a short segment that features Mangano offering to take an injured man to a hospital, driving him at breakneck speed throughout the city, but not stopping at locations where he might find aid. I won't give away the punchline here, but it succeeds in being amusing, even if it's the kind of thing that only is interesting the first time through."The Earth Seen from the Moon"The esteemed writer/director, Pier Paolo Pasolini (Salo), crafts the middle segment, which is the most artistic and memorable of the five. Reminiscent in style to "Don Quixote", a recently widowed father and his son travel around the country in search of a new wife and mother, and after a long period, they discover the literally speechless Mangano. She brings joy into their lives, but they are poor, and in order to find a better life for themselves, they concoct a scheme to try to make some quick cash. The story is contrived, and not completely interesting, but the outlandish performances, artwork, and costumes does evoke great charm and likeability. Although mute, it's probably the most appealing of Mangano's five performances, and Toto is terrific."The Sicilian"Franco Rossi directs the fourth an shortest piece, a straight-forward revenge story that comes and goes before it ever has a chance of becoming interesting. It's violent, but easily the least satisfying of the five stories."A Night Like Any Other"Eastwood's appearance is clearly the biggest attraction here, which was filmed in between the Sergio Leone "Dollars" trilogy. It's an enjoyable departure from his normal roles, playing a comedic romantic lead, and he is affably fun to watch. Famed Italian director, Vittorio de Sica (The Bicycle Thief, Umberto D.) does a masterful job with the story, which perfectly blends the mundane and the fantasy in a visually satisfying way. The story is about a bored housewife (Mangano, of course), who tries in vain to get her husband to realize that he is not as romantic as he used to be. The scene is interspersed with comedic romance sequences revolving around the couple's past romantic interludes, and dreams of how their lives should be.
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回复 :《你追我赶》是一部围绕一对民工讨债过程中的种种遭遇而展开的爆笑故事片。
