平民家庭的托托(Thomas Godet 饰)与隔壁富人家庭的阿尔弗雷德(Hugo Harold Harrison 饰)在同一家医院同一天内出生。托托坚信,因为医院的一场大火,导致他们两个婴儿被父母抱错。本该属于他的优渥生活被阿尔弗雷德夺去,当然,每当他提及此事时不免遭受阿尔弗雷德的一顿老拳。随着父亲的意外去世,托托对阿尔弗雷德一家的嫉恨逐渐加深。憎恨并未令他得到满足与补偿,反而使他的一生永远笼罩在阴影之中……
本片荣获1991年戛纳电影节青年奖最佳外语片奖、1992年法国凯撒奖最佳外语片奖、1991年欧洲电影节最佳男主角(Michel Bouquet),最佳摄影,最佳剧本和青年电影奖、1992年葡萄牙奇幻国际电影节最佳影片和最佳剧本。
Didier Konings’ simmering mediaeval horror Witte Wieven explores the confluence of religion and patriarchy in an excessively puritanical Dutch village. Blamed by her community for being childless, Frieda immerses herself in prayer and ritual. When she returns unscathed from the forbidden forest surrounding the village, having evaded a lecherous butcher, she is condemned as an agent of the devil. Frieda, however, finds new faith in the dark powers that inhabit the woods.
Shot in a reduced colour palette at the edge of visibility, Konings’ gripping film constructs a convincing pre-modern society whose practices it elucidates with patience and attention. Although set in the Middle Ages, Witte Wieven displays an unmistakably contemporary spirit, crafting a feminist parable about women discovering new ways of understanding their lives and the world.
The film is inspired by the true-to-life story of the discovery of the long-lost “Opus 28” manuscript from Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen, originally performed in 1909 by Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow, to whom the piece was dedicated.
Campbell portrays a student who seeks to complete her thesis on Parlow by organizing a public performance of “Opus 28” from Toronto to Oslo. The cast includes Dueñas, Melanie Scheiner, Eve Duranceau, Maxim Gaudette, Rosa-Johan Uddoh, and Eileen Davies.
Debt-ridden pacifist Richard Fyre is propositioned to return to his abandoned mercenary ways by flamboyant zealot, Priest, to eliminate his international competition in exchange for a clean slate.