贝茜•布鲁姆(凯特温斯莱 Kate Winslet饰)是纽约某新闻杂志的知名记者,她接到了一个任务是去采访一名死刑犯大卫•戈尔(凯文•斯帕西 Kevin Spacey 饰)。戈尔的罪名是强奸并谋杀了康丝坦斯•哈拉维,并将于周五下午6点被处以死刑,那么布鲁姆将要采访并记录的就是戈尔人生最后的三天,而此前戈尔拒绝了一切采访。布鲁姆起初对这个任务很不以为然,但在和戈尔的接触过程中,她发现一切并非表面呈现的那么简单,于是布鲁姆决定用仅剩的三天开始寻找真相…… 电影《大卫戈尔的一生》的导演艾伦•帕克凭借该片提名2003年柏林国际电影节金熊奖。
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.