故事发生在一九五一年的德克萨斯州,老牛仔桑姆(本·约翰逊 Ben Johnson 饰)在此地经营着一家电影院,成为了当地年轻人们回忆里无法抹去的一笔亮色。高中生索尼(蒂姆斯·伯特姆斯 Timothy Bottoms 饰)和好友裘安(杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridge s 饰)是电影院里的常客,和桑姆亦是非常投机的朋友。 索尼经历过几场无疾而终的恋爱,心灵深深受到了震撼,他和裘安同时爱上了热情奔放的女孩杰西(斯碧尔·谢波德 Cybill Shepherd 饰),然而杰西最终选择了索尼,这令裘安感到十分伤心,选择了离开。桑姆去世的消息带给了索尼很大的打击,在桑姆的电影院里,索尼和裘安一起看了最后一场电影,这亦是电影院所放映的最后一场电影。
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.