工程师彼特(大卫·摩斯 David Morse 饰)被武装分子绑架,罪犯要求彼特的雇主支付六百万美元的赎金,面对数额如此巨大的赎金,皮特的雇主回绝了绑匪的要求,保险公司亦采取了回避的态度。丈夫遭遇如此不幸,四处求助无门的爱丽丝(梅格·瑞恩 Meg Ryan 饰)最终找到了谈判专家特瑞(罗素·克劳 Russell Crowe 饰),这也是她能够找到的最后一根救命稻草。 在和绑匪谈判的过程中,特瑞发现整个绑架事件并没有他所想象的那么简单,与此同时,常年在婚姻中遇冷的爱丽丝对于稳重可靠的特瑞产生了真挚的感情。最后的期限眼看着就要到来,特瑞能够顺利的营救出彼特吗?他和爱丽丝之间的感情又是否能够有一个圆满的结局呢?
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.