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January is forced to return home after six years traveling abroad. A near-fatal accident has left her temporarily wheelchair bound and depleted of her long-term memory. She is accompanied by her boyfriend 'Callum' whom she met whilst traveling. He was also the driver in the fateful accident. Not only has she forgotten her family, but her childhood as well and is surprised to discover that her home is a stately manor in the middle of the country-side. As January tries to settle in, she finds herself becoming even more estranged from her family, who just want their daughter back. The trouble is, she cannot remember who that daughter was, or why she ran away in the first place. Desperate to discover why she left all those years ago and with Callum's help, she sets out to find the truth. They soon discover the family are not as loving as they seem to be. Was there a dark reason why she left them in the first place?
电影导演莎莉(莎莉·波特 Sally Potter 饰)在创作新剧本时遇到了灵感堵塞,她烦恼不已,却又无济于事。在观看一场激情肆意的探戈舞演出后,莎莉被深深感染,仿佛找到了一些灵感。她决心暂时抛下工作,开始学习探戈舞。她去巴黎旅行遇上了有名的探戈舞者帕布罗,被他的舞蹈所吸引。于是提出让他在自己的下部电影里演出,以帕布罗教她跳舞作为交换条件。莎莉越来越沉迷于探戈舞,在与帕布罗学习探戈的过程中,他们彼此爱上了对方。但来自不同文化背景的两人,性格有着极大的反差:来自南美的帕布罗有着强烈的控制欲,他习惯掌控选舞、音乐等一切细节,甚至包括与莎莉的爱情;而作为女性主义者的莎莉却是决定帕布罗参与她的影片的关键人。两人之间的关系时而紧张,时而悠然,一场爱情之战悄悄开始。
影片根据泰·加涅发表的的文章《高处:雪地里的脚印引发了一场温情救援》(High Places: Footprints i n the Snow Lead to an Emotional Rescue,暂译)改编,讲述了母亲、护士兼登山爱好者帕姆·贝尔斯的故事,当她独自跋涉华盛顿山,被暴风雪困住时,她遇到了陌生的登山者并为其展开了一场大胆的营救。
电影改编自真实历史事件。故事发生在十六世纪,国王亨利八世(罗伯特·肖 Robert Shaw 饰)爱上了名叫安妮(瓦妮莎·雷德格瑞夫 Vanessa Redgrave 饰)的女子,他想同王后离婚,却又碍于世俗道德的制约。亨利八世找到了大法官托马斯(保罗·斯科菲尔德 Paul Scofield 饰),他要求托马斯在离婚法令上签字,企图以托马斯的德高望重来减轻自己的负罪。
托马斯一生光明磊落,国王的无理要求令极富正义感的他十分困扰,因为他明白,拒绝国王的人注定不会有好下场。在内心良知的引导下,托马斯贯彻了自己的原则,他拒绝签字并辞去了官职,可即便如此,正直的他也最终未能逃脱死于非命的厄运。
To his Victorian London friends, Stephen Lowry is a heartbroken widower. Only his housemaid Lily knows that far from dying of gastroenteritis his wife was slowly poisoned by her husband - information she is happy to use to improve her position in the household and to make sure she stays close to Stephen. As his own prospects improve with a business partnership and a romance more of his own class, Stephen decides that Lily must go. Unfortunately for him, his first attempt gives her even more of a hold over him.