Jane Lambert (Bisset) is a middle-aged novelist whose marriage has ended in part because of her inability to bear children. She falls for Bernard (Perez), the self-centered businessman who is not yet 30. Jane ignores her career and follows her heart as she and Bernard begin a passionate love affair. Several months into the romance, Bernard begins to withdraw his affections for ...
Paris, 1887. Duels have been officially outlawed but are still regular practice. For many, they are the only way to defend their honor. Fencing master Clément Lacaze tries in vain to prevent his nephew from engaging in an uneven duel with the more experienced Colonel Berchère. Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre, a feminist fighting for women’s equality, tries to show that honor is no...
让娜(伊莲娜·德·芙吉霍尔 Hélène de Fougerolles 饰)是出生在一个平凡的资产阶级家庭之中的大小姐。让娜的母亲(伊丽莎白·马高尼 Elisabeth Margoni 饰)是一个野心勃勃的女人,一直希望能够靠着女儿的婚姻向更高一级的社交圈挺进。
一次偶然中,让娜邂逅了储君路易十五(文森特·佩雷斯 Vincent Perez 饰),郎才女貌的两人很快就坠入了情网。然而,这段感情注定会遭到整个宫廷的反对,因为相比于路易十五尊贵的王储身份,让娜只是一个平平无奇没有任何背景的平民女孩。可即便如此,路易十五还是坚定的将让娜带进了凡尔赛宫,册封为蓬巴杜侯爵夫人。两人的爱情抵挡的了纷飞的留言,却抵挡不过时间和现实的侵蚀。
年轻的乔治安娜(朱丽娅·斯蒂尔斯 Julia Stiles 饰)嫁给了意大利富豪克里奥斯(安东尼·拉帕格利亚 Anthony LaPaglia 饰),这段婚姻刚刚持续一年,克里奥斯便在一场意外中丧生。悲痛之中,乔治安娜渐渐开始怀疑丈夫的死是一宗蓄意谋杀,坚强的她决定开始调查事件的真相。
很快,乔治安娜便发现了克里奥斯隐藏的秘密,他所拥有的巨大财富,是靠着犯罪得来的。不仅如此,想要保住这份财产,乔治安娜需要面对的是正在虎视眈眈的对手们,稍不留神就可能被他们杀的片甲不留。在克里奥斯的前妻的帮助下,乔治安娜迅速的学习着在“圈子里”生存下去的那些必备技能,她要不惜一切代价守住属于她和丈夫的东西。
吸血鬼莱斯塔特(斯图尔特·汤森 Stuart Townsend 饰)从长眠中苏醒,他不甘于趋于黑暗之中,于是他曝光于大众之下成为了一个摇滚歌手,一次意外莱斯塔特救了图书管理员杰西·瑞薇丝(玛格丽特·莫罗 Marguerite Moreau 饰),他的身份被杰西发现。莱斯塔特用他的歌声唤醒了传说中沉睡千年的吸血鬼女王阿卡沙(阿丽雅 Aaliyah 饰),阿卡沙与莱斯塔特展开了一场向旧仇人的报复计划,可他没有想到阿卡沙最终目的是想和他一起变人间为炼狱,统治全人类。与此同时杰西也爱上了莱斯塔特,莱斯塔特会怎么选择?
本片与《夜访吸血鬼》一样改编自安妮·芮丝(Anne Rice)的畅销系列小说——《吸血鬼列传》(Vampire Chronicles)。
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A Sadly Forgotten Gem, 14 October 1999
Author: minstrel
This movie is one of the best films the great Italian director, Ettore Scola has ever made. It also has a fantastic cast, all doing a great job, but, is seems the late Massimo Troisi does outshine them all, with a stunning performance as Pulcinella, a Sancho Panza sort...