克莉斯汀娜和马蒂斯是一对拥有一双子女的中年夫妇，日韩家庭生活幸福美满。热情开朗颇具天赋的儿子乔纳斯在夏威夷帆板冲浪时失踪，日韩打破了家庭的平静。夫妇二人急忙启程寻子，留下年迈的奶奶和女儿洛蒂留守家中照看药房。克莉斯汀娜近乎疯狂地寻找着儿子的踪迹，与此同时，马蒂斯得知儿子的尸体已被找到。事已至此，马蒂斯希望回家筹备儿子的葬礼，但克莉斯汀娜却无法走出丧子之痛，坚持留在这片儿子临终前生活的地方了解他出事的经过。夫妇二人不欢而散。一直嫉妒哥哥得到父母更多爱的洛蒂却因为哥哥的死悲痛至极以至于无法进行乐团的试音。马蒂斯回到家中为她争取了一次重新试音的机会，洛蒂成功进入乐团。克莉斯汀娜在朋友汤姆的陪伴下，看到儿子生前设计的帆板图样，也结识了儿子的夏威夷女友哈娜。克莉斯汀娜依照夏威夷人的传统将儿子一部分骨灰撒向海中，她的内心也在逐渐愈合。马蒂斯带着洛蒂来到夏威夷，克莉斯汀娜意识到应该放下伤痛开始新生活，而洛蒂也从哈娜的口中得知哥哥是多么以她为傲。
回复 :人老心不老的鲁本•蒂什科夫（Elliott Gould 饰）拿出全部家当与威利•班克（阿尔•帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰）合伙经营赌场饭店。但他忘了，在拉斯韦加斯这个光怪陆离、骗盗横行的地方，防范之心是最不可或缺的。班克混迹赌城多年，奸诈手段让他在此如鱼得水。他骗尽鲁本的钱财，将赌场据为己有。老鲁本不堪如此沉重的打击，从此一病不起。鲁本的遭遇激怒了他的好友丹尼•奥逊（乔治•克鲁尼 George Clooney 饰），在对威利劝说无效的情况下，他重新集结了包括罗斯蒂•雷恩（布莱德•彼特 Brad Pitt 饰）、莱纳斯•凯德维尔（马特•戴蒙 Matt Damon 饰）在内的十三位罗汉，准备对班克赌场进行入侵。7月3日午夜，班克赌场开业，这注定是一个不平凡的夜晚……
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回复 :一部真人实事搬上大萤幕的传记电影。主角杰利路易斯是由丹尼斯奎德所饰，而饰演其13岁小妻子的女孩则是美丽的薇诺娜瑞德。丹尼斯在该片有相当迷人的表演，并且充分的表现了他个人在音乐方面较不为人知的才华。1950年代，摇滚乐被视为是一种违反上帝的野蛮音乐。杰利路易斯，一位傲慢、自大却才华洋溢、备受瞩目的摇滚乐手。他自由、不受旧有风俗规范的表演曲风，在当时出乎意料的大受欢迎，知名度甚至掩盖了同时期摇滚巨星猫王的风采，并为合作夥伴及唱片老板赚进大把钞票。但这样的局势却维持不久，因为...他娶了一个足以当他女儿的13岁小女孩，在当时保守的民风下，这当然是不被允许的，杰利路易斯也因此面临了人生道路上的抉择。
回复 :"Veteran experimental filmmakers Danielle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub helmed this unusual adaptation of a novel by Elio Vittorini. Focused on the triumphs and failures of a group of laborers and farm hands who pooled their resources to operate an alternative collective farm after the end of World War II, Operai, Contadini features a cast of 12 actors who read aloud from Vittorini's book for the duration of the film, either reciting from memory or using a clearly visible script. Hardly designed to be a crowd pleaser, Operai, Contadini proved to be controversial among the audiences for its showings at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight series." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide"The group makes up a primitive community which seeks to erase not only the distress created by the war but also the hardships of life and hunger, and to protect them from violence, misery and fear. Amid the ruins of this post-war period, the characters build and invent a rapport both in their professional and daily lives between themselves, the sexes, generations, diverse social and geographical origins, and antagonistic political camps.The group maintains a 'register', a kind of diary, as if it were entering the minutes of an inquiry or a trial." -Steve Grayson"my favorite Straub-Huillet films are Too Early, Too Late and Operai, contadini (2001), both color landscape films with especially acute senses of place as well as of nature in all its harsh beauty." - Jonathan Rosenbaum
