故事发生在二十世纪初的墨西哥革命中。一辆长途马车里，丛林高贵的先生女士们对一位沉默寡言的农民大放厥词，丛林然而突然农民摇身一变，显出家庭式匪帮头目胡安（Rod Steiger 饰）的真面目。胡安打劫后路遇爱尔兰革命军爆破专家约翰（James Coburn 饰），后者的爆破能力令抢劫梅萨维德银行如探囊取物，于是胡安苦苦尾随，不经意间却卷入了配合维拉革命军的梅萨维德暴动。胡安如愿与约翰搭档洗劫银行，但他所有的收获却是解放150名政治犯人。政府军上校刚特率军镇压革命，胡安与革命队伍付出了惨痛的代价。在逆境中，约翰与胡安产生了真正的革命情谊，二人在前往美国的路上折返阻击刚特上校，当约翰中弹之时，这位老战士看到了昔日在爱尔兰的温馨场景……本片获1972年意大利大卫奖最佳导演奖。
回复 :The exploits of three young Roman criminals are chronicled in this socially conscious drama. The young men commit petty crimes all day begin with arms theft, and culminating with a night with three streetwalkers. After their pleasure, the boys try to cheat the hookers, but they ladies are smarter than that and have stolen their cash ahead of time. The punks then return to the city for more crimes. Exploits include the harassment of three homosexuals, and attempts to seduce some women.
回复 :斯特凡、茱莉亚和托比亚斯这三个兄弟姐妹过着舒适的中产阶级生活。从表面上看，他们做得很好，但所有三个人都越来越意识到他们的生活中存在着差距，有些事情不对劲，有些事情必须改变。41岁的斯特凡是一位成功的飞行员，一位真正的女士；到目前为止，他一直过着无忧无虑的享乐主义者的生活。但是突然之间，他的健康状况就不复存在了；而且，与他在早先的一桩婚外情中所生的女儿维姬的一次邂逅使他偏离了轨道。44岁的茱莉亚和丈夫在意大利度假时，开始照顾一只被车撞的街头狗。突然，她儿子去世的痛苦追上了她。34岁的托比亚斯嫁给了一位职业女性。他一直在照顾他们的三个孩子，似乎无法完成学业；现在他的兄弟姐妹决定他也应该照顾他们生病的父亲。爱德华·伯杰的电影描绘了三个人寻找幸福和内心平静。由于这三个集中的性格研究，形象出现了一个不安全的一代在一个快速变化的世界。The three siblings Stefan, Julia and Tobias lead comfortable middle-class lives. Outwardly, they are doing well, but all three are becoming more and more aware that there are gaps in their lives, that something is not right, and that something has to change. Stefan, 41, is a successful pilot and a real ladies man; up to now he has always led the life of a carefree hedonist. But suddenly his health will not play along anymore; moreover, an encounter with his daughter Vicky, whom he fathered in an earlier affair, throws him off course. While holidaying in Italy with her husband, Julia, 44, begins taking care of a street dog that’s been hit by a car. All of a sudden the pain of her son’s death catches up with her. Tobias, 34, is married to a career-orientated woman. He has been taking care of their three children and cannot seem to finish his studies; now his siblings have decided that he should also take care of their sick father.Edward Berger’s film portrays three people in search of happiness and inner peace. As a result of these three concentrated character studies, the image emerges of an insecure generation in a rapidly changing world.
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回复 :本片改编自著名剧作家田纳西·威廉斯的同名戏剧。徐娘半老风味犹存的“南部美女”白兰芝（费雯丽）因“不适当”的行为被解除家庭教师职务后，来到新奥尔良投靠妹妹。妹妹家在一栋肮脏的公寓内，其丈夫斯坦利（马龙·白兰度）是波兰移民的儿子，性格粗鲁莽撞，且酗酒嗜赌。因为从小娇生惯养 ，受过旧式的南方教育，白兰芝多少有些神经质，她认为斯坦利是个很没教养的人，而斯坦利也正因为她所表现出的娇弱敏感，认为她会带坏自己的妻子，甚至威胁到他作为家中主人的地位，对她时常加以言语侮辱以示憎恶。在这样的环境中，白兰芝的悲剧一点点展开。
