The Jesuit is the alias of a man who was wrongly accused and became imprisoned. When The Jesuit discovers that his wife has been murdered and his son kidnapped and taken to Mexico, he elaborates a complex and dangerous plan to rescue his son and avenge the death of his deceased wife.
故事发生在1860年的巴黎,杜弗先生(安德烈·加布里埃洛 André Gabriello 饰)带着妻子(雅内·马尔肯 Jane Marken 饰)、女儿昂利艾特(西尔维娅·巴塔耶 Sylvia Bataille 饰),以及在店里帮忙的小伙计安纳道尔(Paul Temps 饰)一起前往乡间度假,他们的目的地是布兰叔叔(让·雷诺阿 Jean Renoir 饰)经营的小旅店。 乡间的景色十分的怡人,气温也恰到好处,吃过晚饭后,杜弗先生带着安纳道尔去钓鱼了,亨利(Georges D'Arnoux 饰)和赫多尔夫则陪着杜弗太太以及昂利艾特去湖上划船。哪知道杜弗夫人和赫多尔夫之间竟然碰撞出了激情的火花,而昂利艾特也难敌亨利的热烈攻势,顺势倒在了他的臂弯中。
杰克(小罗伯特·唐尼 Robert Downey Jr. 饰)仗着自己英俊的外表整日沉迷于美色之中并引以为傲。一次偶然中,杰克在酒吧中邂逅了名为兰迪(莫利·林沃德 Molly Ringwald 饰)的女孩,他深深的被这个自信又热情的姑娘所吸引,两人一拍即合相谈甚欢。然而次日,兰迪对杰克的态度却来了个一百八十度的大转弯,百思不得其解的杰克找到了兰迪的住所,才发现兰迪的父亲是一个赌鬼,背负的巨额债务。
为了给父亲还债,兰迪不得不向富翁费尔南多(鲍勃·冈顿 Bob Gunton 饰)寻求帮助,费尔南多要求兰迪那她的身体来交换。杰克提出自己可以帮助兰迪,但遭到了后者的拒绝,兰迪远赴大西洋城,想在赌桌上试试手气。
Set in Prague in 1953, this suspenseful crime drama follows honest police captain Hakl (Trojan) and his investigation of a seemingly mundane robbery at a goldsmith’s shop. In a fraught political climate, this incident is seized on by the Communist authorities, who require a smokescreen for their own, far grander, deception.
On the orders of State Security, Hakl’s investigation ...
一直作為米路斯.科曼劇本鐵三角(另一位是帕培錫,也是本片編劇之一)成員的艾雲.巴薩,當然也走低度戲劇路線。同是音樂家的彼德與卡洛老友重逢,生活狀況大不同,你有伴侶我有家庭,然而都有說不出的不明朗,唯有以酒與音樂代替口水。全片推展不問目的,只在剎那間的意圖,行行企企比起科曼更義無反顧,卻有生活淡如流水的詩意和繆思,叫觀眾聯想到二十年後的伊力.盧馬。巴薩鍾愛音樂的程度不下於文字和電影,古典音樂與民間音樂於全片迴轉迴盪,難怪成了奇斯洛夫斯基十大心愛電影之一。
康城影展青年評審團獎,美國全國影評人協會特別獎
這部1966年的珍品,是捷克新浪潮短暫生命中最佳作品之一。成名音樂家到小鎮探訪舊同學,舊同學是個窮音樂教師,有時在喪禮上吹奏樂曲。平凡的素材在巴素手裡,變出風趣復罕見的旋律,一部憂鬱的喜劇,或灰色喜劇。
- Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Ivan Passer's (Cutter's Way and Creator) last film to be made in his native Czechoslovakia is about friends – musician Petr and music teacher Karel – reunited when Petr returns to town for a performance. Passer frequently collaborated with Milos Forman and the episodic, low-action aesthetic that was evident in Forman's early work can be seen here. Years of separation have bred apprehension between the two men, and Karel's simmering jealousy makes their meeting all the more awkward. Eventually, the barriers crumble enough for the pair to freely discuss their lives. The film's simple beauty is in the details of the men's reacquainting themselves with each other, discovering each other's regrets and unfulfilled desires. Alive with pathos, humour and insight.
Special Award, National Society of Film Critics Awards
Its simple city mouse-country mouse story involves the meeting of two former schoolmates as they prepare for a small-town concert. Enlivened by Passer's flair for grotesquerie, this unassuming masterpiece maintains a delicate balance between hilarity and despair.
- Elliott Stein, Village Voice
Source: HKIFF Czech New Wave 2006