老作家安东尼奥(安东尼奥·拉瑞塔 Antonio Larreta 饰)八十多岁了,有一天他突然梦到了小时候的年轻保姆的脸。这一天,安东尼奥多年未见 的钢琴师儿子就要回家探望刚因心脏病发而卧床输液的父亲。家庭护士玛利亚(玛利亚·得尔卡门·吉门耐兹 María del Carmen Jiménez 饰)和艾米莎(艾米莎·罗丹 Emilse Roldán 饰)从清早起便开始忙碌,要给安东尼奥做早点, 打针吃药,理发,找琴师来调几十年都没人弹的德国钢琴,侍弄菜园,还得对付安东尼奥的健忘病。但谁也没想到,不听话的安东尼奥竟然一个人揪着输液袋子偷偷溜出了屋,这可急坏了大家…… 本片获西班牙巴亚多利国际电影节国际影评人协会费西比奖,并被提名金穗奖。
During a hot summer in Quebec’s countryside, a recently settled couple struggles. Marie (35), a sound artist in lack of inspiration doubts her relationship with her partner. The arrival of Noée (25), a young French traveler who mourns her father, will destabilise the status quo and trouble their neighbour Yan (30), a solitary farmer, by awakening new desires. In Montreal, Eva (15), a teenage Filipina who recently moved to Canada, tries to find new roots in the city. Since her arrival, she suffers from insomnia, often interrupted by strange dreams of her hometown in the Philippines. Jeanne (25) is having trouble finishing her thesis on the work of Marie, the artist in the countryside. As Eva tries to anchor herself, Jeanne plans to leave everything. The Splendour of Life is a sensual film that explores how we relate to each other in a changing world that transcends us - an invitation to live to the fullest.
In this episodic dramatic comedy Francella plays a whopping 16 different characters which “will confront conflicts reflecting the invisible pressure under which we live in a modern-day megalopolis,” said Cohn and Duprat. “The film presents a panorama of our ‘national being’ in a scathing and sarcastic but at the same time reflexive tone. Argentina is a country of immigrants, whose character is a sum of different origins and nationalities: Millions of Europeans came and mixed with Native Argentinians, creating a powerful and singular idiosyncrasy,” they added.
river’s Ed centers on a group of teens who steal their school’s driver’s ed car to go on a road trip to help a high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.