本片源自于瑞典导演奥拉西蒙森、乔安史特贾恩·尼尔森的成名短片《One Apartment and Six Drummers》。
出生于著名音乐世家的警官阿玛迪斯仇恨音乐,童年记忆是一长串代表荣耀的祖先名单,但他痛恨音乐,那对他是一种折磨。当一群倡导无政府主义的鼓手发动音乐快闪攻击,把整座城市当作乐器敲打,先是潜入开刀房,用仪器与人体当作打击乐器,接著在银行绞碎钞票来创作曼妙声响,公然挑战当局,阿玛迪斯的生活顿时陷入混乱。为了追捕这群音乐恐怖份子,他必须踏进花了大半辈子想要逃离的音乐世界。鼓手们准备以歌剧院做为终极目标,让城市聆听一场前所未有的音乐会,而阿玛迪斯的哥哥正是该晚的指挥。此时,阿玛迪斯却发现自己爱上了这群闹事者的首领……
天真可爱的伊丽莎白(安娜·弗莱尔 Anna Friel 饰)自幼嫁入贵族,肩负着振兴家世的的重任。适时战争不断,匈牙利的土地上未见安宁之地,伊丽莎白的夫家弗伦茨·纳达斯第(文森特·瑞根 Vincent Regan 饰)则在战争中愈加强大。弗伦茨连年征战在外,伊丽莎白则体验着孤独与无聊,她沉湎黑魔法、不伦之爱、蕾丝之情,更成为百姓谈及色变的吸血鬼女伯爵。真相在历史的长河中早已扑朔迷离,真正的伊丽莎白究竟如何无人得知…… 本片根据中世纪匈牙利臭名昭著的“吸血女伯爵”伊丽莎白·巴瑟(Elizabeth Bathory)的故事改编,并荣获2009年捷克金狮奖最佳艺术指导奖。
密苏里州西北部奥萨克地区17岁的少女芮(詹妮弗·劳伦斯 Jennifer Lawrence 饰)独自照看生病的母亲、12岁的弟弟和6岁的妹妹。芮的父亲屡次因制毒成为警察追捕的目标,这次也不例外,数月潜逃未归。眼看出庭日近,芮得知若父亲不出现,作为抵押,全家居住的老屋就要 被法院收走。芮决定寻找父亲的下落,哪怕这意味着她必须接触她那些靠制毒贩毒为生的危险远房亲戚。芮最先求助于叔叔“泪滴”(约翰·哈克斯 John Hawkes 饰),却被赶了出来;她又去找远亲茉莱(德尔·迪克 Dale Dickey 饰),还是被无情驱逐。眼看上庭日迫在眉睫,芮也顾不得众人的劝阻,在这个贫困而又危险的农业社区里一步步接近真相…… 本片获柏林国际电影节C.I.C.A.E.奖和青年影院陪审团奖(Tagesspiegel),以及圣丹斯电影节评审团大奖和华道索尔剧本奖。
The setting is Vienna in 1914 before the outbreak of war. The aristocratic and somewhat jaded Prince Nicki, pursued by all the ladies, begins a flirtation with Mitzi, a crippled harpist who works in a suburban wine-garden, and who is in turn idolized by Schani, an uncouth and violently jealous butcher. Their first encounter significantly takes place in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral on Corpus Christi day, with Nicki among the emperor's cavalry regiment. Later, in the refracted light of falling apple blossoms in the wine-garden--scenes of a distilled, ethereal beauty--Nicki gradually wins her faith and love. Meanwhile, amidst the sumptuous and corrupt milieu of the family palace, Nicki is drawn into complicity against his will, as his unscrupulous mother informs him he must marry Cecelia, the daughter of a wealthy commoner, in order to revive the family fortune. Mitzi has a vision of The Iron Man (a symbol of the declining power and position of the Hapsburg dynasty) and falls before the crucifix in fear; but her love remains steadfast, and she protests her faith though abused by her mother and Schani. Infuriated by her rejection, Schani threatens to kill Nicki on his wedding day unless Mitzi agrees to marry him. Following the processional splendor of the cathedral wedding, Schani appears to carry out his threat, but Mitzi arrives in time to stop him; and through the downpouring rain Nicki sadly gazes on his true love in the crowd as he drives away with his bride.