结束了墨西哥的假期,正值青春年少的梅尔(佩顿·里斯特 Peyton List 饰)和茱尔丝(卡梅隆·古德曼 Cameron Goodman 饰)乘夜晚的航班回到洛杉矶。适值深夜,大雨瓢泼,贪图便宜的两个女孩和刚刚认识的青年塞斯(詹姆斯·辛德 James Snyder 饰)、马特(戴夫·鲍尔 Dave Power 饰)搭上一辆深色的机场巴士。除梅尔等人之外,还有一个中年人与他们同行。 四个年轻人相谈甚欢,不知不觉间却被司机(Tony Curran 饰)拉入一条陌生的道路。由于一个意外,巴士半路抛锚。正当众人手忙脚乱之际,司机露出狰狞面目。他收掉他们的手机,并准备实施抢劫。面对这个凶恶的歹徒,她们是该束手就擒,还是伺机逃命呢?
在一个英语学习班上,法国姑娘奥迪尔(安娜·卡里娜 Anna Karina 饰)认识了两名男子阿瑟和弗朗茨,他们是两个着迷于美式文化的年轻人,向往着惊险的传奇故事。奥迪尔很快就被风流的阿瑟吸引,渐渐地爱上他,他们三人开始常常混在一起,坐在敞篷跑车里兜风。 奥迪尔寄宿在一所豪华大宅里,她告诉弗朗茨,这所屋子里存放着巨额现金。阿瑟和弗朗茨便策划着要入屋行窃,后来奥迪尔想要退缩,然而阿瑟他们坚持要行动,并计划好了具体时间。到了那一天,事情却进行得并不顺利,奥迪尔一而再地要求他们取消行动,但是阿瑟表示明天再来,甚至动手打了奥迪尔。第二次的行动,会带来怎么样的灾难性后果?
平民家庭的托托(Thomas Godet 饰)与隔壁富人家庭的阿尔弗雷德(Hugo Harold Harrison 饰)在同一家医院同一天内出生。托托坚信,因为医院的一场大火,导致他们两个婴儿被父母抱错。本该属于他的优渥生活被阿尔弗雷德夺去,当然,每当他提及此事时不免遭受阿尔弗雷德的一顿老拳。随着父亲的意外去世,托托对阿尔弗雷德一家的嫉恨逐渐加深。憎恨并未令他得到满足与补偿,反而使他的一生永远笼罩在阴影之中……
本片荣获1991年戛纳电影节青年奖最佳外语片奖、1992年法国凯撒奖最佳外语片奖、1991年欧洲电影节最佳男主角(Michel Bouquet),最佳摄影,最佳剧本和青年电影奖、1992年葡萄牙奇幻国际电影节最佳影片和最佳剧本。
为了和家人一同庆祝感恩节,广告商人尼尔(史蒂夫·马丁 Steve Martin 饰)坐上了飞往芝加哥的飞机,在机场,一个名叫德尔(约翰·坎迪 John Candy 饰)的粗俗男子让他无法忍受,不幸的是,他们在飞机上竟毗邻而坐。本以为忍过两个半小时的旅程就可逃出生天,没想到暴风雪的袭来让飞机更改了航线。 在误打误撞之中,尼尔和德尔住进了同一个房间,屋漏偏逢连夜雨,小偷的造访又让他们丢掉了所有的家当,无奈之下,两人只得搭火车回家。随着时间的流逝,尼尔发现德尔的个性并非表面上看起来的那般教人无法忍受,两人的关系也渐渐亲密起来。可是,事情并没有就此结束,在一次又一次的意外中,尼尔觉得家离自己越来越远。
Synopsis Do-seong (Yoo Min) is a child monk who lives at a small mountain temple with the head monk (Byeon Ki-jong), learning the teachings of Buddha. He becomes attached to a young widow (Choi Eun-hee) who comes to pray at the temple, and the childless widow entreats the head monk to let her raise Do-seong as her own son. Conflict ensues when Do-seong's real mother (Kim Seon-young) appears, but she leaves the temple for the sake of her son's future. On the day the widow is to take the child down from the mountain, the head monk discovers that Do-seong has killed a bird by ensnaringit in a trap and decides not to let the boy go into the secular world. When Do-seong finds out that his real mother has been to the temple, he sets out to find her. Notes A film that has garnered recognition for its cinematography and direction by eliminating sentimentality and unaffectedly capturing the quiet life of a mountain temple. A Hometown in Heart demonstrates the camera technique and directorial skill of movies that appeared after the liberation of Korea. A Hometown in Heart, adapted from playwright Ham Se-deok's A Little Monk (Dong-seung), was hailed upon its release as a masterpiece that marked a new pinnacle in Korean moviemaking after the liberation. Eschewing new-school sentimentality to quietly express a boy's longing for maternal love, the film unfolds the everyday lives of three generationsthe head monk, a young monk, and a little child monkagainst the backdrop of a quiet temple in the mountains. The long shots utilized by director of cinematography Han Hyung-mo to capture the beautiful scenery of the mountain temple from a distance received great critical acclaim at the time. Also, each of the film's characters is convincingly portrayed through the skillful direction of Yoon Yong-kyu. In particular, the scene which expresses Do-seong's desperate yearning for a mother's love and his birth mother's past visit to the temple by combining them into a dream sequence reveals deep consideration for articulating story and emotion via a compressed visual grammar without tending toward sentimentalism. The movie's final scene, in which Do-seong awakens from his dream and sets off down the path in search of his mother, is both touching and beautiful. The film also features Choi Eun-hee, in the part of the young widow who warmly embraces Do-seong with her love, in one of her first roles. Afterword - Lee Kang-su, writing under the pseudonym of Kwak Il-byeong, first adapted playwright Ham Se-deok's A Little Monk (Dong-seung) into a screenplay, which was then shot for the silver screen with additional embellishments by the director.