The story revolves around a G8 meeting, held at a luxury hotel on the German coast, where the world’s most powerful economists are gathered to enact important provisions that will deeply influence the world economy. One of the guests is a mysterious Italian monk (Servillo), invited by Daniel Rochè (Auteuil), the director of the International Monetary Fund. He wants the monk to receive his confession, that night, in secret. But the next morning, Rochè is found dead.
This film, very much of its time shows London in the early 1970's. Of course now a different world. Note the old fashion Underground ticket machines, and the Black and White Telly in the flat. The location looks very much like Churchill Gardens, Pimlico, with Battersea Power Station in the background. And, plenty of smoking going on, in pubs, and on the tube. The film is strangely sexy in its own way, with the young girl playing along with the much older man, its really a sexual fantasy come true. It is another one of those British low budget film where the low budget adds to rather that take away value. Watch for fun, which is what it is.
冷酷粗暴的流浪汉约翰尼(大卫·休里斯 David Thewlis饰)来到伦敦寻找自己的前任女友路易丝·克兰西(莱丝莉·夏普 Lesley Sharp饰),从一座失业问题严重的工业城市曼彻斯特来到交织在光鲜与黑暗中的大都市伦敦。约翰尼结识了路易丝的室友索菲(凯特琳·卡特利吉 Katrin Cartlidge饰),两人当天就在公寓做了爱。一觉醒来,已经爱上约翰尼的索菲得到的却是约翰尼一副玩世不恭的冷面拒绝。愤世嫉俗的约翰尼不仅仇视女性,也痛恨着自己与他身处的一切。他冷漠地与陌生女人做爱,绝望地与这个世界暴力相向。 本片荣获1993年第46届戛纳电影节主竞赛单元-最佳导演大奖,男主角大卫·休里斯凭借此片荣获最佳男演员奖,本片也同时入围第46届戛纳电影节主竞赛单元-金棕榈奖。
Bronco Billy McCoy is the proud owner of a small traveling Wild West show. But the business isn't doing too well for the past six months he hasn't paid his employees. At a gas station he picks up Antoinette, a stuck-up blonde from a rich family, who was left behind without a penny by her husband on their wedding night. Billy likes her looks and hires her as his assistant. She seems to bring them bad luck and the business gets even worse. In these hard times she loses her reluctance and starts to like her new way of life... and Bronco Billy. Written by Tom Zoerner