Communist East Berlin, early 1980s LUDGER is hired by the Stasi to infiltrate a subversive countercultural movement in the district of Prenzlauer Berg. After falling in love with the mysterious NATHALIE and sleeping with his first target, CORINNA, Ludger ends up living two lives – one as an underground poet and one as a Stasi agent – both of which eventually come back to haunt him 30 years later.
Following the success of their feature debut Jennifer’s Shadow (2004) – an exercise in American Gothic set in a scary land called Argentina – Pablo Parés and Daniel de la Vega worked for a US company on a post-mega-disaster wasteland zombie film in which South America had been turned into an all-purpose, all-materials junkyard, with the undead as the last humane entities around (forget about the humans here!). The project never materialised, but Diego Parés, Pablo’s brother, started to write and draw a comic series based on the screenplay – which so far remains a ruin, as only parts were finished and published. The ECish beauty and balls of Diego P.’s labour of love have now been congenially transformed by the directorial duo into a delightfully old-(1970s)school low-budget production, closer to Romero and Dante than Fulci and Lenzi. And the IFFR audience is in for the treat of treats they get to see the film and can also enjoy the unfinished comic in an exhibition.
故事发生在1936年的英国伦敦,里奇(保罗·贝坦尼 Paul Bettany 饰)是一位拥有着大好前途的银行实业家。然而,事业上的成功却并不能弥补里奇婚姻中的缺憾,他和妻子玛德琳(奥莉维亚·威廉姆斯 Olivia Williams 饰)之间的关系早已经名存实亡。 玛德琳的妹妹蒂娜(海伦娜·伯翰·卡特 Helena Bonham Carter 饰)要来家中小住,蒂娜是一名艺术家,她那无拘无束的举止和古灵精怪的性格很快就吸引了里奇的注意,随着时间的推移,两人终于决定坦诚相待,越过了伦理和道德的界限。之后,蒂娜怀上了里奇的孩子,遗憾的是,孩子并没有能够平安的诞生,与此同时,里奇亦意识到,对于眼前所发生的一切,一直保持沉默的玛德琳并非一无所知。
珍妮特(克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 饰)在政府部门打拼了那么多年,总算坐上了卫生部部长的位子。为了庆祝晋升,她在家中设置了一场聚会,邀请好友们参加。玛莎(切莉·琼斯 Cherry Jones 饰)和金妮(艾米莉·莫迪默 Emily Mortimer 饰)是相恋多年的同性情人,金妮通过试管婴儿手术怀上了三胞胎,这让她和恋人都感到异常兴奋。 聚会在尚且平和的气氛中进行着,在这个节骨眼上,珍妮特的丈夫比尔(蒂莫西·斯波 Timothy Spall 饰)忽然宣布,自己患上了不治之症,命不久矣。这一消息犹如一枚重磅炸弹让众人炸开了锅,与此同时,每个人隐藏在内心的秘密亦因为这枚炸弹制造的冲击而纷纷浮出水面。