“It is a film from an extended series. It is hard to say who is the main character of “The Soviet Elegy.” There are more than a hundred faces of our compatriots. But, of course, it is not by chance that it is the destiny of a famous political figure, Boris Nikolayevitch Yeltsin, that bears a special accent in the film. Though he got to power following quite typical ways, his uncommon character puts him out of the ordinary, and in the author’s opinion it may be determined by his uncommon human nature. Our hero exists within the tragic pattern of the soviet socialist life. He is a character of a drama, of which he is one of the authors. “The Soviet Elegy” can hardly be called a documentary film in the proper sense. Of course, the author guarantees the accuracy of chronology, but he insists on an artistic mode of thinking, not on a political or historical investigation.”
出生于长岛的白人青年尤金·马东(拉尔夫·马奇奥 Ralph Macchio 饰)在古典吉他的演奏上拥有极高的天分,但是他如此热爱蓝调布鲁斯,尤其对传奇黑人布鲁斯歌手罗伯特·约翰逊(蒂姆·罗斯 Tim Russ 饰)着迷不已。据说约翰逊生前曾录下30首歌曲,但只有前29首流传于世。为了找到那首失落的歌曲,他辗转找到约翰逊当年的搭档——前布鲁斯乐队“盲狗福尔敦”成员威利·布朗(Joe Seneca 饰),甚至不惜以勤杂工的身份进入布朗所在的养老院。通过音乐,一老一少拉近彼此距离,威利则瞅准时机让马东带他离开养老院。 他们即将启程前往盲狗福尔敦的发源地密西西比州,寻找曾与音乐家们做过交易的魔鬼,寻找那首失落的传奇之歌……
在一个演员家庭中,大姐汉娜(米亚·法罗 Mia Farrow 饰)的丈夫——经济人埃利奥特(迈克尔·凯恩 Michael Caine 饰)正为小姨子莉(芭芭拉·赫希 Barbara Hershey 饰)神魂颠倒。二姐霍莉(黛安娜·维斯特 Dianne Wiest 饰)戒 掉了毒品,如今为经济拮据苦恼正考虑赚钱的生意,而汉娜的前夫——电视台编导米基(伍迪·艾伦 Woody Allen 饰)终日幻觉自己得了脑肿瘤,四处求医痛苦不堪。小妹莉与孤僻的画家情人弗雷德里克(马克斯·冯·西多 Max von Sydow 饰)相处,是后者唯一的倾诉对象。埃利奥特难耐情欲,终于与莉发生了关系,霍莉在一连串打击后意外的获得了事业和爱情的拯救……围绕在这个演员家庭周围的所有人,经历着情感和事业的重新洗牌。
马库斯(Richard Gibson 饰)邀请自己的同学兼好友雷欧(多米尼克·格尔德Dominic Guard 饰)到自己家去玩,就这样,雷欧结识了马库斯的姐姐玛丽安(朱莉·克里斯蒂 Julie Christie 饰),美丽又善良的玛丽安给雷欧留下了非常深刻的印象。马库斯得了传染病,没办法陪雷欧玩了,雷欧就此结识了名为泰德(阿兰·贝茨 Alan Bates 饰)的农夫,泰德拜托雷欧帮他送信给玛丽安,雷欧答应了他。 之后,雷欧和退伍军人修斯(爱德华·福克斯 Edward Fox 饰)交上了朋友,并且震惊的得知,玛丽安的家人准备将她许配给修斯,不仅如此,雷欧还意外的发现,自己帮泰德和玛丽安送的那些信件,其实是他们的情书。
Natty Gann (played by Meredith Salenger) is a twelve year old Depression era girl whose single-parent father leaves her behind in Chicago while he goes to Washington State to look for work in the timber industry. Natty runs away from the guardian she was left with to follow Dad. She befriends and is befriended by a wolf that has been abused in dog fights, hops a freight train west, and is presumed dead when her wallet is found after the train crashes. Dad gets bitter and endangers himself in his new job. Meanwhile Natty has a series of adventures and mis- adventures in various farmhouses, police stations, hobo camps, reform schools, and boxcars.