安妮(克里斯汀•斯科特•托马斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 饰)的女儿格雷斯(斯嘉丽•约翰逊 Scarlett Johansson 饰) 喜欢骑马,却在一次事故中和好友一同从马背摔下,好友遇难,而格雷斯也摔断了一条腿,她心爱的马匹“朝圣者”受伤得面目全非。格雷斯的心里蒙上了挥之不去的阴霾。 母亲心里十分着急。听说蒙大拿有精通马语之人汤姆(罗伯特•雷德福 Robert Redford 饰),安妮决定携女儿和“朝圣者”同往疗伤。汤姆起初不答应,终被感动,格雷斯和“朝圣者”在马语者精心的训练调养下慢慢复原,而离开了大都市的安妮也沉浸在那一片安静广袤的天地中。但是,安妮为此付出了代价——她长期离职,被解雇了,同时和丈夫的感情越来越疏远淡漠。另一方面,汤姆的与众不同让安妮心里泛起了阵阵涟漪。
迈尔肯(丹泽尔•华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰)出生于一个黑白通婚的家庭,其父是黑人牧师,其母是无偏见的白人。但是当时,美国种族矛盾激化,3K党经常骚扰他家,在他的幼小心灵中种下了复仇的种子。迈尔肯长大后,混迹于街巷酒吧之中,甚至染上了毒品、偷盗等恶习。一次偶然的机会,迈尔肯与白人女子索菲亚相遇,但这段爱情因种族偏见而夭折。迈尔肯因犯罪锒铛入狱,正当他处于困境之时,一位黑人教徒引领他皈依了伊斯兰教,这也成为他人生的转捩点。他通过阅读大量书籍,逐渐了解了种族歧视的文化根源,并多次在公开场合宣扬黑人要独立、对白人复仇的激进主张,引起轩然大波。迈尔肯成为很多人的眼中钉,甚至遭遇了背叛,引来了灭顶之灾……
母亲死后,凯特(海伦娜·伯翰·卡特 Helena Bonham Carter 饰)被姨妈玛德(夏洛特·兰普林 Charlotte Rampling 饰)收留了。玛德希望凯特能够嫁给一个富翁,从此过上衣食无忧的生活,可桀骜不驯的凯特偏偏爱上了名不见经传的小记者莫顿(莱纳斯·罗彻 Linus Roache 饰)。 一个名叫米莉(艾丽森·艾略特 Alison Elliott 饰)的富家女出现在了凯特的身边,她身患重病,命不久矣。单纯的米莉爱上了莫顿,凯特将这一切都看在眼里,一条既能得到米莉家产又能收获莫顿爱情的妙计应运而生,她很快就和米莉成为了无话不谈的好友。然而,人心并不如凯特想象中的那般容易操纵,眼看着莫顿和米莉之间的感情越来越深就要失去控制,凯特陷入了深深的不安之中。
亚历克斯(伊万•麦克格雷格 Ewan McGregor 饰)、大卫(克里斯托弗•埃克莱斯顿 Christopher Eccleston 饰)和朱丽叶(凯瑞•福克斯 Kerry Fox 饰)三个好友合住在一户公寓内,三人征集新房客时问出各种怪异问题,玩的不亦乐乎,最后在朱丽叶主张下,吸纳了写作的单身男子雨果,岂料雨果入住不久就身亡在屋内,惊慌的三人发现了雨果装有巨额现金的箱子,金钱诱惑难以抵御,他们悄悄将雨果分尸掩埋。巨款在手的亚历克斯和朱丽叶春风得意,但会计员大卫却终日忧心忡忡,终于大卫在二人挥霍钱财后暴发,将钱箱搬到阁楼收藏看管。与此同时,两名匪徒为了寻找钱箱,一路大开杀戒,并闯入了三人的公寓,大卫突然发力将匪徒杀死,此时的大卫,已经愈发神经质,将事情引向了更加危险的方向……
由加籍印裔女导演迪帕.梅塔执导,曾获芝加哥国际影展奖。因内容表现在打破传统的 “性禁锢方面,所以公映时竟触发狂潮,成为众矢之的,导演本人亦遭受恐吓。剧情介绍新德里一个年轻美貌姑娘嫁入中产店主家庭后,因丈夫沉缅于香港功夫,并迷恋于中国艳女而受到冷落。而不育的大嫂亦因丈夫参与 “灵修倍感寂寞,两人同病相怜遂成闺中好友,并发展成床上鸳鸯。后来东窗事发,迫使两人离家出走。该片在印度来讲,内容较为惹火,但比起香港片,似乎仍显平谈,而且剧情颇为噱头,算不上佳作。不过对女性情欲描写极为细致,有一定的文艺剧情趣味。该片还入选香港 “印度多面睇十大印度影片。 Ashok (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) runs a family business that sells takeout food and which also has a video rental store at the side. Ashok's extended family includes his wife Radha (Shabana Azmi), his brother Jatin (Javed Jaffrey), their ailing mother Biji (Kushal Rekhi) and their manservant Mundu (Ranjit Chowdhry), all living under the same roof. Jatin, at the insistence of Ashok and their mother, Biji, agrees to marry the beautiful Sita (Nandita Das) in an arranged marriage, although he is actually in love with Julie (Alice Poon), a Chinese-Indian. At first glance, you see a happy middle-class family going through the normal paces of everyday life. However, as the layers are slowly peeled back, we find a simmering cauldron of discontent within the family, with almost every family member living a lie. Both marriages in the family turn out to be emotionally empty, without love or passion. While Ashok is an ascetic who has taken a vow of celibacy, Jatin is a handsome ladies' man who is still openly seeing Julie even after his marriage to Sita. Ashok has pledged his total devotion to a religious holy man, a swami, in order to purge his life of worldly desires and temptations. Radha, bound by her sense of duty to her husband, agrees to go along with his wishes. As you can imagine, with both husbands ignoring their spouses' emotional and sexual needs (albeit with reasons that are totally opposite from each other), it is only a matter of time before Radha and Sita look to one another for comfort and to satisfy their own passions. In this environment, it is only natural that Sita and Radha become fast friends, and, in time, much more than that. But their love is not without its share of painful obstacles.