坐在轮椅上,之后的人生只能靠它代步的蒙特(摩根?弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰)对人生不再抱有什么希望。曾经的知名作家因为妻子的离世而灵感不再,整日与酒为伴的蒙特让侄子对他放不下心来,于是为他找了一个僻静小镇的小木屋,让他在这里散心养生。搬到这来的蒙特起初对什么都没有的小镇很不满,终日酗酒。而隔壁奥尼尔家的三个小女孩及她们的母亲(维吉妮娅?马德森 Virginia Madsen 饰)引来了蒙特的注意,随着和她们接触的加深,蒙特喜欢上了这一家,从中也渐渐拾得了生的乐趣;而奥尼奥家的三姐妹从蒙特身上得到了父爱和关怀,而她们的母亲也再次感受到爱情。
一切都在朝着好的方向发展着,哪怕当下仍是黑暗,但黎明终究会来到,在救赎与被救赎中,蒙特及奥尼尔一家得到了治愈。
The main hero of the film is an electrician with a far greater effect on the people around him than his job defines. He is the last link in a huge energetic system and he becomes the binding bridge between the geopolitical problems of post-soviet space and the common people. The economic devastation of the country had an enormous impact on the industrial workers and yet despite the upheaval, these people did not seize to love and suffer, to have and be friends and to enjoy their lives… In particular our resilient electrician, who possesses a wonderful and open heart. He not only brings electric light (which is often out) to the lives of the inhabitants of this small city, but he also spreads the light of love, loyalty, life and mainly laughter.
改编自荷兰的轰动性真实新闻事件,46岁的护士露西娅(Lucia de B.)因被指控在1997至2001年间谋杀了7位病人和企图谋杀另外3人,于2006年被海牙法院判处终身监禁。这具有争议性的案件持续8年,最后护士推翻对其罪名的指控,使此案件成为荷兰司法史上最严重的误判案例之一。从一开始的被定罪,到出人意料的反转,最后尽管一切指涉医疗体制内的官僚腐败,但在阻力面前也就只能到那儿了。片子短小精悍,张弛有度,简洁有力,它在情感上有一个巨大的心理落差,就像让人在黑夜中看到一束光。 2014年电影《Lucia de B》代表荷兰角逐奥斯卡最佳外语片奖。