Ukrainian folk song "Shchedryk" which was sung on Christmas Eve with good wishes, became a worldwide hit thanks to American authors by the name of "Carol of the Bells". The film is a symbol of unity of nations like the song "Shchedryk" - "Carol of the Bells". The epitome of the globe in the film is a large two-story house where three families of different nationalities live together like three countries on Earth. They live peacefully and amicably until the invaders come to their home, namely like they came to all of Europe, and ruin their piece as well as the world one. However, a little talented girl believes in the power of magic of "Shchedryk" and sings this song trying to restore the good by herself. Today this film is more actual than ever. History repeats itself. Many people go through the separation of nations refusing good. While watching a sweet talented child on the screen, people will be reminded what indifference and dissension may lead to. The song that unites all nations...
影片描述一个3岁的小女孩和她的家人从希腊难民中心到乌普萨拉的漫长旅程。在一群穿越海岸线的难民中,一个穿着蓬松外套,背着背包的的女孩即将开始她的旅程。她是影片的主角,她和家人的目的地是她的祖父在瑞典的家。通过与小女孩一起生活、跋涉,我们能明白到叙利亚难民在寻求美好的生活的过程中必须拥有多么巨大的勇气。影片描写了叙利亚危机的各种因素,揭示了难民家庭每天必须面对的身体和情绪的挑战。虽然小女孩可能不能够完全明白她所经历的事情,但她的努力和乐观如此耀眼,给大家带来了希望和勇气。
On a path littered with lifejackets, in the middle of a crowd of people on the run, a 3-year-old girl slowly emerges. Full of a child's energy and curiosity, carrying her little "Frost" backpack on her back, she takes in her surroundings between hundreds of adult trouser legs. She understands the gravity of the situation she and her family find themselves in, but filled with childlike wonder she continues her journey. For every step she takes, she emanates a longed-for feeling of hope. To Lean, it's a step closer to her grandfather in Sweden.
汤姆(弗雷德里克·马奇 Fredric March 饰)是一名内心怀揣着远大理想的剧作家,而乔治(加里·库柏 Gary Cooper 饰)则是一位名不见经传的小小画家,两人同为文艺界人士,在巴黎合租了一幢公寓。一次偶然中,汤姆和乔治邂逅了名为吉尔达(米利亚姆·霍普金斯 Miriam Hopkins 饰)的女子,两人同时被吉尔达与众不同的魅力所深深吸引,坠入了情网。
然而,夹在这两个男人之间的吉尔达无法做出选择,于是想出了一个注意,那就是住进汤姆和乔治家中,督促他们创作作品,就这样,一段奇怪的三角关系形成了。为了创作一部话剧,汤姆需要返回伦敦待一阵子,他十分担心在他不在的这段时间里,乔治和吉尔达之间会擦出火花。
本·墨菲(约翰·克劳辛斯基 John Krasinski 饰)和莎蒂·琼斯(曼蒂·穆尔 Mandy Moore 饰)是一对彼此深爱对方的情侣,他们的爱情充满浪漫和温馨,顺理成章两人也即将走入婚礼殿堂。莎蒂希望在与她的家族渊源颇深的圣•奥古斯汀教堂举行婚礼,但是这恐怕是一个糟糕的决定。这间教堂的弗兰克牧师(罗宾·威廉姆斯 Robin Williams 饰)看似和蔼可亲,却是个极为苛刻和奇怪的家伙。他对年轻男女贸然进入婚姻又选择逃避感到痛心疾首,因此弗兰克坚持任何一对来他的教堂举行婚礼的情侣都要接受婚前准备课程。未能通过该课程的情侣,弗兰克将有权取消婚礼。
看似只是例行的公事,却发现实行起来障碍重重。感情一向顺风顺水的本和莎蒂,将迎来走入教堂前的最大挑战……
玛丽(莉莎·库卓 Lisa Kudrow 饰)最近有点烦,因为他遭到了制片人尼克(杰西·布拉德福特 Jesse Bradford 饰)的“勒索”,尼克声称自己手中掌握着玛丽失散已久的儿子的下落,而交换情报的条件则是由他将玛丽与儿子重逢的场面拍摄下来。
查理(史蒂夫·库根 Steve Coogan 饰)和他的同性情人吉尔(大卫·萨克莱夫 David Sutcliffe 饰)也遇到了点麻烦,一系列不太显眼的迹象让查理开始怀疑起了吉尔对自己的忠诚。朱迪(玛吉·吉伦哈尔 Maggie Gyllenhaal 饰)亦站在人生的十字路口前,她不知道自己和男友奥迪斯(杰森·雷特 Jason Ritter 饰),以及男友父亲弗兰克(汤姆·阿诺德 Tom Arnold 饰)之间的关系该何去何从,未来又在哪里。
《芬巴的消失》讲的是芬巴和丹尼是一对生活在一个沉闷的爱尔兰小镇上好兄弟。芬巴到外闯荡,得到一个国际有名的足球队里踢球的机会,可是人家没有用上他。他就灰溜溜地回到了家乡,未能衣锦还乡令他很沮丧,和丹尼的关系也变得糟糕了。万念俱灰的情况下,他从桥上跳下去了,就此消失了。芬巴消失后几年,他从瑞典打电话给丹尼,丹尼追寻着这个消失的邻居的声音开始漫漫行程。丹尼来到瑞典北部的斯德哥尔摩,去往拉普兰,寻找芬巴。在那儿,丹尼不进见到了芬巴,还看到很多和善的人们以及可爱的阿比,但是他和芬巴的友谊发生了变化,生活也分开了。
《芬巴的消失》, 这部影片在拉普兰(挪威、瑞典、芬兰和苏联各国北部拉普兰人居住的地区)取的景,由于冰川解冻,影片的拍摄工作被迫停顿了6个月。
Finbar and Danny are close childhood friends who live in a depressing neighbourhood in an Irish town. Finbar gets the chance to play soccer in an international soccer team abroad but can't use it and comes back. He went as a hero and came back as loser. Even the relation to Danny gets worse. In an act of desperation he jumps from a bridge and just disappears. After years of missing Finbar, he calls Danny from Sweden and Danny follows this call disappearing from this neighbourhood, too. In an odyssey, Danny travels from Stockholm to the far north of Sweden, to Lappland, looking for Finbar. Up there, he does not only meet Finbar but also very nice people and the lovely Abbi. But the friendship to Finbar has changed and their lives evantually separate.