For Le Genou d'Artemide Jean-Marie Straub once again chose a dialogue by Cesare Pavese. And not just any dialogue, but one that tears open a painful, mystical abyss between love and the one left behind. The film is one single exhilaration and one single rush, a spell and dispersion into nature. It rises from a dark screen and chant to disappear in the woods with the whisper of the wind. It has little to do with what is generally called «cinema». It has one foot in the world beyond. Nature has ten million times the imagination of the most imaginative of artists. (Jean-Marie Straub)
A Man lives in his car. He is 40 years old and although he does not have a lot of free time, when he does, he chooses to spend it with his family. He meets his wife and two children at a specified day and time in car parking lots. His job is to locate and bring the finest honey to a 50-year old man. A New Driver shows up and the Man gets fired. The Man’s life changes and he finds it absurd that no one trusts him anymore.
故事发生在六十年代的美国洛杉矶,汤姆(罗伯特·杜瓦尔 Robert Duvall 饰)是一名侦探 ,一天,他去探望做神甫的弟弟德斯(罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰),让汤姆没有想到的是,自己的弟弟竟然和发生在二十年前的一宗悬案有着千丝万缕的关联。在那起案件中,被害人是一名女性,而她似乎和德斯有着非常暧昧的关系。 为了证明弟弟的清白,汤姆对案件展开了调查,很快,一个名叫杰克(查尔斯·德恩 Charles Durning 饰)的男人浮出了水面。如今的杰克是一名建筑承包商,二十年前,他则是驰骋黑社会的头目。汤姆的举动引起了杰克的注意,杰克当然不会放任不管。
Unemployed Czech-speaking writer Nicholas Whistler thinks he's got a job visiting Prague for a bit of industrial espionage. In fact he is now in the employ of British Intelligence. His pretty chauffeuse on arrival behind the Iron Curtain, Comrade Simonova, is herself a Czech agent. Just as well she's immediately attracted to 007's unwitting replacement.
亨利(加里·格兰特 Cary Grant 饰)是一名英俊帅气的法国军官,在前线,他结识了前来应援的美国陆军妇女队军官凯瑟琳(安·谢里登 Ann Sheridan 饰),尽管两人之间的交流经常伴随着吵吵闹闹,但随着时间的推移,亦产生了真挚而奇妙的感情。 战争结束后,亨利决定跟随凯瑟琳前往美国,结婚并开始幸福的生活,然而此时,一个难题却摆在了他们的面前,那就是亨利并不能取得美国的合法居留权。为了解决这个问题,亨利和凯瑟琳想了一个损招,那就是让亨利打扮成妇女队的军官,混进美国。让两人没有想到的是,这个看似完美的计划执行起来却遭到了诸多变故,他们能够获得最终的“胜利”吗?
由于生活所迫,母亲把女孩杰索米娜(茱莉艾塔·玛西娜 Giulietta Masina 饰)卖给了江湖艺人藏巴诺(安东尼·奎恩 Anthony Quinn 饰)。在相处中,女孩却发现这个空有一身蛮力的家伙,根本不懂得照顾女人,他买她只是为了让她做牛做马,在他演出的时候扮演小丑,平时给他做饭,陪他睡觉。这种粗暴蛮横的家伙,让她萌生逃离的念头,然而,几次出逃,均告失败。 在一次观看高空走钢丝表演的时候,杰索米娜认识了绰号“傻瓜”的马戏团艺人——玛托(理查德·贝斯哈特 Richard basehart 饰演),并且在他的引导下学会了演奏乐器。她非常感激,对这个男人产生了依恋。然而,但是藏巴诺的出现,再次打破了她的一切幻想,毁掉了来之不易的幸福……