7. The English Patient 英國病人
The historical backdrop for this novel is the Second World War in Northern Africa and Italy. Hana, a young Canadian Army nurse, lives in the abandoned Villa San Girolamo in Italy, which is filled with hidden, undetonated bombs. In her care is the man nicknamed "the English patient," of whom all she knows is that he was burned beyond recognition in a plane crash before being taken to the hospital by a Bedouin tribe. He also claimed to be English. The only possession that the patient has is a copy of Herodotus' histories that survived the fire. He has annotated these histories and is constantly remembering his explorations in the desert in great detail, but cannot state his own name. The patient is, in fact, László de Almásy, a Hungarian desert explorer who was part of a British cartography group. He chose, however, to erase his identity and nationality.。。
一段愛情,在戰(zhàn)火中燃燒,逾越了道德,改變了戰(zhàn)局。艾馬殊(拉爾夫•費(fèi)因斯 Ralph Fiennes 飾)是一個(gè)歷史學(xué)者,跟隨探險(xiǎn)家來到撒哈拉沙漠考察,結(jié)識(shí)了繪制地圖的飛機(jī)師杰佛和他妻子凱瑟琳(克里斯汀•斯科特•托馬斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 飾)。凱瑟琳的才氣和美麗讓艾馬殊深深著迷,兩人在沙漠一個(gè)幽深洞穴參觀壁畫時(shí),更加發(fā)現(xiàn)彼此志趣相投。道德最終戰(zhàn)勝了激情。凱瑟琳和艾馬殊分手后,杰弗發(fā)現(xiàn)了妻子的外遇。傷心的杰弗開著飛機(jī)企圖與妻子和艾馬殊同歸于盡,艾馬殊幸運(yùn)躲過一劫,卻造成凱瑟琳身受重傷、自己命喪黃泉。艾馬殊趕到深愛的人身邊,把她安置到山洞里,承諾一定會(huì)走出沙漠,找到援助。但是,事情卻不像想象中容易。他為了救人,擔(dān)當(dāng)了賣國罪名,惹來了殺身之禍,而凱瑟琳會(huì)不會(huì)等來獲救的曙光?艾馬殊又將承擔(dān)起怎樣的罪責(zé)?
8. Penelope 真愛之吻
The movie Penelope follows a young woman who learns to be happy with who she is, regardless
of her looks or who approves of her. Penelope Wilhern is a young woman from a wealthy family with all the qualities to make an excellent match for any other well-bred man of her status. However, what sets her apart is that she has the nose and ears of a pig。
Generations ago, an embittered witch placed a curse on the Wilhern family because their son had impregnated her daughter, one of their servants. The son sought to marry her, but his family talked him out of it and married him off to another. The witch's daughter, overwrought, threw herself off a cliff. The witch cursed the Wilherns so that the next girl born into the clan would have the aspect of a pig. For five generations, only sons were born into the family, until Penelope (Christina Ricci) was born, stricken with the curse. It is said that the curse can only be lifted if one of her own learns to love her, which is interpreted by her parents to mean a man of noble birth.。。
佩內(nèi)洛普(克里斯蒂娜•里奇 飾)出生在貴族家庭,可是她的家族被詛咒了她一出生便有著一個(gè)豬鼻子。佩內(nèi)洛普對(duì)自己的樣貌感到十分的自卑,她羞于與一切人交往,要想解除這個(gè)詛咒,便要得到一個(gè)出自真愛的吻,才能讓佩內(nèi)洛普恢復(fù)美貌。女兒長大了,佩內(nèi)洛普的父母極力張羅她的婚事,佩內(nèi)洛普也想找到個(gè)真正愛她的人解除魔咒。可是每個(gè)看到佩內(nèi)洛普真面目的男子都落荒而逃,令佩內(nèi)洛普與父母都感到十分難堪與沮喪。以往,每個(gè)見過佩內(nèi)洛普真面目的男生都簽約保證不會(huì)向外界透露這個(gè)秘密??墒悄迟F族繼承人卻走漏了風(fēng)聲。記者雷蒙當(dāng)年想得知佩內(nèi)洛普的真面目,卻讓佩內(nèi)洛普的母親擊傷了右眼,此時(shí)他要與貴族繼承人合作,雇人假扮相親者與佩內(nèi)洛普見面,以拍到她的真面目。但被雇傭的麥克斯(詹姆斯•麥卡沃伊 飾)是個(gè)沒落貴族,佩內(nèi)洛普誤以為他不在乎自己的面貌,備受感動(dòng)。實(shí)際上麥克斯從未見過佩內(nèi)洛普,兩人隔著一塊玻璃相處良久后彼此吸引住了,但他礙于與佩內(nèi)洛普的身份相差甚異,默默離開了。最后佩內(nèi)洛普又能否找到真愛,得到真愛之吻解除惡毒的魔咒呢?