汤姆(何塞·加西亚 José Garcia 饰)是一名在巴黎生活的整形医生,在那些渴望变美的女人们面前,他就是宛如造物主一般的存在,但对于汤姆来说,每天都在重复着同样的生活令他倍感疲惫,并且产生了逃离的想法。茱莉亚(Caroline Vigneaux 饰)是汤姆的妻子,身怀六甲的她即将临盆,可即便是这样特殊的时刻,塔姆还是决定带着她以及两个正值调皮捣蛋年纪的孩子,前往法国南部的村落度假。
这本该是一次温馨的家庭旅行,谁知道,在临走之前,茱莉亚那风流成性大大咧咧的外公本(安德烈·杜索里埃 André Dussollier 饰)突然决定加入他们。不仅如此,汤姆还发现,自己引以为傲的拥有自动巡航功能的跑车,在出发后没多久,自动巡航的功能就发生了故障
During a hot summer in Quebec’s countryside, a recently settled couple struggles. Marie (35), a sound artist in lack of inspiration doubts her relationship with her partner. The arrival of Noée (25), a young French traveler who mourns her father, will destabilise the status quo and trouble their neighbour Yan (30), a solitary farmer, by awakening new desires. In Montreal, Eva (15), a teenage Filipina who recently moved to Canada, tries to find new roots in the city. Since her arrival, she suffers from insomnia, often interrupted by strange dreams of her hometown in the Philippines. Jeanne (25) is having trouble finishing her thesis on the work of Marie, the artist in the countryside. As Eva tries to anchor herself, Jeanne plans to leave everything. The Splendour of Life is a sensual film that explores how we relate to each other in a changing world that transcends us - an invitation to live to the fullest.
In this episodic dramatic comedy Francella plays a whopping 16 different characters which “will confront conflicts reflecting the invisible pressure under which we live in a modern-day megalopolis,” said Cohn and Duprat. “The film presents a panorama of our ‘national being’ in a scathing and sarcastic but at the same time reflexive tone. Argentina is a country of immigrants, whose character is a sum of different origins and nationalities: Millions of Europeans came and mixed with Native Argentinians, creating a powerful and singular idiosyncrasy,” they added.
river’s Ed centers on a group of teens who steal their school’s driver’s ed car to go on a road trip to help a high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.