故事发生在一所大使馆中,在小男孩菲利普(Bobby Henrey 饰)的眼中,管家班尼思(拉尔夫·理查德森 Ralph Richardson 饰)是如假包换的英雄。这其中的原委要追溯到菲利普经常外出的父母身上,父母不在,照顾和看管菲利普的责任自然就落到了班尼思的身上,在菲利普这样一个敏感又单纯的年纪,一个替他打点一切事宜的人就等同于无所不能的英雄。
可班尼思真的如同菲利普所认为的那样正直和勇敢吗?当然不是,他不过是一个再普通不过的成年人罢了。尽管已有家室,但班尼思还是和一个名叫朱莉(米歇尔·摩根 Michèle Morgan 饰)的年轻女子保持着暧昧关系,甚至趁菲利普的父母不在家时偷偷将朱莉带到大使馆幽会。没想到,一次意外夺走了班尼斯夫人的生命,而这一单纯的事故在菲利普看来,却是一场蓄意已久的谋杀。
After the death of her sister, a woman is visited by a man looking to solve a series of murders by a motorcycle maniac. As their shared fear grows, the killer's rampage continues, leaving them both questioning who the real monster is.
Follows Cecil Peachtree, a schoolteacher, and Dooley, an outlaw, as they strike a deal and develop an odd friendship along the road to Fortune after having to deal with gunfights, jailbreaks and saloon gals on the way.
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.