欧伯利(约翰·李·米勒 Jonny Lee Miller 饰)从小生活在穷困的环境之中,然而,这并未能湮灭他对于单车运动的热爱。在妻子安娜(劳拉·福拉塞尔 Laura Fraser 饰)和好友马尔基(比利·博伊德 Billy Boyd 饰)的支持和鼓励下,欧伯利拥有了他人生中的第一辆改造单车,他亲切的称呼它为“古老的信徒”。
带着这辆单车,欧伯利来到了挪威的室内赛车场参加比赛,并且立刻打破了那里已经维持了十年之久的记录。,因此而结实了一生的对手和挚友克里斯(Adrian Smith 饰)。可是,没过多久,欧伯利的赛车事业便遭遇了巨大的危机,因为世界单车联盟认为“古老的信徒”实在是太过古怪,因此禁止欧伯利骑它参加比赛
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.
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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.