这部电影是由意大利、比利时、法国合拍的,曾获得金球奖最佳外语片,凯撒奖最佳服装设计、最佳音响以及奥斯卡最佳外语片提名。
古典音乐作曲家卡多(恩里克·洛维索 Enrico Lo Verso 饰)为了保全弟弟法瑞内利(斯特法诺·迪奥尼斯 Stefano Dionisi 饰)的声音不会因为成长而消失,不惜在他孩童时实施宫刑,从而让法瑞内利成为了伟大的歌唱家。兄弟两个人的命运就此相连,约定从此共有一切——音乐,荣誉,女人。法瑞内利的醉人的歌声及纯真的魅力迷倒了不少美女,卡多与弟弟分享一具肉体,并在感情和事业上处处控制着单纯的法瑞内利。终于有一天,了解真相的法瑞内利悲痛不已,无法原谅他的兄长对他的所作所为,从此两人决裂。在日食来临的时候,卡多割腕未遂,苏醒的他终于得到法瑞内利的原谅,于是,他在弟弟的女人爱丽丝肚子里留了个孩子作为对以前行为的补偿后悄然离去。
Since 1977, Sam Klemke has been recording himself on film, the #selfieavantlalettre. In that same year, NASA launched the Voyager with the Golden Record. Whereas NASA primarily sketches a positive picture of humanity, Klemke's honest self portraits zoom in on the individual. A special film about time, memory and what it means to be human. ‘This year will be my year, it has to be!’ Since 1977, Sam Klemke - a pioneer status updater - has looked back on ‘his year’ using video. With the illusion of progress, he hopes to encourage ‘personal growth and improvement’. Documentary maker Matthew Bate met Klemke on Facebook and became acquainted with his video 35 Years Back Through Time, a super-cut in which Klemke counts backwards from 2011 to his ambitious teenage self. Intrigued by this obsessive film project, Bate used Klemke's personal archive to create a documentary collage that feels like an intimate road trip, with Klemke providing valuable lessons about time. Along the way, he dismantles the dream of success and happiness. Klemke's self-mockery and honesty give the whole thing a light, breezy feel. Through this, Bate interweaves NASA’s Golden Record Project which, just like Klemke’s video project, was launched in 1977. This juxtaposition creates a reflection in which Bate sketches the comprehension of time and self-documenting stories as an inherent human need.
2009年,美国货轮“马士基·阿拉巴马”号在船长理查德·菲利普(汤姆·汉克斯 Tom Hanks 饰)的带领下执行在非洲角区域的货物运输任务。该次任务的航线途径海盗猖獗的索马里地区海域。虽然菲利普船长和船员都进行过抗击海盗的训练和演习,但是他们完全没有料到在启程不久就遭遇了四名索马里海盗的登船袭击。菲利普船长在保护船员和货物的搏斗中不幸被海盗劫为人质并带离货船。美国海军等部门接到情报后立即展开大规模营救菲利普船长的行动。 本片根据真实事件改编。这是近200年以来美国船只首次遭到海盗的劫持。