大胡子莫里斯（蒂莫西•斯波 Timothy Spall ....Maurice Purley 饰）是一个出色的摄影师。他的妻子莫妮卡劝他为当清洁工的侄女罗克珊举办一个派对，日本庆祝她的21岁的生日，日本因为罗克珊的母亲辛西娅（布伦达•布莱西恩 Brenda Blethyn 饰）手头没什么钱。所以，弟弟莫里斯愿意为姐姐出点力。在筹备生日宴会的过程中，辛西娅突然接到了一个神秘的黑人女子霍顿斯（玛丽安•吉恩•巴普迪斯特 Marianne Jean-Baptiste 饰）的电话，经过攀谈，她得知霍顿斯是生活在伦敦的黑人配镜师，并且母亲刚刚去世。两人见面后，霍顿斯跟辛西娅讲述自己的身世，这个隐私直接影响到了罗克珊的生日派对……本片获得第49届戛纳电影节最佳影片金棕榈大奖，布伦达•布莱西恩获最佳女演员奖。
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回复 :长久以来，剧作家大卫（约翰·库萨克 John Cusack 饰）都过着郁郁不得志的生活，艺术家特有的清高让他对如今腐败混乱的话剧界充满了失望之情。为了讨好情妇奥利芙（詹妮弗·提莉 Jennifer Tilly 饰），黑帮大佬看中了名不见经传的大卫的剧本想要投资，作为前提条件 ，大卫必须让奥利芙饰演主角。虽然奥利芙唠叨的个性和蹩脚的演技让大卫深感抓狂，但在利益面前，他痛苦的屈服了。就这样，一个奇怪的剧组诞生了。剧本的漏洞，女演员们之间的矛盾，男主演日益肥胖的身材都让大卫感到绝望，但令他惊奇的是，一直监视着奥利芙的保镖契奇（查兹·帕尔明特瑞 Chazz Palminteri 饰）在无意中展现了过人的编剧才能。在契奇的帮助下，被改写的剧本居然获得了盛大的成功，与此同时，契奇对由自己操刀的剧本展现出的病态执着和剧组里混乱的男女关系让大卫陷入了另一个困境……
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回复 :Living with her father and stepmother in Naples, Anna is very unhappy as her stepmother hinders her attempts to live her own life. While her parents are away, she goes out with Carlo, but finds herself locked out when she comes home. This angers Carlo and he asks Anna to go away with him to Rome, where he plans to liquidate his business assets in order to have money for marriage. He quarrels with his partner and is implicated when his partner is found murdered. Although innocent, he is convicted and given a long sentence. Anna has a child and, finding it impossible to support her child , returns to Naples. The stepmother's conditions are that before she will agree to house the child, Anna must commit herself to a reformatory for unmarried mothers.
