A father and his daughter, suffering from major hearing loss, arrive at a construction site for work. They are soon taken hostage by a dangerous couple, and must work together to outsmart their captors and survive the night....
故事发生在1914年的英国,维芙(米兰达·理查森 Miranda Richardson 饰)邂逅了名为艾略特(威廉·达福 Willem Dafoe 饰)的男子,此时的艾略特只是在牛津莫顿大学研究现代派诗的青年学生,一见钟情的两人很快就携手步入了婚姻的殿堂,婚后,艾略特展现出了对于写作的巨大热情,维芙百分之百的支持着丈夫,甚至充当了女秘书的角色。...
A mudslide caused by heavy rain and forest clearance almost sweeps away the cabin at the foot of the wooded slope. But this is not the only upheaval in Nikitas’s life. Shortly after the landslide, a man on an off-road motorbike es racing through the forest and stops in front of Nikitas’s cottage. For the first time in twenty years, Nikitas’s son Johnny stands before him, demanding the inheritance that was left to him in his mother’s will, namely, fifty percent of the land on which the reclusive Nikitas is now living. At first, Nikitas ignores his son. But there is also a pany that is after the land; called simply “the monster” by the villagers, the firm wants to build a road here. To prevent the muddy ground from being pulled from under their feet, father and son have to dig deep into it. Together.
Director Georgis Grigorakis sets his rain-drenched woodland Western against a majestic backdrop and finds robust yet tender images to tell this tale of rapprochement between two men. A story of resistance more powerful than the strongest excavator.</p>...