简介：霍顿先生（达德利·摩尔 Dudley Moore 饰）住进了加百利酒店，决定在那里同婚姻介绍所介绍的女子帕特丽夏（佩内洛普·威尔顿 Penelope Wilton 饰）见面。美国来的梅尔文（达德利·摩尔 Dudley Moore 饰）先生也在同日入住酒店，他来这里是为了完成自己的工作。与此同时，杀手迈克（布莱恩·布朗 Bryan Brown 饰）也栖身于此，潜伏在黑暗中监视着自己的猎物，伺机而动。原本八竿子打不到一起去的三个人，因为一个糊里糊涂的服务生送错了信而被阴差阳错的搅合到了一起，离奇而又荒谬的意外接二连三的发生。不仅如此，这一连串的错误还在误打误撞之下的在迈克和帕特丽夏之间牵起了红线。
简介：A failed, recluse director, Max, moves from New York City to a small seaside town after his wife's death. He struggles with his parental role over his son. Eddie, meanwhile, is becoming increasingly involved in the not-so-underground culture of drugs, promiscuous sex, and gang violence that lies there.The chasm between them seems to be growing despite Max's best efforts. Max jogs in the mornings and routinely passes a psychic. She spontaenously predicts that one night a serial killer will attack Eddie on the beach.Eddie is sampling various drugs with his friend, Smiley, and having unprotected sex. He ignores the advice of his father as a rule and seems beyond hope of redemption in the eyes of mainstream society. He shows potential for betterment when he prevents the murder of a rival gang member. Max saves Eddie from the serial killer.
简介：罗塞塔（瓦伦蒂娜•斯卡里希 Valentina Scalici 饰）和卢恰诺（朱塞佩•伊拉西塔诺 Giuseppe Ieracitano 饰）是一对相依为命的姐弟，她们的母亲因为逼女儿卖淫而锒铛入狱。此事遭媒体曝光后，两人随后被两个警察送上了去孤儿院的列车。其中一个警察因事先行告退，将姐弟俩托付给警察安东尼奥（恩里克•洛维索 Enrico Lo Verso 饰）独自看护。姐姐背负着雏妓的心理压力，但是弟弟却总是我行我素，两人常常发生争执。安东尼奥总是默默旁观，小心翼翼地呵护着两颗稚嫩的童心。在经历了抢劫、酒店驱逐，学校开除、哮喘疾病等一连串霉运后，安东尼奥似乎跟姐弟俩建立一种亦父亦友的关系，然而一张报纸却让他们的世界陷入崩溃的边缘……本片获第45届戛纳电影节评委会大奖。