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　　本片根据真实故事改编讲述了1983年12月9日太原十五中学生池越忠在迎泽公园后湖挺身上前搭救两名落水儿童自己却也陷入冰窟随后赶到的迎泽公园绿化队队长王志胜3次潜水救起了这3名学生池越忠因抢救无效不幸遇难这两名被救儿童由于不同的家庭教育不同的人生志向走上了截然不同的人生道路一名长大后报名参军复员后勤恳工作；另一名由于家庭过分溺爱等因素最后参与了黑社会组织堕落为杀人犯被判处死刑……

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;s early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career
　　Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality though using sex for several years; obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich eg, her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude but unseen work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc
　　As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, yet the symbolism is rich he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy is, in fact a virgin, and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played
　　The scene between Josh and Jane a wonderful, young Edie Falco quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument
　　Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;s idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the quot;unbelievable truthquot; of the title is, yet no two people can agree including our hero on what exactly that truth is A wonderful little movie with some big ideas

　　爱丽丝尤拉西纳·拉尔迪 Ursina Lardi 饰和丈夫弗兰克多米尼克·杨恩 Dominique Jann 饰一起生活已经十八年之久了爱丽丝本以为她一定是这个世界上最了解弗兰克的那个人但事实却狠狠的给了她一个耳光让她开始意识到自己或许对枕边的这个朝夕相处的男人一无所知
　　种种迹象表面弗兰克的心思已经不在自己的家庭里了而是转移到了一个名叫帕布洛安东尼奥·布尔 Antonio Buíl 饰的男人身上丈夫出轨了出轨的对象竟然还是个男人这对爱丽丝和两人的三个孩子们来说都是巨大的打击随着时间的推移爱丽丝渐渐意识到自己已经再也无法挽回弗兰克对自己的爱了那么她还有什么更好的选择吗

　　婚姻不幸的土耳其女子乌马伊西贝尔·凯基莉 Sibel Kekilli 饰不仅跟丈夫毫无爱情可言更时常遭受丈夫的家庭暴力悲剧的婚姻致使乌马伊带着儿子逃回了娘家德国然而她悲剧的命运并没有因此终止迎接她的非但不是一个可以依靠的温暖的家而是家人的冷嘲热讽为了声誉家人居然极力劝她按照传统习俗把儿子送回给土耳其的丈夫抚养面对家人的冷眼和唾弃善良宽容的乌马伊并没有放弃她坚持自己抚养儿子不得已下寄居在朋友家然而这仅仅是悲剧的序曲乌马伊带着儿子去看望病危的父亲却不曾想到等待她的居然是自己弟弟的枪口
　　本片不仅荣获2010年第60届柏林国际电影节欧洲院线大奖还获得欧洲电影奖德国电影奖在内的六次提名三项大奖