瑟古德·马歇尔是第一位担任美国最高法院大法官的非裔美国人他从1967年开始在最高法院服务直到1991年退休为止；在任此职之前马歇尔担任「全国有色人种协进会」NAACP的律师协助1954年废除种族隔离政策的案件 「布朗控诉投陴卡教育局案」Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 赢得胜诉；他终其一生都致力于运用法律争取公民权和社会正义 瑟古德·马歇尔是美国20世纪的一位英雄他承接并胜诉的quot;布朗诉教育委员会案quot;导致美国废除了种族隔离法他后来成为美国最高法院法官始终致力于增进包括少数族裔妇女和移民在内的全体美国人的权利
张震因一次比赛冲动伤人入狱出狱后张震决定改过自新与女友一起经营生意不再打拳张震当年打伤的王学武的哥哥王学文得知张震出狱决定要为弟弟出气一再挑衅张震张震一再隐忍希望平静地生活直至女友被王学文绑架张震最终忍无可忍与其搏斗
儿科医生贝克弗朗索瓦•克吕泽 饰与妻子玛格特乔瑟•克罗泽 饰在初次亲吻的老地方旧日重温时妻子被人带走几天后人们寻获了她的尸体警方判定玛格特被一名变态的连环杀手杀害从此贝克陷入了痛苦的思念和懊悔 八年后一封神秘的地暖在邮件发送到贝克的邮箱一份视频令他无比震撼玛格特出现了并约她到公园与此同时两具尸体使警察重新调查玛格特的案件律师通知贝克他遭到逮捕贝克决定去公园一探究竟就此一个潘多拉的盒子被打开
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
