Its plot introduces us to Antoine and Olga, a French couple who settled in a small village in inland Galicia some time ago. There, they lead a quiet life, although their coexistence with the locals is not as idyllic as they would like it to be. A conflict with their neighbours, the Anta brothers, will ratchet up the tension in the village until it reaches the point of no return.
An advice columnist begins receiving threatening notes from an anonymous stalker; meanwhile, members of her group therapy session are being murdered by an unknown assailant
住在同一家疗养院的布鲁诺和杜莎彼此相伴。但是，他们在一起的时光总是很快就被遗忘，因为两人都患有痴呆症。他们每次相见都像是第一次。吉廖拉·辛奎蒂的歌曲《我还年轻》唤醒了这段独特的关系，这首歌曾在20世纪60年代的圣雷莫音乐节上演出过——这是他们唯一的共同记忆，来自他们的青年时代。当布鲁诺独自一人时，回忆浮上脑海，他记起了患病之前的日子——他的家，他的妻子，他的狗，这一切其实都已经不在了。一天晚上，他无法找到自己的房间。他不小心走进了杜莎的房间，在她旁边睡着了。第二天早上，他们吵了起来，双方都试图证明对方上错了床，但这一切让他们重新发现了对彼此的感情。过了一会儿，杜莎穿着最好的衣服，在餐桌前等着布鲁诺一起吃早餐，但这种等待却是徒劳的。
Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled "Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked." I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up. This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more: the dialogue is laced with sharp wit; there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending; later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students; and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!); and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine). It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the "girl-nerd" who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes: really now, what's there to be embarrassed about?
