横恋母 上巻

　　迪伦（大卫·斯佩德 David Spade 饰）是一个无忧无虑的年轻人，生活在洛杉矶的一幢十分舒适的房子里，生活里没有什么事情能够让他心烦，可谓十分自在。一天，他的隔壁搬来了一位名叫莉拉（苏菲·玛索 Sophie Marceau 饰）的女邻居，莉拉美丽、温柔，充满了神秘感，她的不可捉摸深深的吸引了迪伦，让后者的脑袋里装满了有关她的浪漫想象。　　然而莉拉对爱情却并没有什么憧憬，她有一个十分善妒的前男友瑞纳（帕特里克·布鲁尔 Patrick Bruel 饰），莉拉想要的全部，就是尽快摆脱这个可怕的男人，和自己的狗狗杰克一起相依为命。为了博取莉拉的信任，迪伦偷偷藏起了杰克，哪知道事态的发展渐渐超出了他的掌控。

　　影片聚焦布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀打造1982年的著名专辑《Nebraska》时期，作为年轻音乐人的他努力应对成功的压力，和令人困扰的过往。

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

 改编自赛珍珠的普立兹奖小说，是好莱坞在三十年代开始注意东方题材的代表性作品。影片虽是描写中国农村夫妇的悲剧故事，但主角均由美国人扮演，导演悉尼．弗兰克林也采取西方古典电影的风格来处理，在制作上相当严谨认真。剧情描写保罗．茂尼与路易丝．莱娜本来是贫困的农民，面对饥荒的威胁甚至以烤土充饥。后来茂尼得到了一笔财富，竟整天花天酒地迷恋情妇，莱娜只有发挥贤妻的耐性期待丈夫浪子回头。今天看来类似故事已显得老套，但本片的拍摄与特技表现杰出，路易丝．莱娜亦获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。