"微笑之家"是一个老人收容所。花钱住进来的老妇人阿代利娜是一个温柔和蔼、见听对生活满怀热情的好人；另一位好男人安德莱阿虽有些虚荣，见听但仍不失为一个好老头。安德莱阿的妻子患有不治之症，虽然她明白自己和丈夫的一切都已结束了，但仍费尽心机地要把他紧紧拴在身边。阿代利娜和安德莱阿之间的爱情遇到了波折。在好心的黑人邻居的帮助下，这对老恋人决定逃离微笑之家。然而行前，内心充满矛盾和痛苦安德莱阿改变了初衷，放弃了冒险的念头，他不能离弃病妻。而阿代利娜则独白开着破烂的旅行车，去追寻自己新的生活……
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回复 :Brilliant playwright, Lisa, no longer writes. She lives in Switzerland with her family but her heart has stayed in Berlin, beating to the rhythm of her brother's heart. The ties between the twins have grown stronger since Sven was diagnosed with an aggressive type of leukemia. He's a famous theater actor and Lisa refuses to accept his fate, moving heaven and earth to get him back on stage. She gives her all for her soul mate, neglecting everything else, even risking her marriage. Her relationship with her husband starts to fall apart, but Lisa only has eyes for her brother, her mirror, who connects her back with her deepest aspirations and rekindles her desire to create, to feel alive...
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回复 :A straight-laced young woman, in fierce denial of being diagnosed with terminal melanoma, finds herself carried away on an impulsive adventure by a queer stranger.
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回复 :继承父亲遗产后于职场中杀伐决断、有所建树的中年女总裁，在爱情面前放弃独善其身的人生信条，同年轻下属走入婚姻殿堂，婚后发现丈夫与妹妹的秘密情事后毅然放手成全——影片的情节，如今看来已是老生常谈，但若论真正让本片熠熠生辉的原因，除了对于“社会性别期待“等经久不衰的议题的讨论，不可忽视的是主角波琳·弗雷德里克(Pauline Frederick)风趣、干练而又感人至深的表演。童年时期父母离异后被母亲抚养长大的波琳，自小便确立了演艺事业的理想，二十岁时便已担任巡回演出剧目的主角，虽然波琳·弗雷德里克在32岁时才出演了自己的银幕处女作——由休·福特和埃德温·鲍特指导的《不朽城》(The Eternal City, 1915)，但她依旧是最早前往好莱坞发展的百老汇明星之一，后来也成为了最早接演“有声片”（波琳曾接受系统的声乐、表演训练）的知名演员之一。事业方面可谓风光的波琳，感情生活却不尽人意，前后共经历了五次颠沛起伏的婚姻，在第五任丈夫（婚后不到一年内）和母亲相继逝世后，波琳也因罹患哮喘而离世。曲折而不平凡的人生经历也或许赋予了她一种表演中的特质，帮助她塑造了一位女性兼具泼辣和敏感的银幕形象。本片位列日本《电影旬报》1925年度十佳影片艺术类第六名。
