影片的时代背景落在30年代斯大林统治下的前苏联。科托夫（尼基塔·米哈尔科夫 Nikita Mikhalkov 饰）是红军的光辉领袖，任性拥有殷实家底和幸福家庭，任性正在与妻子玛露莎（英格波佳·达库内提 Ingeborga Dapkunaite 饰）、女儿一起在别墅中度过幸福时光。不料，一名不速之客闯进了这里。当他揭开层层乔装的外物时，人们认出了他——一个失踪了十年的没落贵族米迪亚（欧列格·米契柯夫 Oleg Menshikov 饰）。米迪亚的到来犹如地狱派来的使者，随着他娓娓道来的故事，米迪亚和科托夫之间的恩怨纠结、和玛露莎之间的陈年旧情以及随着时代而扭曲的人生，都在故事中一一展开。而更为残酷的是，他带来了一个令科托夫一家陷入绝境的消息……
杨耀东
回复 :电影改编自艾伦娜·费尔兰特的同名小说，讲述了35岁的奥尔加得知丈夫喜欢上别人，抛妻弃子，另谋新欢。她对家庭、生活失去信心。而这时母亲给了她帮助，另一位音乐家邻居也给她带来新的希望……
甜蜜射线合唱团
回复 :A teenage girl who decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.
陈健颖
回复 :斯特凡、茱莉亚和托比亚斯这三个兄弟姐妹过着舒适的中产阶级生活。从表面上看，他们做得很好，但所有三个人都越来越意识到他们的生活中存在着差距，有些事情不对劲，有些事情必须改变。41岁的斯特凡是一位成功的飞行员，一位真正的女士；到目前为止，他一直过着无忧无虑的享乐主义者的生活。但是突然之间，他的健康状况就不复存在了；而且，与他在早先的一桩婚外情中所生的女儿维姬的一次邂逅使他偏离了轨道。44岁的茱莉亚和丈夫在意大利度假时，开始照顾一只被车撞的街头狗。突然，她儿子去世的痛苦追上了她。34岁的托比亚斯嫁给了一位职业女性。他一直在照顾他们的三个孩子，似乎无法完成学业；现在他的兄弟姐妹决定他也应该照顾他们生病的父亲。爱德华·伯杰的电影描绘了三个人寻找幸福和内心平静。由于这三个集中的性格研究，形象出现了一个不安全的一代在一个快速变化的世界。The three siblings Stefan, Julia and Tobias lead comfortable middle-class lives. Outwardly, they are doing well, but all three are becoming more and more aware that there are gaps in their lives, that something is not right, and that something has to change. Stefan, 41, is a successful pilot and a real ladies man; up to now he has always led the life of a carefree hedonist. But suddenly his health will not play along anymore; moreover, an encounter with his daughter Vicky, whom he fathered in an earlier affair, throws him off course. While holidaying in Italy with her husband, Julia, 44, begins taking care of a street dog that’s been hit by a car. All of a sudden the pain of her son’s death catches up with her. Tobias, 34, is married to a career-orientated woman. He has been taking care of their three children and cannot seem to finish his studies; now his siblings have decided that he should also take care of their sick father.Edward Berger’s film portrays three people in search of happiness and inner peace. As a result of these three concentrated character studies, the image emerges of an insecure generation in a rapidly changing world.
