班车A ruthless corporate raider on the verge of making partner at his NYC private equity firm, is forced to return to his small town roots where he suddenly inherits his father's nearly bankrupt pencil factory, which is the heart and soul of the depressed community. With the foreclosure deadline looming, he must decide to either join the community's fight to save the factory, or let it close and relocate to China.
回复 :“金子”是个十来岁的女孩，大部分时间她都在照料母亲露丝。露丝曾是个隐君子，尽管现在戒掉了，但是几乎没有能力照顾自己，更不用说养家糊口。于是这个家庭重担落在了“金子“身上。但是，另一方面“金子”也要兼顾自己的学业，否则她的前途将失去方向。她将如何在两者间作出选择呢？2004年戛纳电影节“金摄影机”奖与电影评论周最佳影片以色列女導演凱倫葉達雅的長片處女作，在坎城影展一鳴驚人奪下金攝影機獎等五項大獎。16歲少女歐兒一肩扛起養家重任，面對母親放浪成性的墮落人生，她陷在悲涼的生命泥淖中難以自救，連想要展開一段純純戀曲，也被消磨掉失去所有的可能。寫實而殘酷的大城小事，結局震撼人心；影像成熟洗練，整體成績遠遠超越對一般新銳導演的保守預期。
回复 :本片是部风格特异的现代浮世绘电影，导演林德赛．安德森手法前卫，某些片段具有高度讽刺性，但整体稍嫌松散冗长。不过片中由亚伦普赖斯创作的配乐非常优美动听，马尔科姆．麦克道尔、拉尔夫．理查森、雷切尔．罗伯茨等在片中的表演也很投入，对喜欢艺术电影的爱好者来说非常有吸引力。剧情讲述一名见习推销员历经种种奇遇，最后成为一名国际性的资本家。
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回复 :Jennifer is a seventeen years old misfit punk teenager that uses piercing, tattoos, wears only black clothes and dyed hair, self-inflicts injures and has fixation for death. She misses a father and a normal mother, since Mrs. Benson has trouble in the communication with her, and feels absolutely rejected. While looking for a job, she meets the forty-nine years old Randall Harris, a lonely man who owns a shopping store, and he hires her. They are opposites but with loneliness and lack of friends in common. They become close friends, and their interaction changes their behavior for good while secrets and feelings are disclosed.
