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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.
1976年,8歲的瑪麗·黛西·丁格爾(貝絲妮·惠特摩爾 Bethany Whitmore 配音)是澳大利亞墨爾本的一個(gè)小女孩,喜歡動(dòng)畫片“諾布利特”、甜煉乳和巧克力?,旣惖膵寢屖莻€(gè)酒鬼,而在茶葉包裝廠工作的父親平日只喜歡制作鳥標(biāo)本。孤獨(dú)的瑪麗沒有朋友,某一天心血來潮給美國紐約市的馬克思·杰瑞·霍羅威茨(菲利普·塞默·霍夫曼 Philip Seymour Hoffman 配音)寫了一封信詢問美國小孩從哪里來,并附上一根櫻桃巧克力棒。44歲的馬克思患有自閉癥及肥胖,碰巧也喜歡看“諾布利特”動(dòng)畫片及吃巧克力。二人的筆友關(guān)系從1976年維持到1994年,期間各自經(jīng)歷了許多人生起伏,直到成年的瑪麗(托妮·科萊特 Toni Collette 配音)終于來到紐約看望馬克思……本片獲2009年法國昂錫國際動(dòng)畫影展最佳動(dòng)畫長片獎(jiǎng),柏林國際電影節(jié)水晶熊獎(jiǎng)及渥太華國際動(dòng)畫電影節(jié)最高獎(jiǎng)。
佐藤保和佐藤幸性格截然不同卻莫名投緣,一路從相識交往走到結(jié)婚生子。保曾多次參加司法考試卻屢屢落榜,沒想到陪他備考的幸卻先通過了考試,成為了職業(yè)律師。一邊是邋遢的律師妻子,一邊是被育兒壓得喘不過氣的落榜丈夫——這對夫妻之間維持著微妙的平衡,在歡笑與心酸中勾勒出一段真實(shí)的愛情故事。本片主演為憑借《惠子,凝視》獲得第77屆每日電影最佳女主角的岸井雪乃,以及憑借《利己主義者》獲得第78屆每日電影最佳男配角的宮澤冰魚。兩人的默契演繹為影片注入真實(shí)的情感張力,折射出現(xiàn)代社會(huì)中人與人之間的溝通困境,探討了人們與“他人”之間的理解與妥協(xié)。
改編自泉朝樹創(chuàng)作的同名暢銷漫畫,講述女高中生突然發(fā)現(xiàn)自己能看到鬼魂,她選擇假裝看不見,即使同學(xué)被鬼魂纏身,她也視而不見。她能通過這種方法克服這場危機(jī)嗎?