朗（汤姆•克鲁斯 Tom 饰）自幼就是一个争强好胜的男孩，向往男子汉的生活。年轻的朗被总统那潘那番充满煽动性的越战演说彻底征服，一种挑战和为国牺牲的冲动在朗的内心渐渐滋长。一次摔跤比赛的失利，令一向要强的他毅然告别了恋人唐娜和大学生活，踏上了从军参战之路。 然而，来到了越南的朗并没有在这里找到向往已久的英雄气概，反而目睹一出出反人类的悲剧。朗的好友威尔逊也在一次混战中死于朗的子弹，不久，朗中弹瘫痪被送回了美国。 坐在轮椅上的朗仍然坚持着对美国发动的战争的信仰，但女友唐娜重遇了朗之后，痛心的认为朗的悲剧都是战争的错。噩梦缠绕着朗，朗去拜祭了战友威尔逊，反战呼声中，朗终于觉醒。
In this episodic dramatic comedy Francella plays a whopping 16 different characters which “will confront conflicts reflecting the invisible pressure under which we live in a modern-day megalopolis,” said Cohn and Duprat. “The film presents a panorama of our ‘national being’ in a scathing and sarcastic but at the same time reflexive tone. Argentina is a country of immigrants, whose character is a sum of different origins and nationalities: Millions of Europeans came and mixed with Native Argentinians, creating a powerful and singular idiosyncrasy,” they added.
During a hot summer in Quebec’s countryside, a recently settled couple struggles. Marie (35), a sound artist in lack of inspiration doubts her relationship with her partner. The arrival of Noée (25), a young French traveler who mourns her father, will destabilise the status quo and trouble their neighbour Yan (30), a solitary farmer, by awakening new desires. In Montreal, Eva (15), a teenage Filipina who recently moved to Canada, tries to find new roots in the city. Since her arrival, she suffers from insomnia, often interrupted by strange dreams of her hometown in the Philippines. Jeanne (25) is having trouble finishing her thesis on the work of Marie, the artist in the countryside. As Eva tries to anchor herself, Jeanne plans to leave everything. The Splendour of Life is a sensual film that explores how we relate to each other in a changing world that transcends us - an invitation to live to the fullest.
river’s Ed centers on a group of teens who steal their school’s driver’s ed car to go on a road trip to help a high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.
Follows the Mackenzie Shirilla case, a 17-year-old who intentionally crashed her car into a brick wall in Ohio, killing her boyfriend Dominic Russo and his friend Davion Flanagan. She was convicted of 12 felonies.
