Pic watches as divorcee Xan (Desiree Staples) gathers her close friends to celebrate her impending split, only to reveal she intends to burn her divorce settlement money to start fresh. Chaos ensues as each friend has a wildly different opinion on what Xan should do.
1949年的法国乡村,音乐家克莱门特(热拉尔·朱尼奥 饰)到了一间外号叫“塘低”的男子寄宿学校当助理教师。学校里的学生大部分都是难缠的问题儿童,体罚在这里司空见惯,学校的校长(弗朗索瓦·贝莱昂 饰)只顾自己的前途,残暴高压。性格沉静的克莱门特尝试用自己的方法改善这种状况,他重新创作音乐作品,组织合唱团,决定用音乐的方法来打开学生们封闭的心灵。然而,事情并不顺利,克莱门特发现学生皮埃尔·莫安琦(让-巴蒂斯特·莫尼耶 饰)拥有非同一般的音乐天赋,但是单亲家庭长大的他,性格异常敏感孤僻,怎样释放皮埃尔的音乐才能,让克莱门特头痛不已;同时,他与皮埃尔母亲的感情也渐渐微妙起来。
本片讲述的是几个来自印度和巴基斯坦的穷人如何获得英国绿卡的故事。当然,作为穷人,入赘英伦(假结婚)是最直接最有效的办法之一,可那也代价不菲。在异国他乡,有辛酸,有艰辛,有苦难,有苦水,或许也有幸福?
The film, directed by John McPhail (Anna and the Apocalypse), tells the story of Dinah Little, a no- nonsense, curmudgeonly farmer, and Charlie, the unloved niece who Dinah begrudgingly takes in after discovering her in an orphanage. Dinah's farm is in the self-proclaimed "Pumpkin Capital of the World" where the biggest event of the year is a high-stakes, cutthroat giant-pumpkin-growing contest with an enormous cash prize. Charlie, who has a special bond with plants, decides to enter the competition where she and the other pumpkin growers face sabotage and a genetically engineered rival. As she nurtures her pumpkin ‘Peter’ and watches him grow, so does a bond between Dinah and Charlie.