电影 · 1987 · 法国 · 剧情片,剧情
The subject of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s Der Tod des Empedokles (The Death of Empedocles, 1987) is the Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles (c. 490 BC – 430 BC), who lived in the Greek colony of Agrigentum in Sicily. His theories are mentioned in several of Plato’s dialogues. He maintained that all matter is made up of four irreducible elements: water, earth, air and fire. A mystic and a poet, he is considered to be the founder of classical rhetoric. He is also thought to be the last Greek philosopher to write in verse; two fragments of his works survive: Katharmoi (Purifications) and Peri Phuseôs (On Nature). An advocate of democracy, he came into conflict with his fellow citizens of Agrigentum and, as result, was banished with his young disciple, Pausanius. When he was asked to return, he preferred to commit suicide by throwing himself into the active volcano at Mount Aetna. The German writer Friedrich Hölderlin wrote two versions of Der Tod des Empedokles in 17
电影 · 1949 · 法国 · 战争片,剧情,爱情,战争
故事发生在1940年，德军的铁蹄踏上了法国的土地，让这个美丽的国家满目疮痍。一间屋子里，老人（让·马力·罗宾 Jean-Marie Robain 饰）和他的侄女（妮科尔·斯黛芬 Nicole Stéphane 饰）相依为命，战火并没有扰乱他们平静的生活。 某日，一位名叫凡尔奈（霍华德·沃侬 Howard Vernon 饰）的德国军官同老人和侄女住到了一起，出于自尊和立场，老人和侄女始终对其保持沉默。然而，随着时间的推移，两人发现凡尔奈不仅彬彬有礼，还对法国文化持有着特殊的尊重与喜爱，慢慢的，同在屋檐下的一对男女之间产生了真挚的感情。然而，巨大的隔阂和沉默横埂在两人之间，他们该如何处理这段生不逢时的爱情？…