Caroline and Anthony Mason have been married for five years. Due to his successful business, Anthony spends a lot of time away from Caroline. Her father, Bliss, likes Anthony as he has big houses and a large staff of servants. Even though Caroline loves Anthony, she is 'in love' with another man every two or three years. It is at these times that Anthony arrives to save the mar...
Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afraid her husband doesn't find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera singer so they'll have to move back to the city near her mother, and she tries to make her husband jealous by flirting w...
In 1861, Countess Angelina, ruler of Bergamo in southeastern Europe, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years before, comes to life from a portrait to help her descendant. Complicating factor: the newlywed countess feels strangely drawn to the handsome Hungarian invader, Colonel Teglash, who comma...
劉別謙遺作，其筆觸修成了正果。孤女要步叔父後塵當水管工，卻跟英國這個講究階級與男女有別的社會格格不入。逃出納粹魔掌的波蘭詩人，像找到同道中人般發現了她，但她這時卻跑去當女傭，還打算像正常人一樣嫁入尋常紳士家。來了美國二十多年，劉別謙才將自身處境總結起來。片中上至貴族下至僕人儘管嘴臉可笑，但不致面目可憎，反而都有幾許人性的落墨，也許這才是劉別謙筆觸的最高境界。更厲害的是，這些筆觸彷彿都融會在兩個主角身上，不經意間能跟觀眾心靈互通。今天回看，這是他最歐洲化的作品，近親不就是雷諾亞。
Source: 28th HKIFF
