乔安娜(朱莉娅·奥蒙德 Julia Ormond 饰)育有两个貌美如花的女儿——弗雷亚(珍娜·迪万-塔图姆 Jenna Dewan-Tatum 饰)和英格丽德(瑞秋·波士顿 Rachel Boston 饰),然而,两个女孩所不知道的是,她们的母亲来自于古老的伯查家族,是拥有不朽生命的女巫,而这神秘又充满了诅咒的女巫之血,自然也在弗雷亚和英格丽德的血管中流动着。
弗雷亚即将和达什(艾里克·温特 Eric Winter 饰)订婚,可很显然,她对达什的弟弟肯利亚(丹尼尔·迪托马索 Daniel DiTomasso 饰)更感兴趣,因为对于弗雷亚来说,肯利亚身上散发出的神秘感有着致命的吸引力。乔安娜久违的妹妹温蒂(梅晨·阿米克 Mädchen Amick 饰)现身了,她带来了一个噩耗,有一群不轨之徒企图断绝查伯家的血脉,而乔安娜必须向女儿们揭开她们的身世之谜。
在全球性的核战过后,仅存的人类躲入空间站方舟中苟延残喘。为了保存资源,控制人口,任何触犯法律的成年人都会被处以死刑。将近一百年后,空间站氧气即将耗尽,人类面临死神的威胁。为此,包括少女克拉克(Eliza Taylor-Cotter 饰)、总理之子威尔斯(Eli Goree 饰)在内的一百名少年犯被强制送往地球,他们即使危急关头的牺牲品,也是人类最后的希望。
顺利抵达地球的年轻人急于摆脱方舟的束缚,克拉克则执意和几名同伴寻找供给,在此期间发现地球还有人类存在。另一方面,方舟内的政治局势波谲云诡,总理遇刺,代理总理凯恩(亨利·伊安·库斯克 Henry Ian Cusick 饰)蠢蠢欲动,人类的命运悬于一线……
Jimmy Sutton, tricky publicist for Consolidated Pictures, fetches teacher Trudi Hovland from snowy Minnesota to sunny Hollywood to test for the film of the best-seller "Girl of the North" - having come 436th in a competition several years earlier she is now next choice as leading lady. She gets the part, but despite his own growing attraction for her Jimmy deviously manufactures a romance between her and Roger Maxwell, a new star who desperately needs to pep-up his image.
Summary
Bullied by his matriarchal mother, abused by his siblings, ignored by his father, Poil de Carotte's childhood is as miserable as it could be. An illegitimate child, he is the main reason for the enmity which exists between his parents, who continue to live together just to keep up appearances. In the end, Poil de Carotte's suffering becomes more than he can bear...
Review
Drawing heavily on the poignant novel by Jules Renard on which it is based, Poil de carotte is a modest yet appealing film which has stood the test of time mainly because of the quality of its acting performances and its inherent humanity. It is more memorable than Julien Duvivier's earlier silent version of 1925, also named Poil de Carotte.
The part of Poil de Carotte was played by 11 year old Robert Lynen, who was alleged to have been discovered whilst walking down the Champs-Elysées in Paris. Lynen is totally captivating and the film made him an instant star, launching what looked like becoming a very promising film career – until he was shot dead whilst fighting against the Germans in 1944. Harry Baur, a legendary stage and film actor (who also died during World War II, allegedly at the hands of the Gestapo), also turns in a typically fine performance. The reconciliation between father and son at the end of the film provides its most enduring image, enough to melt the heart of all but the most stoical of spectators.
Here's a modern-day film noir in which you're never sure what's real and what isn't real. There is a possibility you may get tired of guessing and give up on this film 3/4ths of the way through, as I almost did but it worth finishing. It also was better the second time around
The problem is just too many flashbacks. If some of those scenes were not replayed so often, or a few of the many twists eliminated, it would have been a super movie. It still was fascinating in parts. It grabs you, and you can't stop watching to see what the real story is. Along the way, is a bunch of nice colors and some nice film noir-type in the beginning and then during the ending credits.