The tragic love story between Guido, the owner of a marble quarry and Luisa, the humble daughter of one of his employees, ends up in her giving birth to a baby boy. Giulio's mother is against them at first she takes her son abroad with an excuse and then has her grandson kidnapped making Luisa think the boy died in a fire.
Different Drummers is based on a true story about two unusual boys in Spokane, Washington in the mid 1960s. In this more innocent time, when body builder Jack Lalanne ruled the airwaves, the two heroes, a couple of elementary school students, make a bold attempt to triumph over mortality through friendship. Eleven year old David is slowing down and is now wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can't stop speeding up. Back then, he was referred to as having a condition called MDB (Minimal Brain Dysfunction) but today he would be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. Lyle wants more than anything to get David out of his wheelchair and running again, and he concocts a wild scheme involving a science project, some firemen, drummers, the school principal, a cop and a hand-walk across the school gymnasium, among other things. It works like this Inspired by his TV idol, Lalanne, and his message of intestinal fortitude and willpower, Lyle manages to convince David that ...
吉姆·布劳德本特、克里斯汀·韦格、莎莉·霍金斯、玛吉·史密斯加盟影片[圣诞男孩](A Boy Called Christmas,暂译),其他卡司包括佐伊·玛格丽特·科莱蒂([狂野生活])、托比·琼斯([金发缪斯])、米契尔·哈思曼(《鬼入侵》)等。吉尔·克兰([怪兽屋])执导,吉尔与欧·帕克([涉外大饭店])共同操刀剧本。