Patrick Messina是一名专利律师,在他的专业领域他有着极高的权利及威望。然而他却被诊断出患了不治之症,这无疑是晴天霹雳。在面对他的最后一名顾客时,他得知这名顾客是一个医生,来自西西里岛,在那里有一颗生长了上百年的橄榄树,这棵树的叶子可以治百病。为了寻找到这棵树,也为了验证传说的真实性,Patrick踏上了旅程。包治百病的百年老树究竟是科学的谜题还是圣经中古老的传说?面对人生的疑惑与信仰,也为了探寻从前,现在以及过去的关系,Patrick不断前行着……
Facing a long winter of lockdown and combating a bad case of writer’s block, filmmaker Eric agrees to get a dog with his girlfriend Allie. A modern couple – vegan, ethical, millennial, neurotic – much research and negotiation leads to the arrival of Milly, a rescue from the Dominican Republic. This sets off a riotous chain of new challenges on how to best deal with this addition to the household. As Eric contends with a sinister dog-training programme, his introspection spills out onto his film work, with poor Allie and Milly taken along for the ride. The couple each pursue their own deepheld individual questions surrounding trust, purpose and roots, while wrestling with the idea of what it means to be a modern family. Milly, in the meantime, has a lot on her paws with these two!
Part rom-com, part rescue-dog story, part autofiction, part self-indictment, part family scrapbook, this debut feature was made with remarkable economy and displays a disquieting amount of (often hilarious) emotional authenticity. Filmmaker Ben Petrie and creative collaborator Grace Glowicki play the young couple and in doing so, capture nothing less than what it means to be human.