1970年代传奇摇滚乐手丹尼柯林斯(阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰)在经历人生低潮时,经纪人(克里斯托弗·普卢默 Christopher Plummer 饰)发现了一封40年来从未送达的信,这封信居然来自披头士主唱约翰·列侬,在40年前写给当时19岁的他,这让他再度受到启发,毅然决然地离开现在奢华的生活,踏上寻找生命意义的旅程,而他也在这段旅程中收获了真爱和消失已久的创作灵感……
当一个人问另一个人“敢不敢”的时候,另一个人必须说“敢”,这就是游戏的规则。小男孩于连和小女孩苏菲的相遇即开始于这样一场孩童的闹剧,一个精美的铁盒子就是他们游戏的见证。说脏话,扰乱课堂,在校长室小便,内衣外穿……一个游戏两人一玩十多年,他们什么都敢,除了承认彼此相爱。 苏菲(玛丽昂·歌迪亚 Marion Cotillard 饰)提议两人分别四年,挑战的内容是于连(吉约姆·卡内 Guillaume Canet 饰)敢不敢伤害苏菲。恍惚四年逝去,于连找到苏菲,为了游戏的进行他决定另娶她人,邀请苏菲做伴娘。受到伤害的苏菲在于连的婚礼上抛出铁盒子“你敢悔婚么?”原本最最亲密的朋友相互伤害最深。同样心痛的两个人相约再次分别十年。 十年里,于连拥有了一切,家庭、事业、朋友,只是没了苏菲宛如没了心,原来丧失激情的生活这般索然无味。 终于十年过去,“Love me, if you dare...”
泰吉•巴德兰德巴德(卡尔•潘 Kal Penn 饰)带着范•维尔德的精神和大学学位,远赴英国加尔福德大学——这里是他父亲曾经“战斗”过的地方,兄弟会“狐狸与猎犬”之屋留下了父亲风光的记忆,然而来这里担任助教的泰吉并不被对方认可,狐狸与猎犬的首脑皮普反而将泰吉戏弄了一通。泰吉来到自己负责的宿舍——被戏称为马厩的败落小屋,这里住着四个边缘化的学生:研究量子物理和男女关系的盖辛,暴躁的爱尔兰人谢莫斯,沉默的宅男赛门以及不检点的女生赛迪。泰吉为了让这几位问题青年重新振作,自组鸡公牛社团向皮普的狐狸与猎犬之屋发起挑战,而皮普的女友查莉令泰吉一见钟情,于是一场关乎学生尊严和助教爱情的奋战拉开了序幕…
高中生乔(汤姆·克鲁斯 Tom Cruise 饰)为学业所困扰,连春梦往往也以考试迟到作为结束,成绩不佳令他的大学前景堪忧,中产阶级父母则为他联系了普林斯顿大学的面试。在父母外出期间,乔与朋友们筹划赚钱项目,又因一场恶作剧阴差阳错结识了应召女郎拉娜,拉娜给予乔温存,却又把他卷入了一系列麻烦:家中失窃、皮条客驾车追逐……令乔焦头烂额,但在这诸多意外之中,乔与拉娜愈发亲密,并最终同意了拉娜的主意——在家中举办派对,通过为年轻人介绍应召女郎抽水盈利。于是家中无父母,屋宅变欢场,夜夜笙歌之时,普林斯顿大学的面试官突然到访,乔仓促应对,未知大学前途究竟如何?
The gripping true story of a young man’s journey from hero to alleged war criminal, the determined lawyer on his tail, and their search for truth in the fog of war. Anthony Boyle plays the real-life soldier Brian Wood, accused of war crimes in Iraq by the tenacious human rights lawyer Phil Shiner, played by Toby Jones. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield - at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy - to the courtroom, and one of Britain’s biggest ever public inquiries, the Al-Sweady Inquiry. Memory, evidence and trauma collide, as Brian finds himself caught on the fine line between war and unlawful killing. After his service in Iraq and years of legal investigation, will he ever be able to look his family in the eye again and be the husband, father, and son, they need him to be Danny Boy is an urgent and thought-provoking drama that questions what we ask of those who fight - and kill - for their country. Danny Boy is made by Expectation for the BBC. It is written by Bafta-winner Robert Jones and directed by Sam Miller, and also stars Alex Ferns, Leah McNamara, Pauline Turner, Kiran Sonia Sawar, and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. Executive Producers are Colin Barr and Susan Horth for Expectation, with Lucy Richer, Jo McClellan and Clare Sillery for the BBC.