改编自James Michael Pratt的小说《最后的情人节》。1944年,海军飞行员Neil Thomas被派遣上战场。2月14日,正值两人结婚纪念日,车站临行之际,Neil许下承诺,会在下一个纪念日回到这个车站。可惜,承诺没能兑现,Neil在一次行动中失踪。为了那个承诺,Caroline Thomas六年来每年都去车站等候丈夫信守承诺归来....
1979年Quadrophenia(四重人格)这部由电影的上映带起了Mod的复兴。片中内容讲述了1960年代因为出生于劳工阶级的Mods,因为无法摆脱现实的桎梏,无法摆脱自己的社会阶级,以及生活当中的苦闷,真实再现了Mods的生活。
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Hell On Wheels!
The Year Was 1964, and The Battle Was Just Beginning!
A Way Of Life [rerelease]
We are the mods, we are the mods. We are, we are, we are the mods.
幕后制作
本片由The Who监制,配乐除了使用The Who的Quadrophenia专辑当中的音乐外,还加上Mods最爱的黑人灵魂乐等乐风,Sting在当中也有饰演一角。
A stranger who turns up at a resort hotel in midwinter, behaves rudely towards other guests and disappears the next day. Found half-frozen in the snow he is taken to hospital where his story is gradually revealed.
Paul Averhoff was once a great marathon runner, the gold medal
winner at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Now over 70 and forced to
live in a nursing home, Paul rejects the singing group and handicraft
classes for his old running shoes and announces that he is training
for the Berlin Marathon, which he intends to win.