瞒着父亲(汤姆•汉克斯 Tom Hanks饰)从法学院辍学准备当作家的特洛伊•盖博(科林•汉克斯 Colin Hanks 饰)在报纸上看到一则征个人助理的广告,发现自己的未来老板竟然是曾经风靡一时的“伟大的巴克•霍华德”。巴克(约翰•马尔科维奇 John Malkovich 饰)是个精神第一论者,能通过意念催眠、透视和寻找物品。他的神奇表演曾使他以嘉宾身份出席过61次NBC电视台约翰尼•卡森主持的《今夜脱口秀》节目。但随着时间的流逝,巴克千篇一律的表演方式逐渐失去魅力,目前只以巡回表演为生。特洛伊作为巴克的旅行经理人和个人助理,随着他在美国各州的乡间小镇上旅行演出,每到一处巴克都以“我热爱这个小镇”为开场白,且不论观众多寡,他都精心准备全力以赴。在媒体公关瓦莱莉(艾米丽•布朗特 Emily Blunt 饰)的帮助下,巴克突然阴差阳错的重回公众视线,并...
The story of Parker’s new effort, penned by William “Billy” Ivory, is inspired by true events and is set in the summer of 2014. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France, octogenarian Bernard Jordan (played by Michael Caine) made global headlines. He’d staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades. The bittersweet script is said to explore “the reality with wit and a very big heart”. Bernie’s adventure, spanning just 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Irene (Glenda Jackson). The film will also celebrate “their love without any sentimentality and with an eye to the lessons we might all learn from the Greatest Generation”.
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s Triumph — combined with their previous films The Lesson (TIFF ’14) and Glory (2016) — forms a trilogy inspired by sensationalist news stories from their Bulgarian homeland that prove once and for all that truth is stranger than fiction.
A young man's family torn apart by tragedy reaches out to begin rebuilding trust and seek healing by through the only thing that speaks through pain; the healing power of music.