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　　本短片是特吕弗著名的“安托万系列”的第二部，收在集锦片《20岁之恋》中。
　　17岁的Antoine Doinel（Jean-Pierre Léaud 让-皮埃尔•李奥）对女孩Colette（Marie-France Pisier）一见钟情，做毕一系列“热身准备”，他鼓足勇气向她搭讪，此后两人时常见面聊天、喝咖啡、听音乐会。Antoine以为Colette也钟情于他，做出近乎疯狂的举动对其展开更为热烈的追求，但Colette已有男朋友，只视他为普通朋友。

　　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 ...

　　大萧条时期，每个人都要守住一个梦想，以此来度过最黑暗的时光，生活失意的汽车制造商查尔斯•霍华德（杰夫•布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）也不例外。他买了一匹小个子赛马，名为“海饼干”，并笼络了一批同样有梦想的人，意图进入赛马圈。
　　第一个发现海饼干天赋的是训练师 汤姆•史密斯（克里斯•库珀 Chris Cooper 饰），他认为这匹马虽然个头矮小，腿脚也不太灵光，天性中却藏着十足的执拗和倔强，这有可能使其成为赛马圈的王者。他们找来前拳击冠军瑞德•波拉德（托比•马奎尔 Tobey Maguire饰）作为海饼干的骑师，三个人一匹马在共同的征程中重新找到了生活的方向。