绝代艳星宝莲的一生

 一对兄妹被他们已故作家母亲最邪恶的文学作品——召唤女巫——所恐吓。

　　像往常一样，走在下班路上的和子（尾野真千子饰演）上了天桥，发现前面有个拄着双拐走路的女孩环（佐伯日菜子饰演）。和子很快留意到这个陌生神秘女子，在她左脚上打着白色厚重石膏，看着既不灵活又不方便。果然在和子表示想帮助对方时，环用一种不太自然、没有敬语的命令口吻——要和子把她右脚的高跟鞋脱掉，说是穿着不适。
　　随后，和子就来到环一人独居的家中。之后环又提出要冰镇啤酒，显然行动不便的她是命令和子满足该要求。和子照办了，跑转一圈才买到冰啤，不料环居然给了她房间的钥匙作为答谢。这就是《石膏绷带》的故事开始，称不上绝妙超凡，却趣味有余。

　　In a confused welter of artistic licence, this is the classical music biopic which makes 'Song to Remember'look like a masterpiece. Bogarde succeeds in diminishing the reputation of the musical colossus who spanned European music for most of the 19th Century. The absurdities of the plot, the sequoia-like quality of the acting and the prevalence of historical,musical and linguistic anachronisms combine to elevate this offering to the status of an A1 turkey.How a pianist of the stature of Bolet came to be mixed up in this fiasco can only be guessed at. The characterisation of Liszt fails to convey even a minute impression of his magnetic personality and the overwhelming effect that he had on not only his audiences, but also his pianistic rivals.Clara Schumann herself said that 'we toil over that which Liszt reads at sight!' Whilst the emphasis seems to focus on his romantic prowess,rather than his status as the greatest pianist of the century or,arguably, of all time, one feels,nevertheless, that this was an opportunity lost.

　　一位法国名厨加布列（热拉尔·德帕迪约 Gérard Depardieu 饰），夺得了三颗米其林星的殊荣，站在事业巅峰，但内心却一片空虚。他的儿子疏远，妻子出轨，没有可以分享快乐的人。在这种绝望中，他决定自己饮酒，却因此遭受了一次心肌梗塞。
　　在疾病的边缘，他的生命回放了多年前的一场米其林竞赛，那时一位个子矮小的日本厨师用一碗拉面战胜了他，给他的职业生涯留下了永远无法释怀的遗憾，并成为一直缠绕着他的心结。因此，他下定决心放下一切，前往日本，寻找那个激发了他对“UMAMI”记忆的地方。这一决定将引领他展开一段充满探险和自我发现的旅程。