杰西卡·霍兰德(蒂尔达·斯文顿 Tilda Swinton 饰)是旅居哥伦比亚的欧洲人,她来到波哥大看望她生病的姐姐(艾格尼丝·布雷克 Agnes Brekke 饰)。因为总是听到奇怪的巨响,于是她试图去找寻幻听的根源,并由此开始了一场由幻想、偶遇与重逢组成的,与记忆和历史产生回响的旅程。
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 ...
1961年8月13日,在从慕尼黑开往东柏林的火车上,乘客在路上得知,东德将被新的柏林墙封闭。乘客们有3个半小时的时间来决定,是一直坐火车到东柏林,还是留在西德。
蕾姬(卡洛·朗白 Carole Lombard 饰)从来不相信什么狗屁爱情,她的人生目标只有一个,那就是傍上一个大款,一跃飞上枝头做凤凰。艾伦(拉尔夫·贝拉米 Ralph Bellamy 饰)是一位身患残疾的富翁,他对蕾姬的感情观不置可否,他知道虽然蕾姬嘴上视爱情如粪土,但这个世界上一定会有一个男人令她坠入情网之中。 很快,这个男人就出现了,他的名字叫做西奥多雷(弗莱德·麦克莫瑞 Fred MacMurray 饰),刚开始,蕾姬以为西奥多雷是指一个一文不值的穷小子,但之后她意外的发现,这个其貌不扬的男人竟然家财万贯,实现梦想的机会近在眼前。但很快蕾姬便失望的得知,他已经有未婚妻了。
客人们来到塞内夏尔家参加晚宴,却发现晚宴要在明晚才举行。他们只好去一家小酒馆,但计划再次受挫,因为小酒馆正在为他们刚去世的店主守灵。另一次聚餐也由于塞内夏尔夫妇偷偷从家里溜出去亲热而临时取消;来客们却误以为警察要发动袭击,赶紧溜之大吉。接下来的一次晚宴也被迫中断,因为拉练的部队出人意料地出现在塞内夏尔公馆。甚至噩梦也为他们要举办晚宴这一受挫的努力提供佐料:他们兴致勃勃入席,却莫名其妙发现身边的帷幕突然拉起,他们成了坐在舞台上用餐的表演者。还有一次,陆军上校当着唐·拉斐尔大使的面污辱了所谓的米兰达共和国,险些酿成外交灾祸,当然更不必提那晚的聚餐了。就这样,影片中的六个人物(包括塞内夏尔夫妇、唐·拉斐尔大使)不断地坐下来用餐,却总是出现意想不到的障碍,使他们吃不成。