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　　1910年，“飞行器”是那个时代风行一时的事物。然而正因为它刚刚诞生，一切还处于起步阶段。英国每日邮报主编劳德·罗恩斯（罗伯特·莫利 Robert Morley饰）策划组织了一场从伦敦飞往巴黎的竞赛。而这次竞赛的目的，就是为了彰显英国种族的优越。如果一切都按照预期发展，不出所料的，他的女婿理查德·梅斯（詹姆斯·福克斯 James Fox饰）将赢得比赛。竞赛的新闻一经发出，就得到了来自世界各地飞行器爱好者的踊跃报名。然而这场本该是冒险者的比赛，却成为了一场争夺帕特里夏·罗恩斯利（莎拉·米尔斯 Sarah Miles饰）感情的竞赛。
　　本片荣获1966年第38届奥斯卡金像奖最佳原创剧本提名，1966年第23届金球奖电影类-音乐喜剧类最佳影片提名及音乐喜剧类最佳男主角提名。影片描写了不同国家的飞行员的个性：死板的德国人、阴险的法国人、傲慢的意大利人还有倒霉的日本人，而英国人和美国人则被刻画成互相帮助的好人。片中很多经典的桥段，被以后很多的喜剧片所争相效仿，向本片致敬。

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
　　Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
　　As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
　　The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
　　Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

　　十七岁的玛利亚（瓦莲京娜·季托娃 Valentina Titova 饰）是衔着金汤匙出生的千金小姐，从小过着养尊处优的富足生活。这样的她，偏偏爱上了一穷二白的青年弗拉基米尔（奥列格·维多夫 Oleg Vidov 饰），这段门不当户不对的恋情自然收到了玛利亚家人的强烈反对，可这对恋人的真爱战胜了一切，他们决定私奔。
　　哪知道在私奔当夜，当地下起了暴风雪，到处都是白茫茫的一片，在恶劣的天气中，弗拉基米尔迷路了。当他最终到达了和玛利亚约定的汇合地点时，已经是第二天早上了，那里早已经不见了心上人的踪影。伤心的弗拉基米尔加入了部队，并且最终在战场上结束了短暂的一生。

　　菲利克斯（威廉·霍尔登 William Holden 饰）是一名电影制片人，他倾尽所有拍摄了高成本的影片《夜风》，但首映式之后却收获了恶评如潮，不仅如此，他在片中担任女主角的妻子（朱莉·安德鲁斯 Julie Andrews 饰）亦离他而去，绝望之中，菲利克斯决定自我了断。
　　幸运的是，一个同事发现了菲利克斯的自杀念头，救下了他，为了帮助菲利克斯走出抑郁，同事和制片商们在菲利克斯家里举行了一场惹恼的派对，在此过程中，菲利克斯被激发了灵感，决定拍一部色情片，并且依旧是请自己的妻子出演女主角，这回真的是背水一战了。

　　马奇夫人（劳拉·邓恩 Laura Dern 饰）有着四个如花似玉的女儿，大女儿梅格（艾玛·沃森 Emma Watson 饰）拥 有着美丽的外表，和对于爱情的天真憧憬。二女儿乔（西尔莎·罗南 Saoirse Ronan 饰）满脑子塞着古灵精怪的念头，整天拿着蘸水笔东写西写，她的故事在全家上下都受到了热烈的欢迎。三女儿艾米（佛罗伦斯·珀 Florence Pugh 饰）渴望成为一名画家。最小的女儿贝斯（伊莱扎·斯坎伦 Eliza Scanlen 饰）虽然个性比起三个姐姐要来的内向的多，却拥有杰出的音乐天赋。
　　在马奇夫人的教导之下，四个姑娘渐渐成长为了拥有独立人格的杰出女性，她们热情、乐观、善良，每个人都在各自的道路上坚强而又坚定的前进着。