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　　Justine Juel Gillmer(《地球百子》《荒原》)编写剧本，基于哈夫特之子Alan Scott Haft写作的书籍《Harry Haft: Survivor Of Auschwitz, Challenger Of Rocky Marciano》，讲述一个男人在奥斯维辛集中营被迫与狱友进行残酷的角斗，胜利意味着能活着等待另一天的考验，而他击败的76名对手则走上了死亡之路。哈夫特承担了沉重的内疚之情，他尝试通过参加二战后备受瞩目的拳击大赛、与洛基·马西安诺等传奇人物比赛而重新找到活下去的理由，并希望能找到他在战争前爱上的那个女子，她激励了他在纳粹手中活下去的斗志。

　　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.

　　1927年春，第一次国共合作失败，国民党反动派在广州 大肆搜捕共产党员。一时间，广州城血雨腥风，大批共产 党员在国民党警察局全城展开的屠杀中英勇牺牲。此时， 35岁的杨殷秘密活动在广州城。杨殷是孙中山先生的邻 居。杨殷早年受中山先生影响参加民主革命，做过中山总 理的副官、广州海关师爷、洪帮老大，也是省港大罢工的 骨干。 11月26日，中共广州省委召开紧急会议，决定贯 彻8月7日中共中央武汉会议精神，于12月12日发动广州 武装起义。为转移起义枪支，负责起义情报收集联络的杨 殷在火车站与国民党警察局遭遇。一阵短兵交火，杨殷成 功脱身，将一批新到的“汉阳造”转移至安全的地方。共产 党为发动起义做全面准备，国民党政府广州工会委员李德 轩受南京方面委派，全城搜缴枪支，洪帮老大黄天龙看家 护院的几只鸟枪也被没收。在藏匿和转移枪支的过程中， 杨殷与阿丙、金一福保持单线联系。阿丙秘密藏匿枪支的 地方，只有阿丙、杨殷、金一福三个人知道。在第二次约 定见面的教堂，阿丙非但没有准时出现，杨殷和金一福的 行踪还被国民党侦缉总队区雄队长的人发现。杨殷和金一 福再次脱身。在阿丙藏匿枪支的地方，枪是一只没找到， 却发现遇害的阿丙。阿丙遇害，杨殷感觉内部出了叛徒。 杨殷急于寻找枪支，也急于查出谁是叛徒。杨殷面见洪帮 老大黄天龙。在革命大义面前，黄天龙答应交出意外起获 的枪支，条件是杨殷也不能亏待了洪帮兄弟。杨殷变卖所 有家产，前来向黄天龙要枪，谁料洪帮兄弟遭侦缉队血 洗。杨殷回顾过往的一幕一幕，判断出叛徒就是金一福。 金一福咎由自取，很快落入杨殷之手。杨殷欲擒故纵，利 用金一福，彻底除掉区雄，得到洪帮的敬重。由于起义计 划暴露，广州省委决定将起义时间提前到12月11日凌晨 3：30。12月10日晚，李德轩接到南京方面的密电，前 往教导团宣布解散命令。李德轩哪里知道，教导团早已是 共产党的部队。起义部队集结待命，杨殷带领的工人赤卫 队正装待发。凌晨3：30，武装暴动开始，国际歌唱响全 城，中国第一个苏维埃城市政权诞生。

　　故事发生在1938年5月6日，这个日子无论是对罗马人民或是对平凡的家庭主妇安东尼泰（索菲娅·罗兰 Sophia Loren 饰）来说，都是不平凡的一天。当日，独裁者希特勒和墨索里尼来到罗马参加高峰会议，无限吹捧他们奉行的法西斯主义，在慷慨激昂的讲话的蛊惑人心的词语之中，整个城市陷入了一片疯狂的躁动。
　　然而，这狂热的一切似乎都和在家中洒扫整理的安东尼泰无关，此刻的她正陷于深深的忧郁之中，被困在枯燥的婚姻和苍白的生活内无法自拔。这时，她邂逅了新搬来的邻居加布瑞乐（马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 Marcello Mastroianni 饰），在极短的时间内，两人相知相恋，迸发出了巨大的激情，可黑夜过后，一切重归平静，仿佛什么都没有发生过。