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　　1942十二月瑞典面臨大敵入侵。 兩個年輕的士兵離開靠挪威邊界的崗哨，探察納粹的動作。 可惜冒險終究是一場劫難， 他們必須前進敵區拯救他們的同胞。

　　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.

　　虽然从小就生活在曼斯菲尔德庄园中，但这里的一切却无法让范妮（弗兰西丝·奥康纳 Frances O'Connor 饰）感到一丝亲切。寄人篱下的身份让年幼的她饱尝了人情的冷暖，好在有善良的埃德蒙德（约翰·李·米勒 Jonny Lee Miller 饰）的关心和陪伴，范妮才得以保留心中那一块小小的净土。才华横溢的范妮喜欢通过文字来记录内心的所想所感，成为一名作家是她最大的梦想。
　　亨利（亚历桑德罗·尼沃拉 Alessandro Nivola 饰）和玛丽（艾伯丝·戴维兹 Embeth Davidtz 饰）的到来打破了庄园中的宁静生活，伦敦的经历让兄妹两习惯于热情而奔放的表达感情，这一切在曼斯菲尔德庄园中实属罕见。很快的，埃德蒙德的注意力便被漂亮的玛丽吸引了，同时，亨利似乎也对范妮十分中意，面对人生中这突如其来的变化，范妮不知该何去何从。