朗(汤姆•克鲁斯 Tom 饰)自幼就是一个争强好胜的男孩,向往男子汉的生活。年轻的朗被总统那潘那番充满煽动性的越战演说彻底征服,一种挑战和为国牺牲的冲动在朗的内心渐渐滋长。一次摔跤比赛的失利,令一向要强的他毅然告别了恋人唐娜和大学生活,踏上了从军参战之路。 然而,来到了越南的朗并没有在这里找到向往已久的英雄气概,反而目睹一出出反人类的悲剧。朗的好友威尔逊也在一次混战中死于朗的子弹,不久,朗中弹瘫痪被送回了美国。 坐在轮椅上的朗仍然坚持着对美国发动的战争的信仰,但女友唐娜重遇了朗之后,痛心的认为朗的悲剧都是战争的错。噩梦缠绕着朗,朗去拜祭了战友威尔逊,反战呼声中,朗终于觉醒。
A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with a story. A wake is going on, with mourners gathered around a coffin. Downstairs is an elegant bar where tuxedoed men dance and talk. One of them has a dream in which he comes upon Beauty, who seems to reject him, although when he awakes, Beauty is sleeping beside him. His story and his visits to the jazz and dance club are framed by voices reading from the poetry and essays of Hughes and others. The text is rarely explicit, but the freedom of gay Black men in the 1920s in Harlem is suggested and celebrated visually.
本片改编自已故爱尔兰天才作家兼画家克里斯蒂•布朗的自传体小说。 基提(丹尼尔•戴-刘易斯 Daniel Day-Lewis 饰)天生大脑麻痹身体残疾,只有左脚能灵活如常人。他没有生活自理能力,为家里带来了很大的负担,幼时总是遭到周围孩子的嘲弄,父亲险些放弃他,而母亲(布兰达•弗里克 Brenda Fricker 饰)却一直对他悉心照顾,不离不弃。基提心理苦闷却不能用语言来表达,试图用左脚写字作画,渐渐地凭借毅力和智慧,基提越来越得到认可。母亲悄悄地为基提买了轮椅,之后他又得到了艾莲医生的免费救助。在艾莲的锻炼引导下,基提的身体开始有了好转。此时基提已经爱上了艾莲。某日艾莲将基提的画推荐到了朋友的画廊展出。结束后基提向艾莲表达爱意,却被她拒绝......