An orphaned teenager forms an unlikely friendship with a detective. Together they investigate her mother's murder, and uncover the supernatural force that proves to be a threat to her family.
21世纪初,一颗隶属于前苏联的卫星突然出现故障,随时可能坠毁于美国本土,这令美国太空总署(NASA)的大小官员分外紧张。NASA打算派出太空人前往外太空修复卫星,但是却没有找到任何通晓当年技术的技术人员。所谓病急乱投医,几个业已退休的老家伙就这样浮出水面。他们分别是弗兰克·柯文(克林特·伊斯特伍德 Clint Eastwood 饰)、霍克·霍金斯(汤米·李·琼斯 Tommy Lee Jones 饰)、杰瑞·奥尼尔(唐纳德·萨瑟兰 Donald Sutherland 饰)以及坦克·苏利文(詹姆斯·加纳 James Garner 饰)。在上世纪50年代,他们原本会是首批飞向太空的队员,却因为计划的调整而抱憾终生。如今,那颗捣乱的卫星终于能令他们一圆飞上太空的梦想……
本片荣获2001年日本《电影旬报》最佳外语片奖、2001年日本每日电影最佳外语片奖。
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Born in a small town in the countryside surrounding Pistoia, Adriana is an attractive young girl who counts on using her looks to go places in the entertainment business in Rome. Moving to the capital, she works first of all in a hairdressing salon, then in a small cinema where she manages to get a job working in fancy dress. Meantime, she socializes with young men of the upper middle classes, who take her to parties and out on the town with the sole aim of taking advantage of her. Adriana knows their game, but plays along. In the meantime, she meets an agent called Cianfanna, a modest money-grubber who introduces her to a journalist friend of his so he can write an article on her. Having thus launched her career in advertising, Adriana decides to go home to visit her parents. Once home, however, she is distraught to learn of the death of her sister. Returning to Rome, she takes acting lessons, but during one lesson she suddenly faints: she is pregnant, with no idea of who the father of her child is. The days go by and Adriana tries to forget about her pregnancy, while sleeping with an increasingly long list of lovers. And yet, despite the fact these encounters are often less than enjoyable, at one point she actually falls in love: his name is Antonio and he's a decent young man from a respectable family, but still in love with a former girlfriend he is unable to forget…
迫于生计,罗莎里奥(凯特·德尔·卡斯蒂洛 Kate del Castillo 饰)不得不离开了自己挚爱的儿子卡利托斯(阿德里安·阿龙索 Adrian Alonso 饰),只身前往洛杉矶赚钱养家。临行前,她将卡利托斯托付给了母亲班尼塔(Angelina Peláez 饰),并允诺一定会回来接他。可几年过去,罗莎里奥似乎里当初的承诺越来越远。
班尼塔的去世让九岁的卡利托斯成为了无依无靠的孤儿,然而,和当地诸多相同情况的孩子们不同,他并没有向艰苦的生活屈服,也没有放纵生活一味堕落,一个坚定的信念支撑着他,他决定要远赴洛杉矶寻找母亲。这漫长的旅途充满了艰险,好在有善良的人们出手相助,这段亲情维系的旅程得以画上了完满的句号