In 1905, French seminarian Bruno Reidel is found guilty of murdering a child. At the request of the doctors observing him, he writes his memoirs to explain his action.
With a title taken from a Latin poem by Virgil, Sulev Keedus directed this Estonian drama about a youth, Maecenas (Mait Merekulski), who is sent from the Russian mainland to a remote Estonian island where the only resident is an old man, Jakub (Evald Aavik), whose memories surface in flashbacks, revealing his past as a missionary collecting Zulu songs. These images are contrast...
After college graduation, Heck Prigusivac heads home to New Pristina, Montana, to get a few things before driving to Seattle to teach Latin. His mother's alcoholism (she needs care Heck can't afford) and his gene pool get in the way: Heck's father was executed for murder, his brother Chick is on death row at the local penitentiary, and Heck's rare personality profile suggest he...
故事发生在1563年的法国,在新教徒和天主教徒之间,爆发了一场旷日持久的激烈战争。亨利(朱利安·波义塞利尔 Julien Boisselier 饰)身为新教首领,需要抵抗的是强大的皇太后凯瑟琳(桑德拉·惠勒 Sandra Hüller 饰)。为了平息战争,王室决定牺牲公主玛格丽特(阿赫麦勒·德意志 Armelle Deutsch 饰),将她许配给亨利。
然而,这一切都是凯瑟琳一手策划的阴谋。就在亨利和玛格丽特成婚当夜,凯瑟琳拉响了警钟,指挥军队对国内的新教徒们进行了一场惨无人道的血腥屠杀。幸运的是,亨利在屠杀中逃过一劫,并且凭借着努力和运气,成为了最终的胜利者,开创了波旁王朝,留名青史。
柯林尼(弗兰科·尼罗 Franco Nero 饰)是一位勤勤恳恳工作了几十年的老打工人,某一日,竟然向警方投案自首,声称自己杀害了一位名叫迈耶(曼弗莱德·扎帕卡 Manfred Zapatka 饰)的男子。莱恩(埃利亚斯·穆巴里克 Elyas M'Barek 饰)是负责替柯林尼辩护的律师,这是初出茅庐的他承接的第一个案子。
实际上,迈耶是莱恩的老熟人了,曾经,莱恩受过前者的诸多照顾。与此同时,莱恩的对手理查德(海纳·劳特尔巴赫 Heiner Lauterbach 饰)是一位经验非常丰富的法庭老手。在寻找真相的过程中,柯林尼一直都保持着沉默,这让莱恩的工作根本就无处施展。然而,随着调查的推进,莱恩之间发现,自己要揭开,是笼罩在德国司法史上的一块巨大的黑幕。