音乐巨匠贝多芬（加里·奥德曼 Gary Oldman 饰）去世，学生辛德勒（杰罗恩·克拉比 Jeroen Krabbé 饰）在他的遗物中发现三封情书，写明给“永恒的爱人”，且贝多芬的所有财产也留给这位神秘女士，辛德勒至此踏上寻访这位“永恒爱人”的路途，希望能够完成先师遗志。他的拜访对象包括维也纳的茱莉亚（瓦莱莉·高利诺 Valeria Golino 饰）、匈牙利的女伯爵安娜（伊莎贝拉·罗西里尼 Isabella Rossellini 饰）、住在德国的乔安娜（约翰娜·特尔·斯蒂格 Johanna ter Steege 饰）等，一段段往事在辛德勒面前展开，关于他恩师的内心和感情世界，原来有那么多逝去的故事……

Marie, an independent and militant sex worker who has never needed to rely on anyone, not even to raise her son. When the latter is thrown off his post-graduate cookery course, Marie is unable to make her peace with it. Dreaming of a greater future for him, she decides to sign him up for one of the best cookery schools in France, but her income won’t cover the tuition fees. She...

叙述一位英国绅士Anthony Ross 爵士为了寻找失踪多年的儿子，于是他筹组了一支探险队展开行动，他的儿子当初是去寻找北极一带火山谷一个传说中的古老维京人部落，结果从此音讯全无，心急如焚的父亲因此才想尽办法组织探险队进行搜寻任务，这支队伍包括一位美国籍的考古学家、一位法籍发明家、一位追踪者以及英国企业家等等，当他们逼近目的地的时候，却意外闯入一个被时间遗忘的失落世界！这世界里有仍过着十世纪生活的维京人、火山爆发、鲸鱼墓场…等等，在这一连串的冒险当中，面对希望秘密永远被埋藏的那一群维京人，探险队面临到很难全身而退的危险局面！

Classic British comedy adapted from a James Thurber story about a tweed manufacturer's elderly accountant who devises a plan to save the company from an American takeover bid. The arrival of an efficiency expert from the States causes enough of a stir but, when it turns out to be a woman, the old-fashioned number cruncher declares war. Man-eating businesswoman, Angela Barrows is sent by her US company to Edinburgh to investigate export opportunities. She meets businessman Robert MacPherson en route and he persuades her to help bring his company into the 20th century. The staff, lead by Mr. Martin, have other ideas and a battle between the old and new business methods breaks out.

美国南部一个落后的小镇，一群走向青春期的孩子，一个发生了一个意外的夏天。导演大卫·戈登整篇都采用了缓慢优美的表现手法。