辣手狂花

　　该片是根据真人真事改编。
　　1971年，一间黑人中学和一间白人中学合并，学校的橄榄球队必须重新组成一支混合球队“太阳神队”。一向以白人为主的小镇，迎来这些黑人后，对当地居民造成不小的震撼。黑人教练布恩（丹泽尔·华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰）成了该队的主教 练。而白人教练比尔（威尔·帕顿 Will Patton 饰）却成了布恩的助手。比尔从敌视到逐渐发现除橄榄球之外，两人的共通。两人都极富正义感和荣誉感，有很强的职业道德，对工作兢兢业业，一丝不苟。布恩从一开始遭到所有人的排斥到凭著自己的信念，并在比尔的的配合之下，将一群脾气恶劣、注意力不集中的孩子调教成了一支富有活力、专打胜仗的橄榄球队，成功地将这一只长败军的黑白混合美式足球队伍推至冠军宝座。自从黑白教头并肩作战后，胜利的消息便不断传回......

影片取材于Rolling Stones创始人之一Brian Jones在1969年7月2日猝死事件，导演Stephen Woolley寻访了大量当事人，想必这个揭密应该比较权威，或者，我们就权当看八卦了嘛~~~ Stephen Woolley是着名导演Neil Jordan的御用制片人，二人合作的电影有13部，包括《夜访吸血鬼》和《哭泣的游戏》。

　　一个刚死了丈夫的寡妇独自开车出城想缓解悲痛，却被一个陌生男子跟踪、绑架，关在人迹罕至的林中木屋里，并告诉她自己不是初犯。顽强的女子拼命逃了出去，在林间、河水里与残忍的绑架者展开周旋。

　　Summary
　　Bullied by his matriarchal mother, abused by his siblings, ignored by his father, Poil de Carotte's childhood is as miserable as it could be. An illegitimate child, he is the main reason for the enmity which exists between his parents, who continue to live together just to keep up appearances. In the end, Poil de Carotte's suffering becomes more than he can bear...
　　Review
　　Drawing heavily on the poignant novel by Jules Renard on which it is based, Poil de carotte is a modest yet appealing film which has stood the test of time mainly because of the quality of its acting performances and its inherent humanity. It is more memorable than Julien Duvivier's earlier silent version of 1925, also named Poil de Carotte.
　　The part of Poil de Carotte was played by 11 year old Robert Lynen, who was alleged to have been discovered whilst walking down the Champs-Elysées in Paris. Lynen is totally captivating and the film made him an instant star, launching what looked like becoming a very promising film career – until he was shot dead whilst fighting against the Germans in 1944. Harry Baur, a legendary stage and film actor (who also died during World War II, allegedly at the hands of the Gestapo), also turns in a typically fine performance. The reconciliation between father and son at the end of the film provides its most enduring image, enough to melt the heart of all but the most stoical of spectators.

有人說過「十七歲」是一個具有魔力的數字，因為十七歲正好是青春怒放的時期，離法定的成人還有最後一段的萌昧期。大多數人的十七歲都是在汗水與淚水交織的高中校園度過的，十七歲的生命充滿各種曖昧與可能。
四十五歲則是另一個令人遐想的生命階段，因為在此標注了生命中點的里程碑，準備跨過的是「不惑」的關卡。四十五歲的他們抱著一顆曾經熱血的心展開了一趟追尋高中失聯同學的旅程，大家都以為旅程的終點就是與高中同學歡聚、慶祝同學會，沒想到，等待著他們的卻是一個個沒有逆料到的生命驚奇―― 包括中年失業、子女教養、夫妻關係、身心健康、父母健康、自我實踐與生死大事等問題，彷佛要通過了這重重的考驗，生命才能真的邁入不惑的旅程。
於是，旅途上的他們與那些久違的年輕夢想、熾燃理念與純真初心相逢了，原來，他們一直在尋找的不是什麼失落的青春歲月或失聯的旅伴，而是那一個個被遺忘的「原來的自己」。
旅程如斯奇妙，最後帶著他們一路返回了自己的「初心」。在這個期中休息站，他們盤整了自己生命的得失，加滿了油，再次啟程，往生命後半段的坦蕩旅途一路駛去，這次的終點將是圓融與完滿。