Costanza is drinking a beer in a Prague pub, a summer night in 1968, while a violinist enters and starts playing a "canone inverso" for her. It is not a case, that music and that violin have a story behind that could concern her. It is the love story between Jeno Varga and the music, between Jeno and Sophie. It is also the friendship story with David on the background of WWII and the 'Prague spring' 25 years later. Music and Love the most powerful link that could resist through the time (Here)

As he did so effectively in The Luneburg Variations, Maurensig uses the device of a narrator who opens the novel and immediately gives way to another narrator, who spins a convoluted story within a story, leading to a surprising denouement. Again the time frame is the 1930s and '40s in Hungary and Germany; and though the words Nazi and Holocaust are never mentioned, the cataclysm to come is the subtext in a mesmerizing narrative. A mysterious stranger in contemporary London tells a man who has bought a rare 17th-century violin about the instrument's former owner, Jeno Varga, a brilliant Hungarian musician. In 1932, with his unknown father's violin his only legacy, Varga surmounts his illegitimate birth to win acceptance to the Collegium Musicum, a highly competitive music school outside Vienna. The Collegium is a Kafka-esque institution: the students are treated as prisoners subject to military discipline; they are systematically humiliated and subjected to mental torment. At the top of his class, Jeno finally feels fulfilled when the equally talented and charismatic Kuno Blau becomes his best friend and, in many ways, his doppelganger. When Kuno invites Jeno to stay at the family castle near Innsbruck, however, Jeno is subjected to a nightmare of intimidation and derision. His friendship with Kuno diminishes into a frightening reversal of itself, a canone inverso. It is obvious to the reader, though not to Jeno, that the outside world is descending into its own spiritual death. The complex fugal themes of Maurensig's plot touch on such questions as the essence of musical genius (""The true musician is a descendant of Cain""), the search for immortality in artistic creation and the growth of evil beneath the carapace of respectability. Some of the narrative is heavy going, as Maurensig's ponderous symbolism and metaphysical exploration threaten to overwhelm the plot. The shocking ending brings everything into focus, however, and renders this novel a tour de force.（Here)

《爱欲旋律》是一部情节还很好看的普通意大利文艺片。影片以回忆的形式讲述了一个颇有天赋的青年小提琴手与一个著名犹太籍女钢琴演奏家之间略有些凄婉的爱情故事，背景放在1939年前后的布拉格，战争，爱情，友情，亲情多种因素交织其中，片中主题小提琴旋律十分优美迷人，喜爱红提琴，海上钢琴师这类片子的碟友不要错过(这里)

意大利故事片《提琴恋曲》是一部反映两代人恩怨的影片。其中扮演男女主角的分别是英国的汉斯·马西森和法国的梅兰妮·蒂埃里，这两位青年演员都是从小便跻身银幕和银屏，足迹遍布欧洲。在《提琴恋曲》中，他们出演了一对苦难的恋人，对音乐的痴迷使他们走到了一起，而纳粹的残暴最终摧毁了他们美妙的梦。 　　耶诺从小没有见过父亲，可以寄予情感的只有父亲留下的一把小提琴。长大后，耶诺凭着对音乐的热爱和天赋考进了寄宿音乐学校。在那里，他和出身名门的戴维成了好朋友，又与女钢琴家索菲碰撞出了爱情的火花。一切似乎都很顺利，然而，纳粹的势力开始肆虐欧洲，戴维因为犹太血统被迫退学。一个意外的发现使耶诺失去了和戴维的友谊——戴维竟然是自己同父异母的兄弟。戴维难以接受这个现实，与耶诺分道扬镳。不久，耶诺和索菲为声援犹太人被关进集中营。而索菲和耶诺的女儿就降生在集中营……(这里)

When a mysterious storm kills all but one crew member of the first manned mission to mars, a rescue mission is launched. Once on the red planet, the crew finds the sole survivor of the first mission who informs them that this was no ordinary storm. It was meant to protect something. But what? (Here)

2020年，美国国家宇航局（NASA）实现了自登月以来人类的另一个伟大梦想——征服火星：一批美国宇航员成功地抵达了火星表面，指挥长格雷厄姆成为第一个在火星上漫步的人。然而，兴奋还未退去，格雷厄姆便发现他的队员开始神秘地死亡。当NASA接到格雷厄姆从火星传回的一条含义不清的信息后，立即组成营救小组。于是，指挥长伍迪·布莱克和他的队员踏上了长达6个月的火星之旅，他们的任务是调查真相，并带回幸存者（如果他们还活着的话）。尽管幸运女神没有眷顾布莱克一行，但他们还是克服了航行中遇到的种种困难，最终到达并成功地登陆火星。在这里，他们发现在神秘死亡事件的背后，隐藏着一个关于人类起源的巨大秘密....(这里）

In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the steward, Vatel, a man of honor, talent, and low birth. The prince is craven in his longing for stature: no task is too menial or dishonorable for him to give Vatel. While Vatel tries to sustain dignity, he finds himself attracted to Anne de Montausier, the king's newest mistress. In Vatel, she finds someone who's authentic, living out his principles within the casual cruelties of court politics. Can the two of them escape unscathed? (Here)

The story takes place in 1671. In the context of the Franco-Dutch War, a financially struggling Louis, Grand Condé is visited by King Louis XIV for three days of festivities at the Chateau de Chantilly. The Prince wants a commission as a general, and spares no expense in order to impress the king. In charge of organizing the event is Fran?ois Vatel, Master of Festivities and Pleasures in the prince's household. Vatel is a man of great honor and talent, but of low birth. As the great Condé is prepared to do anything in his quest for stature, the tasks assigned to Vatel are often menial and dishonourable. While Vatel tries to sustain dignity amidst the extravaganza he is meant to orchestrate, he finds himself in love with Anne de Montausier, the king's latest lover, who returns his affections. However, due to their incompatible social standing and the rigid hierarchy of the court, continuing the liaison is clearly impossible.

In the last day of the visit by the King Louis XIV, Vatel realizes that he is nothing more than a puppet in the hands of his superiors, bought and sold like a piece of property, after learning that the Prince of Condé has "lost" him in a card game with the King. Disheartened and refusing to leave his people (the servants of the Chateau) and go to work for the King, Vatel consequently commits suicide by throwing himself on his sword. Nevertheless, the word that goes to the King by his own court members is that Vatel killed himself because the roast was not sufficient to feed several unexpected guests, the clouds dulled the fireworks display and he lacked confidence that there would be enough fish for the morning meal. This explanation pleases the King very much. Anne de Montausier is grief-stricken upon hearing the news, but knows she must not speak of it. In doing so, she flees the court quietly and no one ever hears about her and Vatel again. (Here)

《欲望巴黎》取材于17世纪法国宫庭的一个真实故事，故事的主人公是一个普通人、一个国王以及夹在两人之间的一个女人。　　故事发生在1671年的法国，当时的凡赛尔宫被路易十四统治着。在法国的北部，康德王子准备举行一场盛大的宴会，邀请包括国王在内的全体王室成员参加。他想借此重获国王的宠信，以使他的封地避免发生经济灾难。整个计划都牵系于一个人身上，他就是王子的侍从瓦特尔(杰拉德-德帕迪约饰)。瓦特尔届时将为国王送上美酒佳肴，精心安排他所热衷的盛大舞会，以及照应他的其它嗜好。但是就在准备这场豪华盛宴的时候，瓦特尔却迷上了美丽的安妮王后(乌玛-瑟曼饰)。这样一来，他把自己置身于一场与国王的“竞争”之中。　　本片的导演是罗兰-约菲，曾执导过《战火屠城》(“The Killing Fields”)和《教会》(“TheMission”)。男主角是曾主演《铁面人》(“The Man in the Iron Mask”)等的法国巨星杰拉德-德帕迪约，女主角是乌玛-瑟曼，曾主演《低俗小说》(“Pulp Fiction”)和《金钵》(“The Golden Bowl”)。(这里)

On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband, Nico. He promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato grows toward manhood, he watches Malèna suffer and prove her mettle. He sees her loneliness, then grief when Nico is reported dead, the effects of slander on her relationship with her father, her poverty and search for work, and final humiliations. Will Renato learn courage from Malèna and stand up for her? (Here)

The film is set in 1940 during World War II just as Italy enters the war. Malena's husband, Nino Scordia, leaves to serve in the military. Malena feels sad and tries to cope with her loss, as the town she has just moved to tries to deal with this beautiful woman who gets the attention and lustful stares of all the local men, including the 12-year-old Renato. However, in spite of the villagers' gossip, she continues to be faithful to her husband. Renato becomes obsessed with Malena and starts fantasizing about her while masturbating.

The silent, distractingly beautiful outsider learns one day that her husband has been killed. Renato continues to watch as she suffers from loneliness and grief. Malena is shunned by the townspeople and the unattractive, jealous women of the Italian village, who begin to believe the worst about her, simply because of her beauty.

She visits her father, an almost deaf professor of Latin, regularly and helps him with his household chores. When a slanderous letter about her sexual morals reaches his hands, their relationship suffers a catastrophic blow. In the meanwhile, the war worsens. The village is bombed and Malena's father is killed.

She falls on hard times and eventually has no money. The wife of the local dentist takes her to court, but Malena is acquitted. The only man Malena does have an innocent romance with, an army officer, is sent away because of the trial.

Malena's poverty finally forces her to succumb to the greed and malice of the town and she becomes a prostitute, making the wives' fantasies about her a reality. When the German army comes to town, Malena gives herself to Germans as well. Renato sees her in the company of two German officers and faints.

His mother and the older ladies of the town think that he has been possessed by the devil and take him to church to exorcise the "demons." His father however understands that he is suffering from sexual hunger and takes him to a brothel; Renato has sex with one of the prostitutes while fantasizing that she is Malena.

When the war ends, the women of the village gather and, out of jealousy and hatred, publicly beat and humiliate Malena, who shortly after leaves for Messina. A few days later, Nino Scordia returns to town, to the shock of all the residents. He finds his house occupied by people displaced by the war. Renato tells him through an anonymous letter about Malena's whereabouts.

Nino goes to Messina to find her. A year later, they return. The villagers, especially the women, astonished at her courage, begin to talk to "Signora Scordia" with respect. Though still beautiful, they think of her as no threat claiming that she had wrinkles near her eyes and put on some weight.

In the last scene near the beach, Renato helps her pick up some oranges that had dropped from her shopping bag. Afterwards he wishes her "Buona fortuna, Signora Malena" (good luck, Mrs. Malena) and rides off on his bicycle, looking back at her for a final time, as she walks away, with the retrospective thought that he has not forgotten her, even after a few years. He said, "Of all the girls who asked me if I remember them, the only one I remembered is the one who did not ask." The audience is left not knowing if Malena ever realizes Renato's feelings for her. (Here)

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