芙蓉女
秦朝末年。秦二世胡亥昏庸无道,整日花天酒地,不理朝政,导致秦王朝天下大乱。这一天,丞相赵高请胡亥到灵仙宫,接受宫女奉献的玉酒仙丹,以求长命百岁。太尉匡洪闻讯闯进宫,直言相劝胡亥,不要再贪图享乐之事,快想办法解决丹水的危机。赵高对匡洪的行为恨之入骨,但因匡洪是朝廷的功勋重臣,佩戴着秦始皇赠予的宇宙锋宝剑,有代王除奸的权力,又奈何不了他。胡亥见将相之间矛盾重重,急忙从中调解,他采纳了御史康建业的建议,下旨令匡洪的儿子匡扶和赵高的女儿赵艳蓉结亲,以此化解矛盾。赵艳蓉美貌、纯洁、娴淑,倾慕芙蓉出污泥而不染。她在赵府的一次火灾中,偶然发现了父亲密藏的秦始皇让太子扶苏继承皇位的诏书,从而认定父亲与胡亥狼狈为奸,伪造诏书,害死了扶苏,篡夺了皇位。她看清了父亲的丑恶面目,决心与父亲决裂。刘邦大军攻克宛城,丹水告危。守将朱赞连夜赶至咸阳丞相府求帮助。赵高闻讯后,设借刀杀人之计,令匡洪一人去丹水督战。匡洪识破了赵高的诡计,决定除掉赵高后再出征。匡洪手持宇宙锋宝剑,进宫去找赵高,反被赵高诬陷谋刺圣驾,胡亥大怒,将匡洪处死,派御林军去抄匡府满门。匡扶死里逃生,赵艳蓉被送回丞相府。夜晚,胡亥来到赵高家,一眼看中了美貌的赵艳蓉。赵高不知廉耻,献女求荣,许诺明日即送女儿进宫为妃。赵艳蓉对父亲的做法气愤之极,她接受侍女哑奴的建议,撕破自己的衣服,抓破面容,装出疯颠的样子,弄得赵高叫苦不迭。次日,赵高进宫秦朝皇上,女儿已疯,无法进宫。胡亥不信,下旨宣赵艳蓉进宫,亲自判真伪。赵艳蓉来到胡亥面前,一不参拜,二不下跪,借疯颠痛骂昏君。刘邦大军攻克丹水,直逼咸阳。赵高见秦王朝大势已去,派兵进宫杀了胡亥,将其头献于刘邦邀动。深夜,赵艳蓉来到匡家祠堂,赵高随后追至。艳蓉拿出秦始皇的遗诏,历数父亲犯下的大逆不道、残害忠良等滔天大罪。赵高恼羞成怒,持剑杀死了自己的女儿。这时,已是刘邦战将的匡扶闯入祠堂,看见妻子惨遭杀害,挥剑砍死了赵高。
芙蓉镇
本片分上下两集,讲述了位于湘、粤、桂三省交界处的芙蓉镇上,人称“芙蓉姐”的漂亮女人胡玉音(刘晓庆)在“四清运动”及“文化大革命”中的遭遇。 1963年,凭着热情周到的服务,胡玉音与丈夫桂桂(刘利年)经营的米豆腐摊子前渐渐成为早市上最热闹的一道风景,加上夫妻俩省吃俭用,手中积攒了一 笔数目可观的财富。镇党支书也是胡玉音干哥的黎满庚(张光北)、粮站主任谷燕山(郑在石)及乡邻们都为他们高兴。当他们盖好新房准备日子更上一层楼时,迎上“四清运动”,一直嫉妒胡玉音的原国营饮食店经理、今县商业局科长李国香(徐松子)与二流子王秋赦(祝士彬)联手,趁机将她定性为“反革命五类分子”中的“富农婆”,将之派去与原县文化馆馆长、今被人称作“秦癫子”的“右派”秦书田(姜文)一起清扫大街,桂桂身亡。运动中黎满庚昧着良心将胡玉音背叛,谷燕山则一直以老革命军人的标准诚实做人。 1966年,“文化大革命”开始,世道的荒谬从不停调换角色的李国香与王秋赦两人身上便可窥见。一起扫街时,胡玉音将自己的悲惨遭遇归罪于秦书田,后者曾在她与桂桂成亲之时唱了后被认为反革命的贺喜歌、在她新房子建成之时写了后被认为反革命的贺喜联。对于胡玉音的怨恨,秦书田并不多做辩解,相反时常暗中将她帮助。慢慢地,两人生出感情,计划着成为一家人好好生活,但前路充满血风腥雨。而在他们最艰难时,谷燕山从没忘伸手一帮
艾菲·格蕾
John Ruskin是英国维多利亚时代的艺术家、诗人、建筑师、思想家,还扶持培养了一批年轻艺术家,不过成为社会新闻的却是他与Effie Gray的婚姻,两人结婚6年之后Effie要求中止婚姻,理由是两人“从未真正成为夫妻”,这桩官司成为一时谈资。John Ruskin承认两人从没上过床,但为自己辩护说妻子的“某种状况”破坏了他的激情。Effie Gray离婚后,嫁给了受John Ruskin重视提拔的画家John Everett Millais。据艾玛·汤普森说,这部新片将从两人的新婚之夜开始,通过John Ruskin的经历和性格来解开这个谜团。  2011.08.17.达科塔取代西尔莎成为《Effie》女主角.  Dakota Fanning replacing Saoirse Ronan in Emma Thompson's 'Effie'  August 16  Source Deadline  Just last November, one Casting Tidbits update revealed The Lovely Bones star Saoirse Ronan landed the title role in Effie, a biopic about Effie Gray, the wife of English art critic John Ruskin, who became entangled in a famous Victorian love triangle. Now Deadline reports Dakota Fanning will star in the period drama from writeractresa Thompson which chronicles the strange romance, or lack thereof, between Gray and Ruskin. Despite her beauty, Ruskin was said to be disgusted with Gray's body, did not consummate the marriage and annulled it, allowing her to marry Ruskin's protégé John Everett Millais.Though Orlando Bloom was once attached to play Millais, apparently Tom Sturridge (Pirate Radio) has stepped into the role. In addition, Thompson will also star in the film as Lady Eastlake, who takes Effie under her wing when it becomes clear the union was destroying the young woman. Her husbandGreg Wise (Johnny English) will play Ruskin while Julie Walters (Harry Potter franchise) and Derek Jacobi (The King's Speech) will play his parents. Finally, Edward Fox (Gandhi) is in talks to play Eastlake's husband Sir Charles a man who was not only fed up with Ruskin and his radical ideas, but also the main patron of the Royal Academy which held sway over what constituted fine art.  Richard Laxton (An Englishman in New York) is directing the film which begins shooting in Scotland on October 17th with shooting to follow in London and Venice as well. The cast has been shuffled on this project for awhile with Carey Mulligan once attached to the title role as well, but a copyright infringement claim held up the film, which resulted in scheduling conflicts for the previously attached cast members. Producer Don Rosenfeld says, It’a Thompson’s first original script after doing several fine adaptations, and it gets to the heart of Victorian England. Though this sounds a bit more along the lines of her work on Sense and Sensibility as opposed to Nanny McPhee, her work on the page should make for a great British drama down the road.
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