本片根据霍利•布莱克（Holly Black）及托尼•迪特里奇（Tony DiTerlizzi）的同名畅销小说改编。单亲母亲格蕾丝（玛丽-路易斯•帕克 Mary-Louise Parker 饰）带着双胞胎儿子贾里德与西蒙（弗莱迪•海默尔 Freddie Highmore 饰）和大女儿马洛丽（莎拉•伯格 Sarah Bolger 饰）搬入斯派特维克祖居，国产竟碰到一系列怪事。贾里德在独自调查过程中发现了楼顶阁楼中伯祖母父亲阿瑟•斯派特维克（大卫•斯特雷泽恩 David Strathairn 饰）的精灵探索指南。尽管书表皮有一纸警告，国产贾里德还是阅读了指南，随后便看到了书中描述的精灵之一，棕精灵辛伯来泰克（马丁•肖特 配音）。辛伯来泰克警告贾里德不能把书拿到斯派特维克祖居保护圈外，以防恶灵莫格拉斯（尼克•诺特 Nick Nolte 饰）将指南据为己有，加害其他精灵。但莫格拉斯的手下已得知指南重见天日的事实，并错抓了西蒙。为了保护指南及家庭，三姐弟必须与莫格拉斯展开殊死搏斗……
回复 :Adult brothers Mark and Colin Pollock still live with their parents Frank and Mavis Pollock in a small apartment in the projects of London's east end in what is a collective depressed and unhappy existence. The three men of the household are all on the dole, each doing little to find gainful employment. Between the brothers, Mark is the smart aleck, who calls his parents by their given names to irk them, and who hangs out with a bunch of hooligans as he refers to himself and his friends, such as a skinhead named Coxy. Although never medically diagnosed as such, Colin is seemingly emotionally slow. Colin likes to hang out with Mark and his friends in his want to be accepted, especially as Mark tells him that a neighborhood girl named Hayley is interested him. The family rarely socializes with Mavis' sister and brother-in-law, Barbara and John, who live a middle to upper middle class and seemingly perfect existence in the suburbs of Chigwell. Although not telling them to their face, John dislikes his relations by marriage, believing especially Mark to be brash and trashy. A unilateral act by Barbara leads to many issues within the extended family coming to the surface, most specifically the true happiness of the marriage between Barbara and John, and what Colin is truly looking for to be happy in life.
回复 :雨宫家老父亲（奥村公延 饰）因病去世，正在外地拍广告的女儿千鹤子（宫本信子 饰）和女婿井上佗助（山崎努 饰）带着两个儿子连忙赶回老家奔丧。虽然有葬礼负责人海老原（江户家猫八 饰）的帮助，但佗助夫妇仍需临时抱佛脚，学习葬礼礼仪。三天的葬礼，品味生死百态，万般不舍与依恋，俱化作火葬场上空的一缕轻烟……本片荣获1984年日本学院奖最优秀作品、最佳导演、最佳男主角、最佳剧本和最佳女配角多项大奖，及1985年蓝丝带最佳导演和最佳男主角奖。
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