根据“短篇小说之王”莫泊桑的同名小说《漂亮朋友》改编而成。
老兵乔治·杜瓦洛( 罗伯特·帕丁森Robert Pattinson 饰)退伍后从非洲只身来到巴黎,在铁道局打杂过着清苦交加的日子。偶然机会碰到昔日战友,在其帮助下进入《法兰西生活报》担任编辑一职,苦心钻营成为“瓦尔特帮”的重要写手,参与倒戈阴谋。凭借一张漂亮的外表和一些取悦女人的伎俩辗转于贵妇人之间,克罗蒂尔德(克里斯蒂娜·里奇 Christina Ricci 饰),玛德莱纳(乌玛·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 饰),瓦尔特夫人(克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 饰)都成为他平步青云的牺牲品,他无耻的利用女人来发迹,大搞投机冒险,步步为营跻身上流社会,并最终通过拐骗报馆老板瓦尔特的女儿苏珊(霍利·格林格 Holliday Grainger 饰),与之结婚成为报社总编辑,将权钱名并入囊中,成功得取远大前程。
A village in Ukraine, near the Russian border. The only thing that slightly disturbs the peace there is the occasional death of an elderly person. That is also why Anatoly returns there: to take care of his dying mother.
A grandfather and curio shop owner in a small town in Arizona and his granddaughter are transported to a mystical land through a portal stone and have to find their way back.
In the 1990s post-communist Slovakia, former woods worker Miki takes his chances to start doing business at a local level and climb up the ladder to become the biggest mafia boss in the country.