故事发生在上世纪的六十年代,布莱恩(约翰·库萨克 John Cusack 饰)是乐队“海滩男孩”的队长。布莱恩极富魅力,才华横溢,唱作俱佳,在他的带领下,乐队很快就在业内赢得了不菲的声誉,稳坐畅销榜的首位。
乐队的扬名立万带来的却是一桩桩的麻烦和排山倒海而来的压力,最终,布莱恩不堪重负,精神濒临崩溃的边缘。就在这时,布莱恩遇见了名为尤金(保罗·吉亚玛提 Paul Giamatti 饰)的精神科医生。一直以来,尤金以其过激的治疗方式在业内引起过诸多的争议,然而,布莱恩的病情却在尤金的治疗之下渐渐好转,可是,随着时间的推移,尤金步步紧逼,渐渐掌控了布莱恩的全部生活,令他和他的乐队成员之间产生了激烈的矛盾。
When a young boy's mother and father are savagely murdered, he ages out of an orphanage intent on revenge, but the love of a girl and psychological trauma lead him down a mystifying path.
An adaptation of his own novel of the same name. "Dix ans que les deux hommes s’étaient perdus de vue et puis, d’un coup, ils se retrouvaient au détour d’une rue, face à face. Le hasard, paraît-il, fait bien les choses. S’il s’agissait de lui, il aurait mieux fait ce jour-là de se mêler de ce qui le regardait, mais il n’y était pour rien. Skender le comprendrait bientôt, ce n’est pas le hasard qui avait mis Max et Madame sur son chemin. Il le comprendrait bientôt."
The story revolves around Gabriel and Idriss whose lives have taken very different directions since an argument. Gab is a cop in Internal Affairs who plays by the books. Driss is a fixer for the mob who sells his services to the highest bidder. They’re brought back together by the brutal death of Sofia, their childhood friend from the orphanage. Killed in a car accident, Sofia leaves behind Leïla, her 17-year-old daughter. Determined to find the killer, Leïla unwittingly tracks down the son of a ruthless businesswoman who relies on vicious henchmen to protect her family’s secrets. With no time to settle their personal scores, the two orphans must now join forces to find Leïla before she commits an irredeemable act…