影片以1993年在巴黎18区发生的一起警察暴力的真实事件为背景:一名警察在巡逻期间枪杀了一名17岁的扎伊尔少年Makomé M'Bowolé。而在影片当中,巴黎街头,一群反政府青年。纠纷由其中一人被警察殴打重伤而起,众人怀恨在心。文兹(文森特·卡塞尔 Vincent Cassel饰)弄到一把真枪,决心还以颜色。他们的仇恨与愤怒随处可见,这场与警察之间的大规模冲突,一触即发。混战中,文兹被警察开枪打死,他的同党也颤抖着对准了警察的头,枪声响起……无论是警察还是街头混混,每个人都失去了控制。这青春期里的不安与躁动,就像失控的怒火一般,无人幸免。 导演马修·卡索维茨荣获第48届戛纳电影节(1995)主竞赛单元最佳导演奖。
Kristin is the daughter of a prominent landowner in medieval Norway. She grows up in total harmony with the ideals of the time: strong family ties, social pride and devout Christianity. She accepts the fact that her father has arranged for her to marry the son of another landowner. Kristin's beauty and purity create violent emotions around her. There are envy and attempted rape, murder and revenge. She seeks refuge from the world in a convent, awaiting the time for her marriage. Here the passion of her life strikes, the knight Erlend Nikulaussonn. He, an accomplished seducer, also falls hopelessly in love. They have to cross not only convent walls to meet, but social boundaries as well. Their love cannot be kept secret, and suddenly the innocent Kristin is the centre of a scandal. Her fiance withdraws from their engagement, her father rages, and Erlend's former mistress tries to poison her. The affair grows into a political issue, and finally some of the country's most dignified leaders persuade Lavrans to give in. The lovers win each other, but it is in front of a charred altar in a burnt down church, and their happiness has a double edge. Written by The Norwegian Film Institute