背中

 象人（约翰•赫特 John Hurt 饰）是一个天生的畸形症患者，他的脸长得就像大象的脸，因此而得名。象人一直被利欲昏心的马戏团老板利用，带到世界各地去巡回演出，受尽了非人的虐待。象人所经受的遭遇社会名流们都会感到不可思议，然而乐观坚强的象人却承担了下来。直到有一次，象人遇上了年轻的英国医生（安东尼•霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰），出于怜悯和医生的操守，他与马戏团老板签订了“领养”协议后，将象人带回了医院作研究。在医院里，象人重新感受到了人间的温暖，而医生也在和象人的交往中结下了深深的友谊，他已经舍不得这位“上帝的弃儿”。但利欲昏心的马戏团老板带人又将象人抢了回去，象人的新生活是否就此终结？

　　As its title suggests THE FABULOUS WORLD OF JULES VERNE is an awe -inspiring, meticulous cinematic rendering of the aesthetic and conceptual inventions of proto-science fiction genius Jules Verne, based on one of the famed author's lesser known short stories. However, the real star of the film is the intricate art direction, successfully rendering the visual style of nineteenth century woodcuts and engravings into motion pictures, creating a stylized and surreal graphic world within which Verne’s fanciful tale unfolds. A brilliant scientist, Dr. Roche, perches high above a stormy sea, inventing a powerful explosive, when he and his assistant are kidnapped by an evil businessman, Artigas. Taken by submarine to Artigas' volcano headquarters, Roche is tricked into developing his experiment for evil intentions. The scientist’s assistant, Simon, struggles all the while to free himself and warn Roche. A magical world of baroque submarines and sailing ships, killer octopus, undersea bicycles dazzles audiences as human actors, puppetry, animation and fanciful scenic design interact to create a cinematic experience that is unique by any standards. Mixing slapstick comedy, action adventure pacing and Mélies style film magic, this little known Czechoslovakian gem transcends the juvenile literature at its source to create cinematic art of the highest order....

　　瑞秋（泰莉莎·帕尔墨 Teresa Palmer 饰）和安东尼（史蒂芬·克里 Steven Cree 饰）本来拥有一个幸福的家庭，两人共同抚养着上天恩赐给他们的一对可爱的双胞胎，一家人生活在平和与其乐融融的气氛之中。哪知道，一场突如其来的灾难在迅雷不及掩耳之际袭击了这个家庭，双胞胎中的哥哥不幸丧生，剩下的人则要体味无穷无尽的痛苦。　　为了摆脱阴暗的过去，尽快走进新的生活，瑞秋和安东尼决定举家迁往宁江的乡村小镇，在那里修复这个支离破碎的家庭，谁知道没过多久，种种异象便发生在了幸存的弟弟艾略特（Tristan Ruggeri 饰）身上，艾略特告诉父母，死去的哥哥并没有离开，而是一直纠缠和困扰着他。

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