黑色的风采

故事开始于蒙特娄，也结束于蒙特娄。一名在找寻灵感的作家（拉菲·斯波 Rafe Spall 饰）无意间得知派·帕帖尔（伊尔凡·可汗 Irrfan Khan 饰）的传奇故事。派的父亲（阿迪勒·侯赛因 Adil Hussain 饰）开了一家动物园。因这样特殊的生活环境，少年派（苏拉·沙玛 Suraj Sharma 饰 ）对信仰与人的本性自有一套看法。在派17岁那一年，他的父母决定举家移民加拿大以追求更好的生活，而他也必须离开他的初恋情人。在前往加拿大的船上，他们遇见一位残忍成性的法国厨师（杰拉尔·德帕迪约 Gérard Depardieu 饰）。当天深夜在茫茫大海中，原本令派感到刺激无比的暴风雨一瞬间就成了吞噬货船的大灾难。派却奇迹般地活了下来，搭着救生船在太平洋上漂流，而且有一名最令人意想不到的同伴——理查德·帕克，一只孟加拉老虎。神奇的冒险旅程就这样意外开始了……

影片以爱尔兰西部的荒野为背景，讲述一个爱尔兰牧羊人在 他的羊群被不明身份的人屠杀后，他与邻近的农场发生了暴力冲突。

From the novel "At the Wolf's Table" by Rosella Postorino
　　Germany, 1943: Twenty-six-year-old Rosa Sauer’s parents are gone, and her husband Gregor is far away, fighting on the front lines of World War II. Impoverished and alone, she makes the fateful decision to leave war-torn Berlin to live with her in-laws in the countryside, thinking she’ll find refuge there. But one morning, the SS come to tell her she has been conscripted to be one of Hitler’s tasters: three times a day, she and nine other women go to his secret headquarters, the Wolf’s Lair, to eat his meals before he does.
　　Forced to eat what might kill them, the tasters begin to divide into The Fanatics, those loyal to Hitler, and the women like Rosa who insist they aren’t Nazis, even as they risk their lives every day for Hitler’s. As secrets and resentments grow, this unlikely sisterhood reaches its own dramatic climax, as everyone begins to wonder if they are on the wrong side of history.

　　佐佐木家的小儿子健二（井之肋海饰）偷偷练习钢琴。爸爸龙平（香川照之饰）是一个普通的上班族。妈妈惠（小泉今日子饰）则是家庭主妇。哥哥贵（小柳友饰）是个忙着打工的大学生。这是一个乍看非常普通的日本家庭，但其实每个人都藏有不希望被别人知道的秘密。直到某天健二回到空无一人的家里，一切开始漫漫浮出水面……
　　本片以东京一个四口之家为缩影，深细展现其内部风波，勾画各成员之挣扎轨迹，由此统摄东京乃至日本无数人群在世界经济格局转换、金融危机、中东战争等动荡局势下的生存境遇。
　　本片入选二零零八年《电影旬报》日本电影十大佳片。在戛纳电影节上荣获“一种关注”单元的评委会奖。获得第三届亚洲电影大奖(Asian Film Awards，简称AFA)最佳编剧和最佳电影两个奖项。