During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys, a prominent Ohio family, and is forced to recuperate in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. He encourages young adults Richard and June Stanley to pursue their dreams, much to the dismay of their conventional father Ernest. Meanwhile, Whiteside's spinster assistant Maggie Cutler finds herself attracted to local newspaperman Bert Jefferson. When she reads Bert's play, she is so impressed she asks Whiteside to show it to his contacts, and then announces she will quit his employment and marry Bert. However, her boss is loath to lose such an efficient aide and does his best to sabotage the blossoming romance...
年轻的瓦伦汀(詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊 James McAvoy 饰)应聘成为大文豪列夫·托尔斯泰(克里斯托弗·普卢默 Christopher Plummer 饰)的秘书和助手,目睹了晚年文豪和他妻子索菲娅(海伦·米伦 Helen Mirren 饰)之间爱恨交织的深刻情感。托尔斯泰不满索菲娅奢侈的生活习惯,索菲娅则看不惯托尔斯泰和“激进派”弟子弗拉基米尔·切科夫(保罗·吉亚玛提 Paul Giamatti 饰)的合作,围绕着托尔斯泰,两度力量始终较劲,瓦伦汀也被牵扯进去,分别为索菲娅和切科夫写日记,记录托翁晚
简介:During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys, a prominent Ohio family, and is forced to recuperate in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. He encourages young adults Richard and June Stanley to pursue their dreams, much to the dismay of their conventional father Ernest. Meanwhile, Whiteside's spinster assistant Maggie Cutler finds herself attracted to local newspaperman Bert Jefferson. When she reads Bert's play, she is so impressed she asks Whiteside to show it to his contacts, and then announces she will quit his employment and marry Bert. However, her boss is loath to lose such an efficient aide and does his best to sabotage the blossoming romance...