Adolfo (55), a famous short story writer, decides to write his first novel and gives his daughter Dalia (6) the gift of creating a character for the story. She chooses a goat, like her stuffed animal. After the death of her father, Dalia (12) is kidnapped by the characters of the story. Through a portal, they make her a character of the novel “The Red Book”. While struggling to find a way out with the help of Goat, Dalia must face the other characters, who will do anything to become the main characters of the book. She is the only one capable of writing the final chapter, though she doesn’t feel confident enough.　　Dalia has only 12 hours, a blank page, and a pen to complete the story. The adventure within the book leads her to discover who her father’s friends and enemies were. She writes the ending and discovers whether she wants to follow in her father's footsteps as a writer or not.

　　Amanda and John adopt a gorgeous baby girl from Europe. After years of angst and disappointment, they finally adopt the baby they had dreamed about. But something is not quite right and after a short time they uncover shocking, scary and possibly life threatening secrets about how the baby actually came to them.

查尔斯?布朗森（汤姆?哈迪 Tom Hardy 饰）出身于上层社会家庭，从小就具有不可自抑的暴力倾向，布朗森没能像其他人一样完成学业和工作，在1974年结婚后，布朗森因为携枪抢劫邮局而被判入狱七年，至此，布朗森抛弃了自己的本名迈克尔，成为了臭名昭著的英国监狱恶徒。富有表现欲望的布朗森用暴力作为自己成名的途径，在狱中不屈服于任何管教，同时也得到了犯人们的钦佩和媒体的关注，布朗森自诩为“英国最残暴的犯人”，他的监狱生涯就是不断的单人禁闭、不断的更换监狱……布朗森出狱后投身地下拳击界，但不久又再次入狱，监狱暴徒布朗森的故事还在继续……　　本片根据真实故事改编。

　　痴迷脱口秀笑话表演的鲁帕（Robert De Niro 饰）梦想自己也能站在舞台上享受观众的欢呼，借疯狂粉丝玛莎（Sandra Bernhard 饰）创造的机会，鲁帕得以和脱口秀明星杰瑞交谈，鲁帕踌躇满志的自我介绍，虽然杰瑞敷衍了事，但鲁帕仍视自己为杰瑞的好友。为了能在心爱的丽塔面前出人头地，鲁帕不惜一些代价要获得与杰瑞同台表演的机会，另一方面杰瑞被鲁帕的纠缠搞到忍无可忍，将鲁帕与并不知情的丽塔赶出家门。杰瑞的行为激怒了鲁帕，他与玛莎合作绑架杰瑞，威胁电视台播放自己的表演，鲁帕终于如愿以偿，掀起一场轩然大波……　　本片获1984年英国电影学院奖最佳剧本奖，1984年伦敦影评人协会奖年度电影奖，1984年全美影评人协会奖最佳女配角奖。

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