美国的一个小镇,Jefferson Smith(詹姆斯·斯图尔特 James Stewart饰)是当地的童子军的首领,深受青少年们的喜爱,被选为新的参议员,来到了华盛顿。遇到了他父亲的老朋友,同为参议员的Joseph Paine(克劳德·雷恩斯 Claude Rains饰),并且迷上了Joseph的漂亮女儿。单纯的Jefferson从来没来过华盛顿,在华盛顿闹了不少笑话,被媒体纷纷取笑。Joseph让Jefferson起草一个提案,并让他的女秘书Clarissa Saunders(琪恩·亚瑟 Jean Arthur 饰)协助Jefferson。然而Jefferson却发现,他的这个所谓参议员不过是其他老谋深算的参议员手中的木偶,他发现了他们一个巨大的阴谋。Jefferson决定以自己单薄的力量来对抗那群人,来改变这个腐败的政治环境。到底他能否成功?史密斯先生的华盛顿之旅会如何结束?
本片获第11届奥斯卡10项提名,赢得最佳原创剧本一奖。
In this episodic dramatic comedy Francella plays a whopping 16 different characters which “will confront conflicts reflecting the invisible pressure under which we live in a modern-day megalopolis,” said Cohn and Duprat. “The film presents a panorama of our ‘national being’ in a scathing and sarcastic but at the same time reflexive tone. Argentina is a country of immigrants, whose character is a sum of different origins and nationalities: Millions of Europeans came and mixed with Native Argentinians, creating a powerful and singular idiosyncrasy,” they added.
river’s Ed centers on a group of teens who steal their school’s driver’s ed car to go on a road trip to help a high school senior track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back.
Three back-to-back marathons in 24 hours, two gambling buddies and a one million dollar bet. What is left to hold on to in life when everything is on the line?