Stephen Poliakoff — Director (12)

Movie

Friends & Crocodiles (2005)
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other title: Friends and Crocodiles / 朋友與鱷魚
Paul Reynolds is a Gatsby-like figure: owner of a magnificent house, the host of great parties, and a collector of interesting people. He persuades Lizzie Thomas, a secretary at a local estate agent's, to come and work for him as his assistant, to bring some order to his chaos. He inspires her with his enthusiasm and imagination, and frustrates her with his apparent carelessness and destructiveness, which culminates in her calling the police as one of his parties is attacked by local troublemakers, seemingly with his tacit approval. But their paths are destined to cross again and again as Lizzie, with the help of some of the people that she met at Paul's house, rises through the changing landscape of corporate Britain. This is the tale of a meaningful and powerful relationship that isn't a love story; it's about those rare people who profoundly influence and shape our lives.

TV

Perfect Strangers (2001)
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★ 7.4 7 ratings
other title: 完美陌生人 / Almost Strangers …
Daniel Symon comes face to face with his extended family – a cadre of eccentrics, all of whom hiding their own secrets. At a reunion, patriarch Raymond is presented with a copy of the family tree and is enthralled by the complexity of his family ties.

Movie

Hidden City (1987)
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other title: 隐匿城邦 / 隱藏城市 …
Cassies Stuart leads the uncooperative Charles Dance into a world of misplaces government secrets, capalistic artists and bungling secret agents. Will the truth be out, or will the attempts of agents suppress the truth hidden within government propaganda films, classified as top secret by complete mistake, be successful. Or is it the mysterious medical records that are the true catch of the spies.

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A Real Summer (2007)
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other title: 真实夏日 / 真实之夏
A Real Summer的故事发生在1958年,主角Mary正是《俘获玛丽》(Capturing Mary)中的女主角Mary。影片开始时,Mary对着镜头说话,告诉我们她在参观伦敦城外的松林制片厂时结识了一个年轻女人。“就叫她Felicity吧”Mary说。看似头脑简单的 Felicity 对 Mary 的阅历和文笔十分仰慕,Mary也开始对Felicity发生了兴趣,还依照Felicity的要求,开始在自己的专栏上写她。Felicity忽然要去乡间,央求Mary暂时住到她家的大宅——Mary 现在就是坐在这座大宅中,对着我们说话。这时电话响起,打电话来的正是Mary 专栏的女主角,也就是这座大宅的主人——她的名字叫Geraldine。现在我们知道刚才 Mary对我们说的其实是她为杂志写的专栏的内容,Geraldine当然知道这个Felicity就是她。那么现实中的Geraldine究竟是个什么人呢?

Movie

基甸的女儿 (2005)
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other title: Gideon's Daughter / 吉迪昂的女儿
Bill Nighy和Miranda Richardson在这部悲痛和名流的影片中出演,发生在新工党的选举获胜和黛安娜王妃去世时的那个春夏。Gideon Warner是一位非常成功地公共关系顾问,当他的女儿威胁要离开他的生活时,或许也是为了报复他的一系列不忠行为,Gideon必须停下脚步,重新评估他的世界。Richardson扮演一位在年幼的儿子的丧失后以非常规方式隐藏悲痛的一位母亲。

Movie

Close My Eyes (1991)
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★ 7.4 13 ratings
other title: 闭上我的眼睛 / 클로즈 마이 아이즈 …
After some years of tension, Richard (Clive Owen) begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie (Saskia Reeves). Now married, the relationship proves dangerously obsessional. Their private intensity (& working class origins) contrast with the middle-class, inhibited, stuffy public scenes we see in the Richmond world into which Natalie has moved with her marriage. As the guilt and intensity of the siblings increases we seem to be heading for disaster, a forboding which increases when Natalie's husband Sinclair finds out.

Movie

The Lost Prince (2003)
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★ 8.1 14 ratings
斯蒂芬·波利亚科夫 actor: 丹尼尔·威廉姆斯 / 马修·詹姆斯·托马斯 …
other title: 失落的王子
二十世纪初叶,人类历史进入一个动荡不安的时代,曾经辉煌无两的大英帝国正从鼎盛走向衰落,国际局势波谲云诡,战争一触即发。在这重要的历史时刻,一个不合时宜的小生命出生在了英国皇室。他就是约翰王子(丹尼尔·威廉姆斯 Daniel Williams 饰),乔治五世(Tom Hollander 饰)与玛丽皇后(Miranda Richardson 饰)的儿子。约翰王子聪慧善良,相貌圆满,却因患有癫痫而被认为是低能儿,继而令王室成员感到羞耻。为避免蒙羞,皇室将约翰和保姆拉拉(Gina McKee 饰)送到乡下修养。远离了都市的喧嚣和宫廷的繁文缛节,约翰似乎找寻到真正的自由和快乐,他在此静静地渡过了最后的时光…… 本片根据约翰王子的真实事迹改编。

Movie

Glorious 39 (2009)
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★ 7.0 12 ratings
斯蒂芬·波利亚科夫 actor: 休·博纳维尔 / 萝玛拉·嘉瑞 …
other title: 荣耀三九年 / 烽火家族情 …
A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Keyes maintain a confident façade in the British countryside until daughter Anne becomes an unexpected pawn. Her accidental discovery of secret recordings creates a rift in the family.