Two old prostitutes go back to their hovels. One of them has problems with the teenage daughter and the husband devoted to cross-dressing. The other one lives completely alone, with no ties. However, that night they have an appointment to celebrate the in-ring victory of two midget wrestlers. The film is based on the true story of two wrestlers found dead in a Cuauhtemoc hotel in Mexico City, presumably poisoned by the two women.

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1848年，匈牙利爆发了由Kossuth领导的反抗奥地利Hap***urg统治的民族运动。不幸的是，这次革命失败了，奥地利人的霸权重新确立了起来。为了彻底根除传说中的Sandor Rozsa游击队，军队把嫌疑人集中关押在野外一个孤零零的工事中。当权者并不知道游击队的首领长得什么样子，但知道他就在这些囚犯中。于是他们对囚犯们展开了刻意设计的真假难辨的精神折磨。 　　他们找了些在农民暴动中杀过人的俘虏，加以威逼利诱。谁能在其他俘虏中找出比自己杀人更多的，或者能指出游击队首领，谁就会被赦免。长着一张懦弱面孔的主人公就是其中一个。他并不知道谁比自己杀了更多人，于是就利用一切机会了解别人，就像是军队派进俘虏中的奸细。他倒也不全是乱指认，有一次通过交谈，他了解到某个俘虏比自己多杀了一个人，于是马上报告给军队。那个俘虏被处死了。不过，这一行径终于被俘虏们察觉，他自然难逃厄运。 　　后来，因为战事变化，军队急需增员。于是俘虏们的“罪行”暂时不被追究，他们应征入伍，有的甚至是从刑场上直接前往军营的。其中有本事的人还被任命为小头目，组建了由俘虏组成的骑兵队。 　　训练热火朝天地进行着。然而，前线突然传来消息，形势又有突变，战争已经避免了。俘虏们欢天喜地，因为再也不用上前线送命。可是军官的目光仍然残忍，他又想起了俘虏们的“罪行”，命令再次将俘虏们抓起来审讯。那些人重新陷入绝望中。 　　这是杨索（Miklós Jancsó）的第一部故事片，带有鲜明的匈牙利色彩。它以现实主义为基调，平和朴素，但又默不作声地把形式主义融入其中。并且由于当时特殊的社会环境，它和许多东欧影片一样，以史喻今的意图非常明显——军队对俘虏的逼供方法和1960年代匈牙利政权的所作所为非常相似。 　　当然，作为成名作，《无望的人们》还展现了杨索不同他人的个性特征。比如镜头在几个人物之间的杨索式游动，有效地增加了影片的流畅感和空间感，这在他后来的影片中屡试不爽。就主题来说，杨索其后的几部作品也都是和这部《无望的人们》一样，选取了19世纪末或20世纪初匈牙利社会最动荡的历史年代。不过，正是因为这个原因，不了解匈牙利历史的人（可能是观众中的大多数）经常出现解读障碍。

This film portrait of the choreographer Sasha Waltz depicts the progress of her work between 1992 and 2007, describing her exhilarating course through from the early choreographies to her large opera productions. An appreciation for Contemporary Dance and an insight into the life and work of the choreographer are conveyed filmically and entertainingly. 　　Sasha Waltz was born in 1963 in Karlsruhe, Germany. She studied dance with Waltraud Kornhaas and also at the School for New Dance Development (SNDO) in Amsterdam. Waltz briefly worked in New York where she performed with Pooh Kaye, Yoshiko Chuma, and Lisa Kraus, among others. In 1993 she co-founded her company, Sasha Waltz & Guests, with Jochen Sandig. In 1996 she opened the critically acclaimed sophiensaele, a theater she co-founded with Sandig. She has worked with a myriad of contemporary artists, including Laurie Booth, Mark Tompkins, David Zambrano, Tristan Honsinger, and Frans Poelstra. Waltz has received numerous grants and awards including the 1994 prize for choreography at the International Choreographer’s Competition in Groningen and Berliner Zeitung critics’ prize for Travelogue–Twenty to Eight. In September 1999, Waltz was named one of the artistic directors of Berlin’s Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz. Earlier this year, Sasha Waltz & Guests once again became an independent company, with Jochen Sandig as artistic director.