法国导演情侣组合斯特劳布-于伊耶与1991年将索福克勒斯的希腊悲剧《安提戈涅》搬上银幕，文本上采用了德国浪漫主义诗人荷尔德林的著名翻译，版本上则依照布莱希特40年代的改编，拍摄地点是西西里岛上塞杰斯塔的一座古罗马剧院遗址，拍摄时阳光明媚。影片背后文本的多层厚度赋予了本片以极强的现时性：就在拍摄当年的夏天，美军对伊拉克发起了第一轮进攻。这是一部关于教育公民不服从的作品。

法国导演情侣组合斯特劳布-于伊耶与1991年将索福克勒斯的希腊悲剧《安提戈涅》搬上银幕，文本上采用了德国浪漫主义诗人荷尔德林的著名翻译，版本上则依照布莱希特40年代的改编，拍摄地点是西西里岛上塞杰斯塔的一座古罗马剧院遗址，拍摄时阳光明媚。影片背后文本的多层厚度赋予了本片以极强的现时性：就在拍摄当年的夏天，美军对伊拉克发起了第一轮进攻。这是一部关于教育公民不服从的作品。

赫拉克勒斯（ 道恩·强森 饰）是天神宙斯与底比斯王后所生的儿子。半人半神的他，自幼在凡尘中成长，饱受人世间的各种磨难。在误杀家人并完成十二件赎罪苦差之后，身心疲惫的他背弃诸神，以血腥残酷的战争麻醉自己。六名与他有相似经历的战友，全视战争及死亡为乐事。他们从不问为何征战，亦不会问要杀的是什么人；只在乎有多少奖金。这群悍将，受色雷斯国王邀请，要为他训练出史上最强的军队，与另一暴君作战。在重赏之下，他们欣然受命；但透过训练新军，他们终觉悟到自己罪孽深重，因此决定踏上充满荆棘的救赎之路 。

巨石强森饰演宙斯之子赫拉克勒斯，这位神话人物天生拥有神力，却饱尝人生百苦。他的辉煌成就远近驰名，包括古希腊惨绝人寰的"十二试炼"。尽管如此，他依然忘不了伤心往事，自甘沦为居无定所的佣兵，偕同几位忠诚的追随者，打着传奇的名号大捞一笔。当他决定接下危险的任务，终结色雷斯国土的血腥内战，他就注定要挑战自己的极限。

海格力斯（道恩-强森 饰演）生活在距离现在3200年前的蛮族色雷斯时代，是天神宙斯与凡人阿尔克墨涅之子。虽然拥有过人的勇气和力量，但在完成十二项传奇…

赫拉克勒斯（Hercules）曾是德国的移工，他骑着自行车从德国的一个乡村来到奥林匹斯山，那是古代诸神的王国，离他的出生地希腊很近。在这段旅程中，赫拉克勒斯的传说，作为男性力量的古老神话，通过传记式的反思和神话的回响被审视。这位英雄旅程的戏剧结构被分解为外籍男性身份、理想和悔恨等问题。

The subject of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s Der Tod des Empedokles (The Death of Empedocles, 1987) is the Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles (c. 490 BC – 430 BC), who lived in the Greek colony of Agrigentum in Sicily. His theories are mentioned in several of Plato’s dialogues. He maintained that all matter is made up of four irreducible elements: water, earth, air and fire. A mystic and a poet, he is considered to be the founder of classical rhetoric. He is also thought to be the last Greek philosopher to write in verse; two fragments of his works survive: Katharmoi (Purifications) and Peri Phuseôs (On Nature). An advocate of democracy, he came into conflict with his fellow citizens of Agrigentum and, as result, was banished with his young disciple, Pausanius. When he was asked to return, he preferred to commit suicide by throwing himself into the active volcano at Mount Aetna. 　　The German writer Friedrich Hölderlin wrote two versions of Der Tod des Empedokles in 1798 and 1800, and a final third version in 1820, all three ultimately unfinished. They were conceived as five-act tragedies and all three differ in plot. According to Michael Hamburger, Hölderlin’s English-language translator, 　　the main reason why Hölderlin finished no version of the play must be that he remained too closely identified with Empedocles, at the very period in his life when his own view of the poet as philosopher, prophet and priest – and as tragic hero – was subject to perpetual crisis and re-examination. 　　Huillet-Straub’s The Death of Empedocles is based on Hölderlin’s first version (the longest of the three), whereas Black Sin is based on the third version.

The subject of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s Der Tod des Empedokles (The Death of Empedocles, 1987) is the Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles (c. 490 BC – 430 BC), who lived in the Greek colony of Agrigentum in Sicily. His theories are mentioned in several of Plato’s dialogues. He maintained that all matter is made up of four irreducible elements: water, earth, air and fire. A mystic and a poet, he is considered to be the founder of classical rhetoric. He is also thought to be the last Greek philosopher to write in verse; two fragments of his works survive: Katharmoi (Purifications) and Peri Phuseôs (On Nature). An advocate of democracy, he came into conflict with his fellow citizens of Agrigentum and, as result, was banished with his young disciple, Pausanius. When he was asked to return, he preferred to commit suicide by throwing himself into the active volcano at Mount Aetna. 　　The German writer Friedrich Hölderlin wrote two versions of Der Tod des Empedokles in 1798 and 1800, and a final third version in 1820, all three ultimately unfinished. They were conceived as five-act tragedies and all three differ in plot. According to Michael Hamburger, Hölderlin’s English-language translator, 　　the main reason why Hölderlin finished no version of the play must be that he remained too closely identified with Empedocles, at the very period in his life when his own view of the poet as philosopher, prophet and priest – and as tragic hero – was subject to perpetual crisis and re-examination. 　　Huillet-Straub’s The Death of Empedocles is based on Hölderlin’s first version (the longest of the three), whereas Black Sin is based on the third version.

自从和妻子离婚后，约翰（约翰·C·赖利 John C. Reilly 饰）一直单身一人，而前妻即将结婚的消息犹如一把利刃，再一次的插进了约翰的心里，愤愤不平的他忍不住的参加了前妻的结婚派对。没想到，在派对上，约翰认识了美丽温柔的莫利（玛丽莎·托梅 Marisa Tomei 饰），两人相互吸引很快便坠入了爱河。 　　好景不长，一个名叫塞勒斯（乔纳·希尔 Jonah Hill 饰）的男子的出现为约翰和莫利的感情蒙上了一层阴影。原来，塞勒斯是莫利的儿子，而对于这个21岁的小伙子来说，约翰这一凭空出现的男人显然是不受欢迎的。夹在莫利和塞勒斯之间，约翰左右为难，他能够成功获得塞勒斯的认可吗？他和莫利之间的感情又该何去何从呢？