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故事讲述在黑暗女巫寓言的暗示下和妻子的怂恿下，野心勃勃的麦克白将军谋杀了邓肯国王，自己登上了王位。为了保住弑君的秘密和巩固王位，他们继续残忍的屠杀，双手沾上了旧日密友和妇孺的鲜血。而随之滋长的恐惧和猜疑，使得两人终将走向疯狂和灭亡……
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An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.