斩魔剑 宿命之少女剑士

　　前伞兵军官朱里安•塔维尼（Maurice Ronet 饰）退役后在一家军火公司上班，期间他和老板西蒙•卡瑞拉（Jean Wall 饰）的妻子弗洛伦丝（Jeanne Moreau 饰）陷入热恋。为了扫清障碍，他和情妇制定了一条看似天衣无缝的谋杀计划。计划起初进展顺利，但在刺杀之后却因细微的差错偏离当初的设想，朱里安更被困在大楼的电梯之中。　　所谓祸不单行，一对青年男女偷走了朱里安的车，事态开始朝着混乱的方向发展……　　本片为左岸派元老路易•马勒的长片处女作，荣获1957年路易•德吕克奖

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

這是一部只有背景音樂寫實的粗獷毫不妥協且極具風格的獨立無聲藝術電影，描述在美國式的自由民主制度下所誕生的黑社會陰暗面、地痞流氓、吸食毒品、色情、謀殺、販賣軍火等，改編自古希臘荷馬史詩中的人物故事。

为了考验自己的极限，莎夏（查理兹·塞隆 饰）深入偏僻无情的澳洲荒野，却发觉自己不只必须在严苛环境中奋勇求生，还得对抗一名残忍又危险的恶徒（塔伦·埃哲顿 饰）。