This French family film is filled with action, animals, adventure, and suspense. The story is told from a child's viewpoint. One day, while playing in his secret tree house in the forest, 11-year old Antoine spies upon bank robbers stashing 40-million francs worth of loot. One of the robbers is the father of his newest best friend Lisa, a 10-year old Canadian visitor. Not wanting to rat on her father, Antoine instead moves the money to a different spot. Neither he, nor Lisa have a lot of respect for their frequently absent fathers. They find adults to be inherently hypocritical. Both kids do share a love of animals though. Together, they decide to run away to Biarritz, a resort town, and start spending a little money. The thieves are livid when they discover their stash is missing, particularly Max, and they try, unsuccessfully to catch the kids. Antoine is assisted by his muscular governess Clemence as he and Lisa suffer through numerous narrow escapes while spending their ill-gotten gain. - Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
在他人的眼里，道格（尼古拉斯·凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰）从事着一份很带劲儿的职业——保镖，可是只有道格自己心里明白，这份吃力不讨好的工作是多么的让他感到头痛。原来，道格负责保护的是美国的前第一夫人查莉斯（雪莉·麦克雷恩 Shirley MacLaine 饰），在丈夫死后，伤心的查莉斯只希望能够隐姓埋名，过上普通人家的寻常生活。 查莉斯的古怪脾气和经常性“失踪”让道格烦不胜烦，但在长年累月的相处中，查莉斯对道格产生了坚实的信任和真挚的友谊。就在道格不断要求上司将他调离岗位之时，发生了一件震惊全国的糟糕事件，查莉斯竟然遭到了歹徒的绑架。身为她的保护者，道格决定履行他的职责，誓要追查出幕后的黑手所在。
这是一个讲述亲情和奋斗的故事，窘困的父亲为了养活家人而被迫偷盗，导致自尊心极强的儿子离家出走。影片对家庭关系，贫富分化都有细致的描述。电影是由 William H. Armstrong的同名小说改编拍摄而成，讲述了30年代一个美国黑人家庭的种种经历。故事则是关于一个男孩的信念、努力和坚毅的决心,主角是美国一个黑人佃农家庭的１１岁少年.当时是一个经济萧条的年代，这个家庭的生计也面临艰难的考验，只有忠心的义犬 Sounder 依然守在一家人的身旁。佃农父亲为了让一家人能够维持温饱，不得已之下偷了别人的食物，但还是被人发现并因此遭到法律制裁，被送到劳动集中营服刑。少年为了探望父亲，就和 Sounder展开一场长途跋涉的漫长旅程，在这段旅程当中，少年经历了许多前所未有的体验，尤其还遇到一位热心助人的老师教他阅读，少年就在种种历练中不断蜕变成长，即使面对逆境，依然对未来生活怀抱着无限的理想与希望。2003年迪斯尼重拍了这部经典影片。 The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher. 获奖记录 《Sounder》1973年得到奥斯卡最佳影片、最佳男女主角和最佳改编剧本的提名。在2006年美国电影学院百年百部励志电影中名列第六十一位。
