简介：当初那个与自己有共同梦想的好友早已名声大噪，而你挣扎多年依旧碌碌无为，你会不会选择杀死他？ 时间回到11年前，在20世纪70年代的都柏林，在校男生尼尔·麦克考米克（本·巴恩斯 Ben Barnes 饰）怀着一个伟大的摇滚梦，他坚信有朝一日自己会扬名立万。学校Hype乐队的主唱保罗，邀请尼尔的弟弟伊万（罗伯特·席安 Robert Sheehan 饰）加入当吉他手，但好胜的尼尔相信自己和弟弟能把乐队做得更出色，于是替弟弟拒绝了保罗，自行组建了一支乐队。随后，保罗改名为波诺，Hype乐队更名为U2，事业发展如日中天。为了比U2更强，尼尔兄弟俩来到伦敦，寻求唱片公司签约。然而事情并非一帆风顺，他们屡屡碰壁。好不容易组成乐队Shook Up，事业渐有起色之时，伊万却意外得知，当年如果不是尼尔，自己就是U2一员了…… 本片改编自乐评人尼尔·麦克考米克的自传体小说《我差点成为波诺》。
简介：A majestic film in which two stories easily fit. One about a filmmaker who is a little like Diaz himself and wrestles with the completion of his film and with greedy film festival programmers. And one about a religious leader. Also a little like Diaz himself? The films of Lav Diaz often tell serious epic stories, but they are still not entirely free from humour and satire. For instance in this film, Diaz takes the mickey out of festival programmers and also sketches a picture of himself that is not entirely free from self-mockery. The film has two or three stories (also a film in the film) and one of them focuses on the filmmaker Homer, who very much resembles Lav Diaz himself. The tortured filmmaker wrestles with completing his film. Despite pleas from those around him and from eager programmers, he continues to refuse to regard his film as finished. Alongside the story about a nun in the film on which Homer is working, there’s another story about the religious leader Father Turbico. Turbico leads a sect in the countryside that is primarily made up of young women. When one of the women wants to leave the sect, a dramatic situation ensues. By telling the stories in parallel, similarities become visible between Homer’s struggle with cinema and Turbico's struggle with faith.