1960年捷克卡罗维发利国际电影节最佳导演水晶球奖。
Originally titled Seryozha, the Russian A Summer to Remember was co-adapted by Vera Panova from her own short story. War and Peace director Sergei Bondarchuk plays the new stepfather of young Seryozha (Borya Barkhatov). So close do the stepfather and the boy become in the months following their meeting that, when time comes for the boy to move on in life, he refuses to leave his new dad's side. Their summer idyll takes place on a Soviet collective farm, managed by Bondarchuk and depicted by novice filmmakers Georgiy Daneliya and Igor Talankin in the most glowing and apolitical of terms. Though there isn't much to the plot, the film admirably succeeds as a sort of cinematic tone poem.
From All Movie Guide: Russian filmmaker Georgi Daneliya ranks among his country's most popular directors of satirical comedies. The Georgia-born Daneliya comes from a distinguished family of film performers; his grandmother, Veriko Andzhaparidze, was a famed Georgian silent film actress, his cousin, Sofiko Chiaureli, is also a major actress, and his mother, Meri Andzhaparidze, spent more than a decade at Mosfilm Studios. However, he first chose to train as an architect (perhaps out of respect for his father, an engineer). Following his graduation in 1955, Daneliya worked only briefly in that field when he decided he'd rather be in films, enrolling in Mosfilm Studios' Directors' Courses in 1958. In 1960, Daneliya co-directed Seryozha/A Summer to Remember with Igor Talankin. Two years later, he made his solo directorial debut, Put K Prichalu/The Way to the Wharf (1962). His 1969 comedy Ne Goryuy!/Don't Worry! successfully blended humor and melancholy, a device that would become Daneliya's trademark. In addition to directing, Daneliya co-authors the scripts for his films and occasionally works on screenplays for other directors. Daneliya has won numerous national and international awards for his work. In 1964, his Ya Shagayu po Moskve/I Walk Around Moscow received an honorable mention at the Cannes Film Festival, while in 1975 Afonya received a special award at the All Union Festival, a major U.S.S.R. event. Daneliya's biggest hit in the U.S.S.R., Mimino (1977), earned the special prize at the Moscow International Film Festival and the U.S.S.R. State Prize. In 1991, Daneliya earned the Nika Award (the Russian equivalent to an Oscar) for Best Screenplay for Pasport (1990).
圣诞节就要来临了,只身一人在加州念书的杰克(乔纳森·泰勒·托马斯 Jonathan Taylor Thomas 饰)打算利用自己的圣诞假期来一场旅行,然而,杰克的父亲希望儿子能够回到家里和家人们团聚,最终,在父亲的威逼利诱之下,杰克取消了旅行,并且还打算带上新结交的女友一同回家。
哪知道就在动身前夕,杰克的同学对他进行了恶作剧,杰克穿上了内里涂有强力胶水的圣诞老人装,再也无法脱下来了。不仅如此,他还被丢在了荒无人烟的野外,口袋里一个子也没有。眼看着和父亲约定的时间就要来临,如果不能按时回家,那么父亲许诺的奖品就无法兑现。
最近城里的屡屡发生珠宝劫案,警察们都束手无策。因为贼人的手法和以前闻名的大盗“黑猫”约翰(加里•格兰特 Cary Grant 饰)如出一辙,警察们找上了正在乡间别墅过着悠闲生活的约翰。约翰当然不会轻易就范,他摆脱了警察之后,开始调查到底是谁用他的手法屡屡作案。毫无头绪的约翰找到了以前的战友巴先生,却被巴先生餐馆里的人视作不速之客。幸好在侍者孚的女儿的帮助下,约翰来到了嘎纳海滩。在保险公司经理的帮助下,约翰展开了他的抓贼行动。