When his wife unexpectedly informs him that she wants a divorce, well-meaning but oblivious husband Otto Wall finds himself thrust back into bachelorhood, where he searches for the real thing amidst a string of one night stands.
Based on the Carnegie Medal winning novel by Margeret Mahy. Sixteen year-old Laura Chant lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Zealand. Laura is drawn into a supe
新年将至，文化宫正在筹备一场盛大的跨年晚宴。奥古尔（伊戈尔·伊林斯基 Igor Ilyinsky 饰）是文化宫新上任的主任，这个严肃的男人决定将晚宴上要表演的所有节目都重新审核一遍，并且在跨年当天发表一份长达40分钟的学术演讲。
晚宴上的一切都让奥古尔感到非常的不爽——女演员们的裙子太短、乐队演奏的歌曲太过于花哨和肤浅、参会者竟然想带起花里胡哨的狂欢节面具来遮掩他们的容貌。奥古尔雷厉风行的对整改晚会节目下达了指令，年轻人们当然不会就这样受人摆布，他们决定见招拆招，和奥古尔暗中较劲。
