本片根据澳大利亚钢琴家戴维•赫尔夫戈特（David Helfgott）的真人真事改编。　　生于犹太人家庭的戴维（Alex Rafalowicz 饰）自幼便展现过人的天赋，他的父亲望子成龙，逼迫戴维苦练钢琴，甚至不切实际地让儿子挑战号称“世界上最难演奏的作品” 《D小调第三钢琴协奏曲》。戴维在父亲的阴影下苦不堪言，而父亲为防止家庭破裂又千方百计阻止儿子外出求学，最终父子走向决裂。　　长为青年的戴维（Noah Taylor 饰）远赴英国皇家音乐学院求学，在此期间，“拉三”仍然是他心中未了的情结，经过紧张筹备，他终于走向舞台挑战父亲为他设下的攀登极限……　　影片荣获1997年奥斯卡最佳男主角奖（Geoffrey Rush）。

Hunted by government agents and constantly assaulted by a cartel of vengeful thugs, an amnesiac known only as "626" searches for her true identity while protecting a teenage girl who shares her superhuman abilities; but when 626 uncovers the horrifying truth about her past, she must infiltrate enemy headquarters to expose a corporate conspiracy that threatens the free world,bef...

　　Eternal life technology (transferring mind to new body) is developed by 2 companies. Resistance to the merger of the 2 companies is met with kidnapping and murder.