理查德·莱克斯

　　讲述Costello Jones，一个城市中挣扎在贫困线下的单身母亲（也是作家），为了摆脱困境而努力的故事。但她的努力、对女儿的爱在别人看来或许会因为偏见而显得有些可笑和滑稽；即使从中受挫，却仍不惜一切的想要挣脱。

　　他们是等待法庭判决的被告，这是他们的故事　　第一集 威利　　关押在监狱的威利·华里安（Christopher Eccleston饰演），正等待着刑事法庭的判决。在此之前，我们先看看发生了什么事情吧。威利只是一名手脚勤快的水管工，为了养家糊口而拼命挣钱。究竟是什么事情导致他陷入这样的境地？　　第二集 法兰奇　　年仅20岁的法兰奇·纳什（Ben Smith饰演）是一名士兵。在等待判决的过程中，他出奇地沉默寡言。一系列可怕的事件将这位年轻人推上了被告席，陪审团是否知道事情的全部真相呢？　　第三集 海伦　　身为小学教师的海伦·瑞兰德（Juliet Stevenson饰演）送家中的独子到一家工厂做临时工，不料竟发生了意外，她的生活从此发生了翻天覆地的变化。站在被告席上的她，眼中透露出无所畏惧的神情……　　第四集 连牧　　连恩·布莱克（Andy Serkis饰演）的职业是出租车司机。他嗜赌成瘾，期望以此逃离沉闷的婚姻生活。正在此时，一名女乘客的出现改变了他的人生。当他听到法庭的宣判，亲人心碎的声音清晰可辨。　　第五集 肯尼　　肯尼·阿姆斯特朗（Marc Warren饰演）有家有室，在当地火葬场工作，如今与他的两个朋友共同站上了被告席。两个朋友缄口不言，惟有肯尼吐露了事实真相，法庭最后会判谁有罪？　　第六集 艾莉森　　艾莉森·韦德（Naomie Harris饰演）在特需护理中心工作，目前正面临严重的家庭纠纷。不料飞来一纸诉状，艾莉森被迫站上被告席，这让她深感不可理喻。她的罪状是否成立呢？

　　John Ruskin是英国维多利亚时代的艺术家、诗人、建筑师、思想家，还扶持培养了一批年轻艺术家，不过成为社会新闻的却是他与Effie Gray的婚姻，两人结婚6年之后Effie要求中止婚姻，理由是两人“从未真正成为夫妻”，这桩官司成为一时谈资。John Ruskin承认两人从没上过床，但为自己辩护说妻子的“某种状况”破坏了他的激情。Effie Gray离婚后，嫁给了受John Ruskin重视提拔的画家John Everett Millais。据艾玛·汤普森说，这部新片将从两人的新婚之夜开始，通过John Ruskin的经历和性格来解开这个谜团。　　2011.08.17.达科塔取代西尔莎成为《Effie》女主角.　　Dakota Fanning replacing Saoirse Ronan in Emma Thompson's 'Effie'　　August 16　　Source: Deadline　　Just last November, one Casting Tidbits update revealed The Lovely Bones star Saoirse Ronan landed the title role in Effie, a biopic about Effie Gray, the wife of English art critic John Ruskin, who became entangled in a famous Victorian love triangle. Now Deadline reports Dakota Fanning will star in the period drama from writer/actres****a Thompson which chronicles the strange romance, or lack thereof, between Gray and Ruskin. Despite her beauty, Ruskin was said to be disgusted with Gray's body, did not consummate the marriage and annulled it, allowing her to marry Ruskin's protégé John Everett Millais.Though Orlando Bloom was once attached to play Millais, apparently Tom Sturridge (Pirate Radio) has stepped into the role. In addition, Thompson will also star in the film as Lady Eastlake, who takes Effie under her wing when it becomes clear the union was destroying the young woman. Her husbandGreg Wise (Johnny English) will play Ruskin while Julie Walters (Harry Potter franchise) and Derek Jacobi (The King's Speech) will play his parents. Finally, Edward Fox (Gandhi) is in talks to play Eastlake's husband Sir Charles a man who was not only fed up with Ruskin and his radical ideas, but also the main patron of the Royal Academy which held sway over what constituted fine art.　　Richard Laxton (An Englishman in New York) is directing the film which begins shooting in Scotland on October 17th with shooting to follow in London and Venice as well. The cast has been shuffled on this project for awhile with Carey Mulligan once attached to the title role as well, but a copyright infringement claim held up the film, which resulted in scheduling conflicts for the previously attached cast members. Producer Don Rosenfeld says, "It’****a Thompson’s first original script after doing several fine adaptations, and it gets to the heart of Victorian England." Though this sounds a bit more along the lines of her work on Sense and Sensibility as opposed to Nanny McPhee, her work on the page should make for a great British drama down the road.