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故事发生在一八三六年的春天，乔治桑（朱迪·戴维斯JudyDavis饰）是当时坊间出了名的“交际花”，她不仅在文学创作上有着过人的天赋，更为了争取女性权利而做着不懈的努力。在家庭教师梅里菲（乔治斯·科拉菲斯GeorgesCorraface饰）和诗人墨赛（曼迪·帕廷金MandyPatinkin饰）之间周旋的这段风流韵事更是给乔治桑的身世平添了几分神秘而又浪漫的色彩。某日，乔治桑前去拜访音乐家李斯特（朱利安·山德斯JulianSands饰），刚巧遇见了年轻的作曲家肖邦（休·格兰特HughGrant饰），肖邦的风趣和潇洒吸引了乔治桑，趣味相投心心相惜的两人很快就走到了一起，共同谱写一首为后人津津乐道的浪漫恋曲。

　　Based on an unknown Schönberg opera from 1929, From Today Until Tomorrow explores one night in a not-quite loveless marriage. A husband and wife return from a party where she has flirted with another man, while he has cast an appraising eye toward an attractive, fashionably dressed acquaintance of his wife’s. Though each dreams, briefly, of leaving the marriage for the excitement and mystery of a new lover, in the end they decide stability and comfort are more important than the fleeting thrill of new romance. Directors Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, who previously collaborated on two other films about music (The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, 1968, and Moses and Aaron, 1975), rely on long fixed shots in austere black-and-white so that the focus remains on the musical brilliance of Schönberg’s atonal score, performed here by 70 musicians. That Schönberg would choose such a relatively lighthearted message for his newly discovered musical language remains a mystery, especially since the conclusion reached by the husband and wife—to stick with the tried and true—seems directly at odds with Schönberg’s own philosophy of composing. It is just this juxtaposition, however, coupled with Straub and Huillet’s faithful presentation, that makes the opera a compelling addition to the Schönberg canon—and the film such a challenging and intriguing experience.