American Beauty is an American film directed by Sam Mendes, starring Kevin Percy Fowler, annette bening and Sura Birch, and produced by DreamWorks. Taking a typical American middle-class family as an example, it shows all kinds of "cancers" hidden in the skin of American society. The film was released on 1999.
Introduction:
Lester Burnham has less than a year to live, and there seems to be no sign yet.
His family lives in a quiet suburb. He has a beautiful wife Caroline and an underage daughter Jenny. However, his family is not as happy as outsiders see.
His wife has a successful career and already owns her own real estate company, but he has made no achievements in his work. He has worked in an advertising company for 14 years and is tired of his work. He believes that his wife must think he is a loser, because they haven't contacted each other for several years.
Finally, one day, Lester met Jenny and Angela who had just finished cheerleading in the middle school basketball game. He was deeply moved by Angela's beauty at once, and the feeling of long silence in his heart seemed to rekindle.
From then on, Lester's life began to change: he bravely faced his boss and quit his job. He began to pay attention to his image and bought some fine marijuana from Ricky. He is past middle age and has fallen into the love trap of underage girls.
His wife Caroline devoted all her energy to her career. She seems to be a confident professional woman, but her feelings are eager for comfort.
At the same time, Caroline also responded to the changes in Lester. She began to have an affair with the real estate agent "King", and things gradually developed in a very interesting but unpredictable direction until one day, the misunderstood neighbor Marine Lieutenant Colonel Frank raised his gun and aimed at Leicester.