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　后天是朋友婚礼，三个屌丝男在街头大排档小聚，为了让别人结账，三人就赛起了各自色色的经历。

　　曾混迹黑社会的印度裔男子维路出狱后，一心过回正常人生活，可惜人在江湖，身不由己。他最疼爱的弟弟跟随当年好友混入黑道；曾经的老大黑摩利据说也返回香港，图谋杀害机动部队陈督察；警官肥棠（林雪 饰）则隔三差五找到维路了解线索。维路不胜其扰，却又无可奈何。
　　另一方面，香港油尖旺鱼龙混杂，各方势力暗流涌动。森（任达华 饰）和May（邵美琪 饰）所率领的机动部队一面要平息黑道势力的争斗，同时还要四处追查黑摩利雇用的刀手。最终形势将朝何方发展？

　　迷幻少女遇著過氣公安老頭，未必是貓捉老鼠累鬥累，也可以是從老前輩身上學會認識自己。阿 P 為追阿初欠她的債，偶然與阿初的外公相遇，兩個生活態度南轅北轍的人，就是這樣在荒謬的處境中相互學習。阿P在當中看見年青一代的無奈：十六歲的迷途青春、愛情的無助、軟性毒品的蠶食、面對父母失敗的婚姻、自己渾噩的前途....阿初無故失蹤，又是否因抵受不了同樣殘酷的青春？世情像玻璃，有時看得透，有時不，相同的只是：兩者同樣冰冷易碎。
　　The second feature from Hong Kong indie director Carol Lai is about the vulnerability of youth, made even more fragile by the vulnerable world of the adults. Grandpa Wu used to be a policeman in Mainland China and has now retired to a life of seclusion on an outlying island. One day, her daughter calls him up and reports that his granddaughter Ah Cho is again missing. The old man hits the road again, in search of the young girl. Then P, Ah Cho's best friend, emerges out of nowhere and heads Wu's search, leading the old man into a series of strange encounters in the uncharted world of frustrated youth.
　　Source: 25th HKIFF (2001)

　　过着普通生活的女大学生藤崎彩（北川弘美 饰）因为父亲经营的小公司的破产，生活开始有了大转变。为了替父亲偿还债务，彩决定下海从事赚钱最多的女公关职务。恰逢这时，号称夜总会之王的六本木正在举办名为“R1”的第一女公关的比赛，奖金为五千万日元。彩为了获得高额奖金，开始了征战六本木第一女公关之路。而她所面对的对手是来自四处的优秀女公关，毫无经验的彩最初四处碰壁，但坚守住的彩能否最终脱颖而出，成为娘王呢？
　　本剧改编自同名漫画，是小说家仓科辽《霓虹街》三部曲之一，其它两部分别为《夜王》、《女帝》。该剧还汇集了众多日本AV女优的加盟。

　　一个刚死了丈夫的寡妇独自开车出城想缓解悲痛，却被一个陌生男子跟踪、绑架，关在人迹罕至的林中木屋里，并告诉她自己不是初犯。顽强的女子拼命逃了出去，在林间、河水里与残忍的绑架者展开周旋。

　　Summary
　　Bullied by his matriarchal mother, abused by his siblings, ignored by his father, Poil de Carotte's childhood is as miserable as it could be. An illegitimate child, he is the main reason for the enmity which exists between his parents, who continue to live together just to keep up appearances. In the end, Poil de Carotte's suffering becomes more than he can bear...
　　Review
　　Drawing heavily on the poignant novel by Jules Renard on which it is based, Poil de carotte is a modest yet appealing film which has stood the test of time mainly because of the quality of its acting performances and its inherent humanity. It is more memorable than Julien Duvivier's earlier silent version of 1925, also named Poil de Carotte.
　　The part of Poil de Carotte was played by 11 year old Robert Lynen, who was alleged to have been discovered whilst walking down the Champs-Elysées in Paris. Lynen is totally captivating and the film made him an instant star, launching what looked like becoming a very promising film career – until he was shot dead whilst fighting against the Germans in 1944. Harry Baur, a legendary stage and film actor (who also died during World War II, allegedly at the hands of the Gestapo), also turns in a typically fine performance. The reconciliation between father and son at the end of the film provides its most enduring image, enough to melt the heart of all but the most stoical of spectators.

有人說過「十七歲」是一個具有魔力的數字，因為十七歲正好是青春怒放的時期，離法定的成人還有最後一段的萌昧期。大多數人的十七歲都是在汗水與淚水交織的高中校園度過的，十七歲的生命充滿各種曖昧與可能。
四十五歲則是另一個令人遐想的生命階段，因為在此標注了生命中點的里程碑，準備跨過的是「不惑」的關卡。四十五歲的他們抱著一顆曾經熱血的心展開了一趟追尋高中失聯同學的旅程，大家都以為旅程的終點就是與高中同學歡聚、慶祝同學會，沒想到，等待著他們的卻是一個個沒有逆料到的生命驚奇―― 包括中年失業、子女教養、夫妻關係、身心健康、父母健康、自我實踐與生死大事等問題，彷佛要通過了這重重的考驗，生命才能真的邁入不惑的旅程。
於是，旅途上的他們與那些久違的年輕夢想、熾燃理念與純真初心相逢了，原來，他們一直在尋找的不是什麼失落的青春歲月或失聯的旅伴，而是那一個個被遺忘的「原來的自己」。
旅程如斯奇妙，最後帶著他們一路返回了自己的「初心」。在這個期中休息站，他們盤整了自己生命的得失，加滿了油，再次啟程，往生命後半段的坦蕩旅途一路駛去，這次的終點將是圓融與完滿。