甜蜜欲望

　　美丽雍容的齐藤里惠（北川景子 饰）是号称银座NO.1的女公关，她身处男性中间，有如众星拱月，风光无限。可是令人咋舌的是，她竟然是一位有着听力障碍的女性。里惠出生在青森县一个家教严格的家庭，不到两岁的时候她因髓膜感后遗症而失去听力，自然而然也失去了说话的能力。父母并未因她的遭遇而有过多的溺爱，反而更加严格培养里惠，叛逆的女孩开始逃课，酗酒、抽烟、盗窃，用一切罪恶作贱自己的身体，终于令其成为青森第一不良少女。命运之神并没有放弃可怜的女孩，某天她邂逅了一位来自银座的妈妈桑，人生从此发生了天翻地覆的变化……
　　本片根据齐藤里惠撰写的自传改编。

　　藥物成癮的凡妮莎與男友仰賴社福漏洞苟且偷生，白天推著破舊除草機逐戶敲門、騷擾乞錢，夜晚徘徊荒郊曠野，蟄居廢棄拖車。日復一日，兩人不是在醫院無賴討藥，就是在街上失神遊蕩。行屍走肉般的生活逐漸讓凡妮莎感到不安，發現懷孕後，她力圖振作，卻發現自己無法割捨早已放棄人生的萎靡男友。在感情與理性間搖擺不定的她，終將墮回萬劫不復的愛情煉獄，抑或能堅定擁抱新生的勇氣？
　　加拿大離島出身的新銳導演艾許莉麥坎錫，將家鄉沉迷藥癮、頹廢過活的失業青年群象，改編成現實羅曼史，描繪在絕望與無奈的漩渦中載浮載沉的邊緣悲歌。堅持草根視角，啟用在地演員，以大量貼身特寫手法，展現陰性影像書寫的特殊風格。

　　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)

　　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.

相传，很久很久以前，大漠深处底下埋葬着一口镇魂棺，棺木可以引灵聚气，镇压亡魂，让死者死而复生。民国年间，一群身怀绝技的人组成盗墓团伙，带着一张古老的地图前往大漠深处寻找传说中的镇魂棺，古墓怨灵、纸人回魂、丧尸来袭，地狱里的世界，一个又一个的谜团……