逢春

　　The tormented life of Dante Alighieri, from solitary childhood to death in exile, seen through Giovanni Boccaccio’s journey to rehabilitate his memory.

　　明代皂室的密室，内阁大学士取出先帝钦命摄政王的遗诏，准备在文武大臣中当众宣布，揭晓五位皇叔巾谁被钦定为摄政王。突然，一蒙面怪客骤至，刺死大学士，夺走遗诏。京城总捕头铁中杰追捕时破毒箭射中，临死前告诉弟弟铁中英，这是丹顶红毒。铁中英奉命侦破此案。文武双全、有希望成为摄政王的济州王在狩猎时，被不知从何而来的毒箭射死，用的毒又是丹顶红。好色的汝南王在一次寻花问柳中，亦被毒箭所害，川的毒仍是丹顶红。端州王则认为这是与王爷们有杀父之仇的韩氏三姐妹所为，遂派兵捣毁了她们的山寨白马山庄，并抓了大姐飞云。依云、彩云前去劫狱，遭到埋伏，危急之时，幸得蒙面怿律所救。依云姐妹得知飞云被害，决意报仇。刺杀端州王。行刺时，铁中英赶到，发现刺客竟是他少时青梅竹马的彩云，而死的王爷不是端州王，却是洛阳王。五位王爷只剩下长沙王和端州王了，主凶究竟是谁?案情扑朔迷离。铁中英经初步推测下一个被杀的将是长沙王，于是决意看个究竟。果然，在一个夜晚，蒙面客领着依云、彩云潜入长沙王府，铁中英上|即挥剑直扑蒙面怪客，并刺中蒙面怪客右臂，使之落荒而去。而韩氏姐妹却遭埋伏，依云惨死在乱箭之下，铁中英救出彩云。在洛阳王被射死处，铁巾英找到一个盛丹顶红的瓷瓶，底部印着长沙王府字样。铁中英再探长沙王府，失手被擒，但终越狱逃脱。在彩云的配合下，铁中英几经与长沙F、端州王及蒙面怪客等一伙人斗智斗勇，最后发现蒙面怪客是端州王的总管周峰。铁中英怒杀了毒死三位王爷的真凶长沙王，然而，得到摄政王位的端州王又在进行新的刚谋。铁中英毅然辞官。携彩云浪迹天涯。

　　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)