这是一部末世纪寓言故事,晦涩但富有视觉表现力。 故事描述一个以玻璃制造为生的村镇,玻璃厂的工头死了,也带走了生产红宝石玻璃的秘方。工厂主想尽一切办法试图找回配方,却徒劳无功。 预言家海斯预测的坏事都变成现实,在村民中引起恐慌。海斯还预言玻璃工厂将被烧毁,人们相互仇视残杀,战火在世界各地燃起。后来预言果真应验,工厂主在绝望之中烧了工厂,人们的忍耐也到达了极限.... 影片的结尾,在世界边缘的一个小岛上,一些人为了探索世界的真相,驾着小船开始了新的冒险之旅....
耍狠的大哥制定了地下法規,賺髒錢買華服,走路有風。小弟如我,只能在廣場嗑南瓜子,邊流口水看妹,邊模擬接吻,屬於我的時代何時到來?主角嘗試使壞,遇見鎮上的壞胚子,經歷詭異、噁心、殘酷卻又奇幻的一夜。鮮豔的影像色彩、實驗電子配樂,導演的處女作展現獨特風格,寫實的文本有著超現實的情節與視覺,使本片切中青少年議題而不落俗套。
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)
沈青怀着孕,压力很大。 她照顾着意外怀孕的学生和患有脑瘫的叔叔,后者有被赶出疗养院的危险。 成本不断增加,时间紧迫,但她和丈夫勉强承受。 当她收到自己的孩子有70%的几率先天残疾的消息时,她的婚姻陷入危机,沈青和她的丈夫为残疾胎儿的命运争论不休,而这个未出生的灵魂却同情地观察着一切。 周洲导演凭借池韵的强势主演和脑瘫患者的参与,讲述了一个女人在一个对残疾人抱有偏见的世界里遵循自己道德的悲痛故事。 ——贾森·马赫(摘自大阪亚洲电影节官网) Qing Chen is carrying a child and a lot of pressure. She is looking after a student who has had an unplanned pregnancy and an uncle with cerebral palsy who is at risk of being kicked out of a nursing home. Costs are mounting and time is short but she and her husband are getting by, just about. When she receives news that her baby has a 70% chance of being born disabled, it ignites a crisis in her marriage as Qing Chen and her husband argue over the fate of their unborn baby who is observing everything sympathetically.With a powerful leading performance by Chi Yun and the participation of people with cerebral palsy, director ZHOU Zhou gives a harrowing look at a woman following her own morality in a world where some hold prejudice against the disabled. [Jason MAHER]
解放前夕的天津搬运码头,工人们受尽马八辈(陈士和 饰)父子和国民党统治者的压榨,个个挣扎在死亡线上。搬运工胡二(郭派清 饰)强忍饥饿扛包运货,累得昏倒在地,儿子因捡漏在地上的粮食,被马家的狗腿子活活摔死。胡妻(李晓工 饰)闻讯哭昏死过去。愤怒的工人自觉聚在一起商议,推选胡二和丁占元(李紫平 饰)为代表,率全体工人大闹马八辈的寿宴,追讨扣发的工钱并增加工资,不然就罢工。在六号门带动下,全市各货场码头纷纷响应。在强大斗争压力下,马八辈的儿子马金龙(谢添 饰)不得已给工人增加工资,之后指使特务逮捕了胡二。解放后,马氏父子受到政府处理,工人们推选胡二当了搬运站长,而被政府处理的老恶霸并不甘心......
约翰在老婆桑德拉去世以后以酒度日,不久后,他在柜子里翻到了一封尘封已久的信件,因此决定独自骑摩托车去西北旅行。他的...