葡萄牙电影入围2017悉尼电影节幽深的失魂森林是葡萄牙的自杀胜地某天一个想要自杀的老人遇见了同样求死的女孩老人和女孩各自敞开心扉在赴死的边缘犹豫接着画风骤转女孩把老人切腹大开杀戒贯穿全片的一句话是梵高的悲伤永驻
姜南从小跟着爷爷在乡下水库边长大在一次钓鱼时救下了落水的小学女教师李曼李曼的家人误以为肇事者就是姜南并对姜南大打出手在全国钓鱼比赛中姜南获得钓神的称号李曼也主动向姜南伸出了爱情之手
曾是一位金融才俊的阿博Bowen终日在24小时快餐店借宿店内有不少同路人与阿博为伍相互改写了各自的人生分别有一直为奶奶还债而债台高筑的妈妈带着囡囡不敢回家的等伯刚离家出走的少年深仔还有暂居庇护宿舍的歌女阿珍都以阿博为首各人互相扶持希望能尽力帮助彼此走过人生低谷…
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;s early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality though using sex for several years; obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich eg, her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude but unseen work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, yet the symbolism is rich he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy is, in fact a virgin, and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played The scene between Josh and Jane a wonderful, young Edie Falco quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;s idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the quot;unbelievable truthquot; of the title is, yet no two people can agree including our hero on what exactly that truth is A wonderful little movie with some big ideas