Several of Korea's most acclaimed filmmakers, including Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY), explore the nature of discrimination in this provocative anthology.
In Uruguay, they don't say cheese in front of the camera - they say whisky. Beneath the artificially photographed smiles, however, is a blueprint for the "South American Gothic," minus the farm and the forks. These Montevidean folks' stony expressions belie a life gripped frozen by accustomed routines. So it goes with an old Jewish bachelor who owns an ageing sock factory. When his estranged younger brother decides to visit for their mother's burial, he asks his employee Marta to pose as his wife. The resulting encounter creates clumsy silences that are uncomfortably comic. Grand Prize, Tokyo Film Festival and FIPRESCI prize from Cannes.
這一代的年輕人真係好老成好cool,兩個新導演還不到三十,便已拍出型到飛起黑色到痺的老人寂寞晚境。話說襪廠老闆阿積孤家寡人,寂寞到死,一天飛來鴻雁,巴西的弟弟話來拜訪。他要表面風光,唯有求忠厚下屬瑪泰暫充老婆。兩個名字同樣叫孤獨的六十幾歲人忽然親近,彆扭得不在話下。口若懸河的巴西弟弟一出現,畫面調子大轉彎。三人海邊度假,瑪泰沉睡的神經率先波動,往後發生的事估都估唔到。郭利斯馬基式冷面幽默扭橋扭到熱帶南美,黑色照舊輕描淡寫功力同樣高超,另一種風情絕對原創。去年康城驚艷,連奪國際影評人獎及原創觀點大獎。
Source: 29th HKIFF (2005)
Single mother Elaine is disturbed by her son Martin's aggressive behaviour, she visits his late father's estranged family in small-town Luxembourg, which hides a much darker nature. When she realizes that Martin could become like them, Elaine is forced into a desperate fight for her son's future.
FBI的头号通缉犯封残(克里斯托弗·沃肯 Christopher Walken 饰)忍狡猾,FBI想尽办法都无法将其缉拿归案。封有一个特殊的爱好,那就是他举办的地下乒乓球赛,这种比赛的特殊之处就在于参赛双方赛前要签订“生死状”。为了早日捉拿峰归案,FBI找到了前职业乒乓球手兰迪(丹·福勒 Dan Fogler 饰),希望他能作为卧底参赛。兰迪已经有20年没有打球了,他觉得这次任务不但可以使自己重拾往日的辉煌,还能替被封害死的父亲报仇,于是他欣然接受了任务。地下乒乓球赛不是你死就是我亡,这里不乏凶狠厉害的乒乓球高手,兰迪真的能顺利完成任务吗?