(🌠) 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(zhè )(⬛)一代的年輕人(🎷)真(zhēn )係好老成好cool,兩個(gè )新導演還不到三(⚾)十,便已拍(pāi )出型到飛(🍝)起黑(hēi )色到(dào )痺的老人(rén )寂(jì )寞晚境。話(huà )說襪廠(🤭)老(🦁)闆阿積孤家寡人(rén ),寂寞(🈁)到(dào )死,一天(tiān )飛來鴻雁,巴(🙊)西的弟(dì )弟話來拜(🙃)訪。他要表面風光,唯(wéi )有求(🛹)忠厚下屬瑪泰暫充老婆。兩個名(míng )字同樣叫孤獨的(👬)六十幾歲(suì )人(rén )忽(hū )(🍁)然親(👷)近(🍶),彆扭得不在(🖱)話下。口若懸河的巴(bā )西弟弟一出(chū )現,畫面調子大轉(zhuǎn )彎。三(👼)人海(👵)邊(🤛)度(🔓)假(👽),瑪(🥇)泰(tài )沉(🀄)睡(🚴)的神經(🔥)率先波(bō )動,往後(🍉)發生(shēng )的事估都估(💝)唔到(dào )。郭利(lì )斯馬基式冷面幽(yōu )默扭橋扭到(dào )熱帶南美(měi )(📣),黑色照舊輕描淡寫功力同(tóng )樣高超,另一(yī )種風情絕對(😱)原創(⛵)。去(qù )(🦑)年康城(chéng )驚艷,連(😣)奪國際影(🚥)評人獎及原(🏞)創觀點大(🕶)獎(jiǎng )。
Source: 29th HKIFF (2005)