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孤獨癥候群

　　An epic mosaic of lonely people with crossed destinies who will set their sights on Arthur Morhan, a psychoanalyst on the verge of a breakdown.

黑神駒

 以《返家十萬里》揚名的導演卡羅爾·巴拉德一鳴驚人之作。以戲劇化的抒情風格描述一名男孩在船難中跟黑神駒同時漂流到荒島上，人與馬建立了兩位一體的非凡感情。后來他們獲救重回人類社會，巧遇老牌馬術教練，乃被訓練成出色的賽馬和小小年紀的騎師，在一次比賽中獲得冠軍。全片的攝影極為優美動人，尤其當時的童星凱利·里諾在沙灘上跟黑神駒玩耍的場面，在視聽效果上呈現出大自然之美的極至。米基·魯尼飾演的馴馬師在片中也占有重要地位，一老一少和馬之間的三角互動關系爆發出感人的火花，堪稱同類影片中的一流代表作。

公寓2024

　　Following her mother’s death, manga artist Soriya travels to her ancestral home in Phnom Penh, with hopes of reconnecting with her distant family and using the visit as inspiration for her work. All goes well initially. Renting an apartment in Metta, a rundown Khmer Rouge-era housing complex, her visit to her maternal relatives finds her welcomed with open arms. But Soriya’s waking hours in the apartment and its surroundings are punctuated by terrifying, bloody visions, almost as though she were a conduit for horrors of the past wanting to seep into the present.　　Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea’s blood-chilling psychological horror explores a personal and political past through the present, transforming a characterful space into an insidious environment. Surrounded by modern high-rises, this decrepit structure, with its brutalist architecture and peeling surfaces, is a relic from a dark period in history whose painful memories it has absorbed. In tracing Soriya’s ominous journey back to her roots, Tenement hints at a necessary reckoning with Cambodia’s political past without overplaying its historical dimension. It’s an impressive work from a woefully underrepresented national cinema.

繼女2024