One day, thinking that it will make your wife and friends smile, you shave off the moustache that you have had for the last ten years. No one notices or, even worse, everyone pretends not to notice and your smile soon fades.
Before being wiped off your face. You insist but people tell you that you've never had a moustache. Are you going mad? Are people trying to make you think you are? Or has something in the world's order gone awry at your expense?
Adapting his own 1986 novel, Emmanuel Carrère – whose books Class Trip and The Adversary became Cannes Competition titles by Claude Miller and Nicole Garcia, respectively – provides a feast of sustained tension as the man's wife and his closest friends deny that he ever had a moustache. Viewers who like their conclusions tidy may rebel, but those who relish outstanding performances in the service of an intriguing idea will be entertained. The film won the Label Europa Cinemas Prize at Directors' Fortnight in
Cannes.
一天,你滿心以為給妻子和朋友開個玩笑,把蓄了十年的鬍子刮掉。但可惜完全被人忽視了,或更可悲的是每個人都假裝看不到,很快,你得意的笑容不見了,笑臉再也掛不住。你堅持,但所有人都跟你說你從未蓄過鬍子。莫非你神經錯亂?是否所有人都想令你以為自己瘋掉了?又或者,是因為你的緣故而搞亂了世界的某種秩序?
本片是導演艾曼雷.卡雷爾改編自他自己一九八六年出版的小說。他的另外兩本小說《 Class Trip 》及《 The Adversary 》曾分別被葛羅特.米勒及妮歌.加西亞兩位導演改編成電影並先後成為康城影展的參選影片。在本片中,因為男人的妻子和老友否認他曾經蓄鬍子而令整個故事維持在緊張的氣氛中。
喜歡結局完整的觀眾可能會感到不高興,但欣賞引人入勝的故事和精湛演技的觀眾則會看得津津有味。本片在康城影展的導演雙週中奪得歐洲電影標籤大獎。
Source: The 34th French Cinepanorama, Hong Kong。昭和31年(1956年),静冈县印刷商望月次郎受临退休刑警田岛委托,印刷一份“刑事搜查资料”。资料中记载了一桩已过追诉时效的土木工人被杀案,案件牵涉“修善寺妓女”大塚花与天城隧道附近被目击的14岁少年。 翻阅资料时,望月被封印的记忆逐渐复苏——那个“少年”正是31年前的自己,而大塚花则是他的初恋。当年,二人曾赤脚携手翻越天城山,共度数小时如梦似幻的恋情。花的笑靥、清丽歌声与掌心余温犹在,然而分别后花却因杀害工人被捕。警方审讯中,花在田岛刑警的逼供下认罪,但其供词充满矛盾,仿佛刻意包庇某人。 31年后的今日,田岛刑警为何突然造访望月?又为何偏执地逼迫他直面往事? 当事件“真相”最终揭晓,望月与花跨越半生宿命重逢。。1975年,华沙。43岁的Kapuscinsk是一名出色的记者,经验丰富且满怀理想,是革命与人民利益的捍卫者。在波兰的新闻社,他请求上级派他前往非洲安哥拉。这个国家正陷入独立前夕的血腥内战。Kapuscinski由此踏上了一条直达战争核心的自杀式旅途。他再次直面战争的残酷,内心首次产生一种无力感。安哥拉给他带来了前所未有的改变:他在波兰是记者,从战场回来后却变成了作家。。