Murayama Kaita, a Japanese painter, novelist and poet died in 1919 at the age of 22, leaving behind an impressive and time-defying body of work. In his most recent film, Sato Hisayasu offers a surreal, time-crossing, meta-layered essay on the artist, his originality and his legacy. Dear Kaita Ablaze brings together a young woman Azami obsessed with Murayama's painting, a young man Saku, who can hear unusual frequencies and claims to be Murayama or his spiritual imprint and a quartet of young performers with psychic abilities. They bond over Murayama’s work which they recreate in performative dance while driving to a mysterious cave called Agartha. Sato Hisayasu (The Eye's Dream, Muscle, The Bedroom), renowned for his pinku and exploration of madness and lust, returns to IFFR. Dear Kaita Ablaze is hyper-dense, obsessive and driven, effortlessly mashing surrealism with sci-fi and mysticism, layering seemingly unrelated events and encounters to bring them together in a monumental climax. – kijA
修伯特是個十幾歲的男孩,他的父親因為滯留在西方不肯回國而被視為叛國賊,母親為了他著想,忍痛將他送到華沙跟姑姑同住。在波蘭共黨高壓統治的時代,這個高貴、難解卻又叛逆的姑姑經營了一家馬術俱樂部,她不但不准男孩叫他姑姑,還為他編造了一段符合政治正確的身世,讓他順利插班就讀。過去在母親嚴格要求正直誠實的教養下成長的修伯特,從姑姑身上發現了不一樣的世界。男孩從疑惑到逐步發現姑姑的秘密,而終於瞭解到一些他原本難以想像的事實,也改變了他對真理的認知。 《狂奔岁月》(Cwal/ At Full Gallop,1996)是赞努西另一部可圈可点的作品。也许是政治情势的转变,也许是创作者自身年岁的增长所致,这部回顾一九五○年代波兰共党高压统治时代的作品,非但没有想象中的正经八百,反而流露了温馨、童稚的情感,赞努西甚至在电影最后现身说法,除了自承某些情节来自个人亲身经历外,甚至带着演员一块谢幕,幽默得紧。
故事背景发生在震撼全国民的“僵尸恐慌”爆发的5年后。僵尸情况逐渐受到控制,人们开始恢复和平的生活。某天,一只不知来路的僵尸在花田家迷路了。
该怎么处理那只僵尸?围绕着这个问题,大家开始追捕这只僵尸,故事朝着意料之外的方向发展…人类开始袭击僵尸?!这种相反的角色设定,带来“滑稽而又残忍”的人类故事。真正的到底是僵尸,还是人?