新大头儿子和小头爸爸2一日成才

 三条横跨数千年时空的叙事脉络彼此交错，映照出希望的微光、人与人之间的连结以及生命周而复始的流转。

　　Alors que Julie pense décrocher un CDI dans une fabrique d'escarpins de luxe, un plan social vient chambouler ses rêves de stabilité : entre lutter aux côtés d'ouvrières frondeuses ou bien faire profil bas, la jeune femme ne sait sur quel pied danser. Mais quand Samy, un camionneur aussi roublard que charmeur, vient prêter main forte au combat, ce n'est déjà plus la même chanson…

　　布隆姆-唐是一名小镇的警察，他受根深蒂固、权势熏天的市长迪克-卡瓦纳家族直接管辖。当他的两个十来岁的儿子在猎鹿中无意射杀迪克后，布隆姆对独掌大权的卡瓦纳家族长期持有的忠心受到了考验。仍未成年的斯凯拉决定替哥哥内特顶罪，声称是他失手开的枪。卡瓦纳家族马上报复，令斯凯拉锒铛入狱，并企图将他作成人来审判。被绝望和负罪感压迫的内特力闯监狱，通过一连串的搏斗，救出弟弟，逃入树林。布隆姆在法律和骨肉之间的抉择导致了他对旧的家庭秘密的发现，而这些发现将要威胁毁灭掉他所热爱的一切

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
　　Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
　　As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
　　The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
　　Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

　　生活在奈良县西吉野村的田原孝三（国村隼饰）一家五口，母亲、妻子、姐姐留下的儿子荣介、还有女儿美智，在这远离城镇的林区平静地生活。人们盼望已久的修建铁路的计划终于实施，为了铁路的修建，孝三极力劝阻那些想要离开村庄的人们。但是，修建铁路的工程中断了，已经动工的隧道废弃在那里。
　　15年后，孝三已经丧失了劳动能力，一家人的生活不得不全部依靠荣介（柴田浩太郎饰）的收入来维持。美智（尾野真千子饰）一直对荣介怀有一种模糊的爱慕，而荣介在暗恋着舅母。有一天，孝三带着自己心爱的8mm摄像机离开了家，从此再也没有回来。这一家人还会留守在这片土地上吗？

　　吉村公三郎代表作，也是蘇珊．桑塔最喜愛的日本經典片之一。吉村愛向難度挑戰，喜歡實驗，討厭被歸類，是松竹的壞孩子，卻因此為日本電影開創出不少可能性。影片描寫日本戰後，末落貴族變賣大宅前舉行的最後一場舞會。吉村親歷這樣的一個舞會，他用所見所感，寫出一個個玲瓏浮凸的人物：戀棧風光的父親，目空一切的兒子，不肯放下身段的大女兒...道盡大時代的種種細碎。也是原節子代表作，這個洞悉世情的次女兒與父親起舞，成為全片焦點，也為時代作了精采的解讀。
　　World War II is over, and the once-prominent Anjo family has fallen on hard times. They must finally sell the family home - but not before one last ball to recapture their glory days. However, old secrets and high emotions threaten to turn the evening into tragedy. Proud patriarch Tadahiko (Takizawa) can barely keep his unruly offspring in check, and tries every last trick to keep the house where he has spent the happiest years of his life. In his darkest hour, daughter Atsuko (frequent Ozu heroine, Hara Setsuko) shows her beleaguered father the hard-won dignity in starting over.
　　SummerIFF 2007

　　70年代，传奇人物吉米·邦兹尽职尽责地守护着一个居民区的安全。在他的蔽护下，小区内一片安宁祥和，人们对这位举止沉稳、相貌不凡的“守护神”尊崇备至。可是，邪恶无时无刻不在觊觎着这片净土。邦兹万万没有料到，与他最亲密的友人正打算在小区内大做毒品交易。由于拒绝同这伙人合作，邦兹遭到他们的背叛与杀害。
　　斗转星移，日月如梭。20多年后的今天，昔日的小区在犯罪和毒品的摧折下满目疮痍。在人们的记忆里，吉米·邦兹已成为一个令人敬畏的传奇人物和象征美好时代的神灵。他生前那所富丽堂皇的住宅——他的葬身之处——依然屹立，然而已空无一人、凋敝不堪。而且房子里经常闹鬼，那些贸然闯入的人们往往一去不回，再也没见他们出来。
　　也许是命中注定，背叛邦兹的朋友之一耶利米的儿子们雄心勃勃的回到小区，买下邦兹的那所哥特式建筑，打算开一家夜总会。然而，埋葬在地下室内的邦兹依然阴魂未散，多年来，这含冤之鬼一直盘踞在这座阴森、空阔的楼房里，寻找复仇的机会。兄弟俩对此一无所知，他们兴高采烈、迫不急待地搬进这所阴森的鬼屋，一心想着将它装修一新后开张大吉。
　　刚一跨进门槛，一连窜匪夷所思、令人毛骨悚然事件接踵而来。不久，这伙惊魂未定的年轻人才回过神来：吉米·邦兹的鬼魂正在追寻、报复那些背叛过他的人。
　　然而，邦兹阴魂的出动并非完全在于复仇，他依然念念不忘忠贞不渝的妻子珀尔以及他死后才出生的女儿辛西娅......