入围2020年华沙电影节主竞赛单元
The latest comedy from master filmmaker ulík, in which an evening phone call triggers a series of events that turn the protagonist’s world upside down.
On a cold February morning, 12-year-old Niki and his family arrive at the Kharkiv metro station to take shelter from the terrifying war raging outside. For Niki's family, daylight is synonymous with mortal danger, and the boy is not allowed to leave the station premises, living under the constant glow of their neon lights. While aimlessly wandering around the abandoned cars and...
A young scout is killed by a stray bullet during a hunting expedition involving prominent political figures. Pressured to wrap up the case, the intelligence service coaxes ailing lawyer Marus Steiner to serve as a fixer. Steiner's clean-up job brings him into the orbit of several characters, an idealist minister fighting the privatisation of water, the grieving family of the vi...
Family life during wartime: children are against parents, brothers are against sisters, wives are against husbands... A highly realistic family portrait that turns into a metaphor of a totally messed up society. Disturbing, epic and intimate at once.
第五届北京国际电影节于2015年4月16日至23日举办。
2015年1月,北京国际电影节组委会宣布马克·穆勒正式接受北京国际电影节组委会的邀请,将担任第五届北京国际电影节首席顾问。
14岁的亚当的父亲被谋杀了,但是没有人证和物证能帮助警方判案。葬礼之后,亚当的母亲为了给自己的孩子提供庇护,便嫁给了她的妹夫茨卡。茨卡是一个小偷,还放放高利贷。为了维护家族成员不受茨卡的欺负,亚当一夜之间长成了一个大人,他随时准备为家庭牺牲自己的一切。
亚当的生活中有两个亮点,首先他喜欢接受拳击训练,而且他还有一个黑眼珠的女朋友。当母亲被送到妇产科医院的时候,亚当的继父逼着亚当和他的兄弟上街为自己“工作”,后来亚当被捕。出狱之后,亚当发现自己失去了一切,他被拳击俱乐部赶了出来,女朋友也被她家里人送去了捷克。
亚当发现自己的继父和父亲的死有着千丝万缕的联系,在亲情、法律和家庭的冲突之中,亚当失去了生活的方向。他想做出努力来改变这一切,可是这些努力最终都指向了一个悲剧性的结果。
影片标题Orbis Pictus取自捷克著名教育家John Amos Comenius于1658年出版的同名书籍,此书亦是世界上第一本配有插图的儿童启蒙教育百科全书。斯洛伐克导演Martin ulík借喻儿童读物一点一滴勾勒出当世的光怪陆离与萧条的人际。
女主角Terezka的寻母之旅从一处废弃的火车站开始,途中遇到的大多是孤独生活的人,他们偶尔拥有但一直在失去。Terezka手中的地图不断更新着面貌与注解,每个人都有太多的事情要倾诉,也有自己的人生经验要传授。Terezka终于找到了母亲,一段全新的生活即将在尚未成年的女孩面前展开。在有幸年纪轻轻就拥有了那么多的箴言以后,她的视线里剩下的是否全是希望与幸福呢?