THE BOLD, THE CORRUPT AND THE BEAUTIFUL
《血觀音》
Director Ya-Che Yang 楊雅喆 | 2017 | 112 mins | 18+
Awards
2018 Taipei Film Festival Best Film Editing and Best Supporting Actress台北電影節最佳剪接獎、最佳編劇獎
2017 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Best Feature and Leading Actress金馬獎最佳影片、最佳女主角、最佳女配角
Echoing the The Godfatherand set in the world of the Taiwanese elite, this decadent gangster drama has a strong feminist twist. Lying, deceiving, making underhand deals and appeasing the Taiwanese elite: these are just some of the talents of the matriarch Tang Yue-ying, a modest-looking widow who will do anything to maintain and extend her power and wealth. She certainly needs these skills when she is connected to a scandal about the purchase of a piece of land. Especially when her two daughters – the rebellious Ning and the obedient Chen – indirectly become involved in the gruesome slaughter of a family of friends, a massacre that also seems to be related to the corrupt case. An extravagant mix of soap opera and thriller in which women rule the roost. The sets and costumes are stunningly beautiful and two strange musical narrators offer relief as soon it becomes difficult to follow all the intrigues and scandals. Major winner at the Golden Horse Awards in Taipei.
愛,是世界上最重要的事?棠府,住著三位不同世代但同樣熟稔人心的女性。沒有男人的棠家,一向由棠夫人(惠英紅 飾)主持大局,在權貴間穿針引線,個性如刺蝟般的大女兒棠寧(吳可熙 飾),為求母親肯定,強忍配合演出,乖巧的小女兒棠真(文淇 飾)多半靜靜觀察,唯母命是從。直到某天,棠家密友慘遭滅門事件爆發,三人各自被牽扯其中,一向以大局為重的棠夫人,為了守護一切,用盡心機,卻讓三人最後走向截然不同的命運…。 《血觀音》是導演楊雅喆自編自導的懸疑政治電影,在金馬獎得到了最佳劇情片、最佳女主、女配、觀眾票選四大獎項,故事曲折離奇、後勁十足,獲得許多影評人的讚許!
SATURDAY 28 JULY 3.00 PM
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Screens with short film BACK《回神》
Director De-Chuen Wu 吳德淳 | 5 mins | MA15+
A young boy takes care of his blind grandma after his parents passed away. One day, he falls and dies during the hunting trip. Somehow he still brings food to his grandma every night until one day it suddenly occurs to her that she hasn’t heard his footsteps for a while.
雙親亡故後,小男孩照顧失明的阿嬤。有一天,男孩在打獵的時候,失足墜谷身亡。不過,男孩每晚竟仍帶著獵物回家,還講述一連串的故事給阿嬤聽。直到阿嬤某次心頭一顫,發覺自己很久沒有聽到男孩的腳步聲,起床將家裡摸了一遍,才發現男孩的枕頭儘是落塵。