35岁的埃莉莎已入狱十年,她因杀害姐姐并焚烧尸体被判有罪,且作案时并无明显动机。她声称对这起罪行几乎毫无记忆,仿佛在自己与过去之间拉上了一层沉默的帷幕。但当她决定与犯罪学家阿拉维会面并参与其研究后,在一场紧张而持续的对话中,记忆开始逐渐清晰。在全然接纳自身罪行的痛苦中,埃莉莎或许瞥见了走向救赎的第一步。
This terrific coming-of-age film tells a story of growing up largely without parents, of the complex world of becoming an adult when the adults aren’t there. It’s the story of Flavia, autonomous and a bit uncouth; Flavia, whose mother works as a carer in Italy, her father on a construction site. She’s adopted a certain sarcasm she uses even with Luca, with whom she flirts in a cool way; the attraction is strong. Luca’s parents aren’t there either and his grandmother is frail, meaning he is the one more or less taking care of his sister Tina – who brings home two more kids with her one day. Fears of commitment and emotional blocks start to dissolve and, like in an adolescent novel, a self-chosen alternative family forms almost in passing, where living in freedom, critical relationships and taking care of one another are a given. Carried by Andrei Butică’s precise, yet loose-limbed camerawork and atmospheric direction inspired by Pialat and Rohmer, the adolescent ensemble takes on responsibility – and gets in the driving seat. Whether visiting caves in the forest or everyday life in a prefab block: their intelligence and vigour are delightful, the dynamics of their shared bonds subtle.
無論颶風與米卡相隔多遠,他們的心永遠緊緊相連。這回,有位特別的女孩走進他們的生命,展開新的冒險。米卡的朋友芬妮在社工實習時,遇到了不受控制的亞希。為了幫助亞希並避免她被囚禁在兒童之家,芬妮帶她前往凱登巴赫,進行特別的「馬術治療」。康先生發現亞希易衝動的個性裡,隱藏著蒙古古老傳說中的戰士特質,既勇敢又充滿力量。亞希一見到颶風就被牠吸引,而她似乎也對牠產生特別的影響。颶風和米卡能否找到新的靈魂知己呢?