伊朗导演贾法·潘纳希(Jafar Panahi)正在拍摄一部儿童影片,影片讲述打着石膏的小女孩米娜·穆罕默德·汉妮(Mina Mohammad Khani)放学后没有等到接她的母亲,于是自己独自回家的故事。然而在拍摄公交车一场戏时,却突然发生状况。米娜死死地盯着摄像机,突然大喊“我不拍了!”任凭导演如何劝说,这个小女孩就是不愿继续,转而独自离开。由于疏忽,米娜身上的微型麦克风未来得及摘除,导演当即决定尾随米娜,跟拍她回家的全过程。虚幻与现实的界限就在这一刻模糊了…… 本片荣获1998年伊斯坦布尔国际电影节金郁金香奖、1997年洛迦诺国际电影节金豹奖、1998年新加坡国际电影节最佳亚洲导演奖。
Didier Konings’ simmering mediaeval horror Witte Wieven explores the confluence of religion and patriarchy in an excessively puritanical Dutch village. Blamed by her community for being childless, Frieda immerses herself in prayer and ritual. When she returns unscathed from the forbidden forest surrounding the village, having evaded a lecherous butcher, she is condemned as an agent of the devil. Frieda, however, finds new faith in the dark powers that inhabit the woods.
Shot in a reduced colour palette at the edge of visibility, Konings’ gripping film constructs a convincing pre-modern society whose practices it elucidates with patience and attention. Although set in the Middle Ages, Witte Wieven displays an unmistakably contemporary spirit, crafting a feminist parable about women discovering new ways of understanding their lives and the world.
The film is inspired by the true-to-life story of the discovery of the long-lost “Opus 28” manuscript from Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen, originally performed in 1909 by Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow, to whom the piece was dedicated.
Campbell portrays a student who seeks to complete her thesis on Parlow by organizing a public performance of “Opus 28” from Toronto to Oslo. The cast includes Dueñas, Melanie Scheiner, Eve Duranceau, Maxim Gaudette, Rosa-Johan Uddoh, and Eileen Davies.
Debt-ridden pacifist Richard Fyre is propositioned to return to his abandoned mercenary ways by flamboyant zealot, Priest, to eliminate his international competition in exchange for a clean slate.