一位报社编辑每晚会在广播节目中讲一些报纸故事这次他讲的故事是一位警探虽然深爱着妻子和儿子却和一个交际花有染一天他俩将车停在偏远的路边正巧目击了一起谋杀案警探由于做贼心虚没有去抓杀人嫌犯也没有报警后来警局让他负责这个案子她发现他只有自己直面作证才能抓住杀人嫌犯也才能不然无辜的人蒙冤
故事发生在二十世纪初期澳大利亚政府决定实行一项残酷的计划他们强行将白人与当地土著所生的混血孩子们从亲人身边带走编入摩尔河营地通过训练和教化将他们变为廉价劳动力更妄图用包办婚姻来改变他们那所谓的低贱血统 14岁的莫利Everlyn Si 饰就是这些孩子中的一员无法忍受营地里的痛苦生活勇敢的她决定出逃和莫利一起逃跑的还有黛西Tianna Sansbury 饰和格雷西Laura Monaghan 饰三个女孩将要面对的是一千五百英里的漫漫路途和在她们身后穷追不舍的木都大卫·古皮利 David Gulpilil 饰三个孩子能够顺利的到达目的地吗在那里又会有着怎样的生活在等待着她们呢
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;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 eg, 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 quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, 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 quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;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 quot;unbelievable truthquot; 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
婚姻不幸的土耳其女子乌马伊西贝尔·凯基莉 Sibel Kekilli 饰不仅跟丈夫毫无爱情可言更时常遭受丈夫的家庭暴力悲剧的婚姻致使乌马伊带着儿子逃回了娘家德国然而她悲剧的命运并没有因此终止迎接她的非但不是一个可以依靠的温暖的家而是家人的冷嘲热讽为了声誉家人居然极力劝她按照传统习俗把儿子送回给土耳其的丈夫抚养面对家人的冷眼和唾弃善良宽容的乌马伊并没有放弃她坚持自己抚养儿子不得已下寄居在朋友家然而这仅仅是悲剧的序曲乌马伊带着儿子去看望病危的父亲却不曾想到等待她的居然是自己弟弟的枪口 本片不仅荣获2010年第60届柏林国际电影节欧洲院线大奖还获得欧洲电影奖德国电影奖在内的六次提名三项大奖
