新加坡,法國 Singapore, France / 2016 / 112 min /
泰米爾語、國語及英語對白,英文字幕
In Tamil, Mandarin and English with English Subtitles
導演 Dir: K. Rajagopal
演員 Cast: Sivakumar Palakrishnan, 黃璐 Huang Lu, Seema Biswas, Indra Chandran
康城影展 國際影評人週
International Critic’s Week, Cannes Film Festival
連續三年奪得新加坡國際電影節評委會特別獎導演 K.Rajagopal,花了20年時間才成功拍攝第一部劇情長片,隨即入圍康城影展。以不一樣的角度,講述一群活在新加坡天空下不同族裔的故事。剛出獄的Siva,要一邊尋回失散的妻女,一邊以送葬維生。在多元文明的新加坡社會中,Siva遇上同是天涯淪落人的中國女子。為了供養仍在中國大陸的女兒,她甘願出賣身體。由中國今年唯一被邀請踏上康城紅毯、亦是唯一入選過歐洲三大電影節的八十後女演員黃璐飾演,在沼澤中打拼,在剝削下求存,跨越種族界限,成為相互的依靠。此小黃鳥,又能否飛出一片天空?
Siva has been released from an eight-year stint in prison, but life in the outside world has not been kind to him – his wife has run off with his daughter, and he goes home to a mother who still hasn’t forgiven his crime. He finds momentary solace as a bodyguard for an illegal Chinese migrant working as a prostitute, but his yearning for his family continues to torment him. Mostly set in the seedy underbelly of Little India, the directorial debut of K. Rajagopal is a gritty, unflinching drama that sheds light on racial discord and poverty in modern Singapore.