新加坡，德國，法國，香港，卡塔爾
Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Qatar / 2016 / 96 min /
英語、馬來語對白，中英文字幕
In English and Malay with Chinese and English Subtitles
導演 Dir: 巫俊鋒 Boo Junfeng
演員 Cast: Firdaus Rahman, Wan Hanafi Su, Mastura Ahmad

康城影展 一種關注單元
Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival
代表新加坡角逐奧斯卡最佳外語片
Singapore Representative for Academy Awards, Best Foreign Language Film

《沙堡》（第七屆） 新加坡導演巫俊鋒的第二部長片以死刑執行官的獨特角度直視死刑敏感題材。前軍人Aiman現在戒備森嚴的監獄工作，在裡頭遇見執行他父親絞刑的資深劊子手。不知情下，合法殺人34年的死刑執行官希望Aiman擔任他的助手，進而接替他的工作。與Aiman同住的姊姊難以接受弟弟協助「殺父仇人」，同時計劃與男友John移民澳洲。有妻子不願見死囚先生最後一面，也有雙胞胎兒子每天來探訪販毒判死的父親。姊弟情，罪與罰，就在監獄裡外展開。

Following his acclaimed 2010 debut feature Sandcastle, Singapore filmmaker Boo Junfeng examines the emotional costs and consequences of capital punishment in his stirring sophomore effort, the psychological prison drama Apprentice. Malay correctional officer Aiman is transferred to a maximum security prison where Rahim has served as the chief executioner for three decades. Noting Aiman’s interest in his work, Rahim earmarks the junior officer as a potential successor and asks him to become his assistant. Aiman, however, has a complicated relationship with the prison and the death penalty: father was executed there by Rahim years ago.

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