不丹、香港 Bhutan, Hong Kong / 2016 / 96 min / 不丹語對白，英文字幕
In Dzongkha with English Subtitles
導演 Dir: 宗薩蔣揚欽哲卻吉嘉措 Khyentse Norbu
演員 Cast: Tshering Dorji, Sadon Lhamo,Thinley Dorji

羅迦諾電影節
Locarno International Film Festival
多倫多電影節
Toronto International Film Festival

導演有言：「有時候，為了給人們展現實相，我們需要先創造幻想。」在不丹有個秘而不宣的古老習俗，每12年在森林裡都會有一個神秘聚會，在這裡每人都會戴上傳統Hema木面具，將現實生活裡的真正身份隱藏起來，在毫不受制於宗教、社會的道德約束下，可以放肆忘我地飲酒、跳舞和狂歡！電影近九成時間沒有對白，演員僅以眼神及身體語言作交流，讓觀眾跳過言語的邏輯思維，直接以視覺感官和心靈叩問來回應故事。面具到底是要解放人類原始慾望？還是考驗和呈現人性陰暗面？到底森林裡戴著的和日常生活掛上的，哪個才是當事人真正的面具？

In the mountains of Bhutan, a two-week ritual begins in which all participants relinquish their identities and don masks. Amid the stunning natural beauty of the jungle, a spiritual journey begins into the rites of life and death, and the power and temptation of anonymity. While a ceremony of death and rebirth takes place, participants engage in secret rituals of their own under the cover of their masks. Buddhist lama, teacher and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu’s fourth film is an intensely mystical and meditative tale that goes deep into the nature of man and reveals what one does when they are not being known.

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