The Search for a lost film from the 70s takes a young man from one of South America's largest indigenous communities on an existential journey in a post-colonial film about the right to one's own image. In the 1970s, Oscar-winning French documentary filmmaker Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau moved with his family to Panama to make a film about the Kuna community, one of South America’s largest indigenous peoples. He promised them that they would see it, but for various reasons, production stalled and the film (with the working title ‘God is a Woman’) was never completed. But what happened to the unfinished film reels? That’s what young Arysteides Turpana, on the mandate of the Kuna elders, sets out to find out. His journey takes him to France, but gaining access to the dusty film reels is not easy. Following in his footsteps is Swiss-Panamanian director Andrés Peyrot, who has created one of the year’s biggest festival successes since its premiere at the Venice Film Festival. A film that manages to turn abstract questions about the right to own one’s own image and narrative into a relevant and existential necessity.
莉比(查理兹·塞隆 Charlize Theron 饰)有着一段不堪回首的悲惨童年,她的母亲和两个姐姐惨遭变态杀人狂的毒手,惨死在血泊之中,莉比幸运的逃过了一劫,之后,她立于公堂之上,指认了哥哥本(寇瑞·斯托尔 Corey Stoll 饰)就是罪魁祸首,本因此被关进了监狱。 这一惨案在社会上引起了强烈的反响,人们纷纷写信捐款给莉比这个可怜的姑娘,靠着这些善款,莉比长大成人,然而,过去的阴影使她变成了一个整日里无所事事自暴自弃的女人。随着时间的推移,莉比正在被逐渐淡忘,她收到的捐款越来越少,生活状况亦越来越糟,就在此时,一位名叫莱尔(尼古拉斯·霍尔特 Nicholas Hoult 饰)的青年找到了她,不惜花重金将莉比请到了“杀手俱乐部”,在俱乐部怪咖们和莱尔的怂恿之下,莉比开始回顾这宗她一直以来都在逃避的案件,一些疑点渐渐浮出了水面。
故事发生在1971年的法国,黛芬妮(伊兹娅·海格林 Izïa Higelin 饰)是农场主的女儿,因为不愿意接受父母替自己安排的未来,倔强要强的黛芬妮选择离家出走,孤身一人来到繁华的大都市巴黎,想要在这里开拓属于自己的天地。在巴黎,黛芬妮邂逅了致力于女权运动的斗士卡罗尔(西西·迪·法兰丝 Cécile De France 饰),随着时间的推移,两人打破了性别的界限,走到了一起。父亲中风的消息传来,黛芬妮不得不告别卡罗尔,回到家乡,无法忍受思念之苦的卡罗尔千里迢迢来到了农庄,想要在这里和黛芬妮开始她们日出而作日落而息的田园生活。可是,两人特殊的关系很快就遭到了周遭的非议,亦使黛芬妮陷入了两难的抉择之中。
一战前,德国人祖(奥斯卡·威内尔 Oskar Werner 饰)和法国人占(亨利·赛尔 Henri Serre饰)在巴黎结识。他们意趣相投,对诗歌和小说都有强烈而共同的兴趣,甚至二人为着同一个雕塑也着迷。顺理成章地,祖与占都爱上了同一个女子:聪明貌美的凯瑟琳(让娜·莫罗 Jeanne Moreau饰)。 在这样的关系中,占选择了成全温柔单纯的祖。他们一起到乡间度假,度过了美妙时光。然而一战的爆发,却让他们失去了联系,在自己国家服役期间,他们多么担心会在战场上杀死自己的好友。而祖,从不间断地给妻子凯瑟琳写信。 战争结束,祖与占再次相遇,占觉察到祖和凯瑟琳的关系很糟糕——她对婚姻以外的感情从没停止过追逐,喜欢在各种爱情关系中享受自由。占在祖家中住下,凯瑟琳毫不掩饰对占的爱,这段三角关系平衡而快乐的维系着,旁人完全看不透。当占要离去时,凯瑟琳直率锐利的性格让事情起了变化……
二十岁的伊娃加入了一家豪华酒店的客房服务团队,这家酒店赢得了“宫殿”的称号,使其跻身法国酒店业的最高级别。伊娃与萨菲图、艾萨塔、维奥莱特和西蒙(一个不同年龄和背景的团队)一起工作,直面恶劣工作条件的严酷现实。酒店一晚的费用与管家的年薪相当。他们绝不能让客人看到他们如何孜孜不倦地工作以维持所需的高标准。大多数此类妇女预计将作为隐形实体发挥作用,她们并非直接受雇于酒店,而是受雇于分包商。女人们罢工是为了迫使分包商改善工作条件,并想出了在酒店门前举办自己的“时装周”的丰富多彩的想法。内西姆·奇卡维(Nessim Chikhoui)也担任过编剧,在他作为导演的第二部电影中,他创作了一部出色的社会喜剧。
Using archival footage and dramatic re-enactments, this documentary deals with the immediate aftermath of the 1918 armistice that brought World War I to an end. From January to July 1919, the Paris Peace Conference dealt not only with issues related to Germany but with the thorny issue of national boundaries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. From this conference emerged Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia; the annexation of parts of Germany by other countries; the creation of Iraq; and the transfer of German colonies in Africa and China to new colonial masters. It also led to the creation of the League of Nations, championed by President Woodrow Wilson but which the US never joined. When they finally dealt with the issue of war reparations, they imposed a payments schedule on Germany that many believe provided the underpinnings of World War II.
弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫在1928年创作的《奥兰多》,是世界上第一部主角在故事中途转换性别的小说。在一个世纪之后,跨性别作家同时也是哲学家、活动家的保罗·B·普雷西亚多(Paul B. Preciado),决定寄给伍尔夫一封影像信,告诉她她笔下的角色已经走进现实,奥兰多已经遍布世界各地。 普雷西亚多发起了一个试镜活动,召集到了26名8至70岁的当代跨性别与非二元性别人士来扮演奥兰多这个角色。他通过这些真实的声音、著作、理论和影像,重构了自己变性经历的各个阶段。他说,每个奥兰多,都是一个要每天冒着生命危险去生存的跨性别者,因为他们发现自己被迫要去对抗法律、历史和精神病学,还有传统的家庭观念和跨国制药公司的力量。但如果“男性”和“女性”归根结底都是政治和社会的虚构产物,那么这种转变就不再仅关乎性别,也关乎诗歌、爱与肤色。