The "Multiple Perspectives" of the Shanghai International Film Festival is a window to showcase the latest works of filmmakers from all over the world, introducing the films that have been screened in the past year and this year to Chinese audiences for the first time, from which they can not only enjoy the customs and customs of various places, but also understand their unique culture through the films. This year's "Multiple Perspectives" unit is still a huge volume, so it is released in multiple issues. Today we introduce the third batch of films, including the following films:
Double Risk, which sparked a family farce due to a kidney swap; "Curtain Call," which pays tribute to the film in a playful way; "Deep Well," which won the Grand Prize at the Nordic Film Festival in Lübeck 2020; "The Terrace Gods," a black humor film by "Carbon Balance" film director Biswagite Bora; "Brado," about the magical childhood of a Curaçao girl; "The Man Trapped in the System, about a credit fraud; "Three Generations of J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE" Members Tsuyoshi Iwata and Makoto Nitta co-starred in "The End of the Nameless World"; "Heroic Praise", an inspirational film about the failed low-cost airlines; "Blue Echo" starring two new generation beautiful girls, Sasutaka Kayo and Kubota Satoshi; and Naoto Takenaka, Takayuki Yamada, and Saito Ko, a screen rhapsody "Anyway, I'll Give Up".
Here are a few of them in detail:
Double risk
Risks and Side Effects
-2021-
Highlights: Family farce caused by kidney replacement
His wife, Catherine, is facing a kidney replacement, but her husband Arnold, who is in line with the blood type, is unwilling to donate his kidney, and just when Catherine is discouraged, she finds that it is arnold who really needs to change her kidney. Adapted by Austrian director Michael Kreisser based on the German drama of the same name, the relationship between the characters is intertwined, the plot takes a sharp turn in twists and turns, and the rich drama and humorous dialogue make the film full of tension and lead people to think about the truth about middle-class families in Europe. There is also a witty scene of the protagonist watching Chinese medicine in the film, which will surely cause Chinese audiences to laugh.
Curtain call
The End
-2020-
What to watch: The frustrated director opened his mind
Director Mithia suddenly saw "Marcelo Mastruani" coming out of the monitor on the scene of the TV series, and he could no longer stand the shoddy work, so he quit the creative team in anger and became a middle-aged man who had nothing to do. Written and directed by Russian director Vladimir Court, his feature film debut "Strange Affection" won the Golden Jubilee Award for Best Picture at the 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival, and this time he returned to Shanghai as a comedy. From Star Wars to classic action films, the film pays homage to the film in a playful and ridiculous way.
deep well
The Pit
What to watch: The deep well of human nature in a sinister town
The little girl in the neighborhood spoke ill of Marcus's father, and Marcus decided to teach her a lesson, luring her into a deep pit and pushing her down. Based on real people and real events, the film presents the moral boundaries of the small town community from the perspective of children, with a documentary video style and a twisted and complex story. Director Deis Pace, who works as an actor, singer and dancer, made his feature film debut in the Baltic Film Competition section of the 2020 Tallinn Night Film Festival and won the Grand Prize at the 2020 Lübeck Nordic Film Festival. Interestingly, the main actors in the film are not Latvians, and the Polish actor who plays the heroine has learned Latvian for this film.
Terrace deities
God on the Balcony
What to watch: How the "Carbon Balance" film director shoots black humor
A forest farmer and his daughter used bicycles to transport the body of their wife, who had been killed by a wild elephant attack, from the hospital. Director Biswagit Bora is concerned with social and environmental issues and has made "carbon neutral" films that achieve zero carbon emissions during production. In this new work, he focuses on his hometown of Assam, showing the real daily life of the people in the Assam District suffering from floods, inconvenient transportation, and wild elephant infestations. The plot is simple, bitter but not tragic, and full of all kinds of black humor. The film won the Best Director Award in the Indian Film Competition section of the 2020 Kolkata International Film Festival.
Bradeau
Bulado
Highlights: The magical childhood of a Curaçao girl
On the Dutch island of Curaçao, 11-year-old kansa, between her atheistic father and a devout grandfather, is looking for her own path to adulthood. It's a film that has been brewing in the mind of director Eich Janga for a decade: his mother is white Dutch and his father is a black Curaçao, corresponding to the roles of father and grandfather in the film, respectively, and the protagonist is completely from his memories of his sister. Djanga selected Aella, a girl with no shooting experience from dozens of schoolgirls, and the tense performance became a highlight, the wilderness of Curaçao and the waves of the Caribbean, which brought a little magic realism to the film. The film won the Golden Calf Award for Best Picture at the 2020 Dutch Film Festival.
People trapped in the system
Two Types of People
Highlights: Credit fraud scams
There is a company in Istanbul that specializes in acquiring bad debts from banks to collect arrears, and many creditors are forced to the end of their ropes. Until the appearance of a young girl, things seemed to take a turn for the better. Turkish director Donkey Shaheen's self-written and self-directed film, full of small wisdom, uses three lines of different perspectives to lead the audience to experience the usual social fraud cases such as telephone routines and credit fraud. Three young actors with good looks and acting skills bring out layers of suspense, unveil the ills of social reality in a meticulous way, and the multiple reversals of the plot are absolutely unexpected. The film won best screenplay and best supporting actress at the 2020 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.
The end of the nameless world
The Master Plan
Highlights: The ultimate revenge infernal affairs that has been laid out for many years
Kida, Makoto, and Yochi grew up close, but Yochi died in a car accident at the age of 20, which drastically changed the lives of the other two. Kida becomes a mysterious "negotiator", while Makoto is bent on pursuing the second generation of the political family, but there is a big plan behind this. Director Yuichi Sato, who won the first prize of the Blue Ribbon Award for "Like a Moon doubtful cloud", has brought the work of novelist Yukao to the screen this time that won the Pleiades Newcomer Award. The film is co-starring Tsuyoshi Iwata and Makoto Nitta, a member of "Three Generations of J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE", two fresh meat male gods, in addition to the explosive appearance, the story of the peak circuit is also wonderful, and the final truth is also shocking.
Heroic praise
Praise the Brave
Highlights: A low-cost airline that has been defeated and fought repeatedly
The new film, directed by Indian director Suda Kongara, tells the inspirational story of a former Air Force captain who founded a low-cost airline and fought with his family and friends against the interference of monopoly capital. The film unfolds with a bright and cheerful rhythm and a feminist love side line. In the film, the capital forces arbitrarily dispose of the fate of others, and contrast with the details of the villagers' spontaneous support for the entrepreneurship of the low-cost airline, which enhances the watchability of the film and makes the audience look forward to victory in a bright and warm joyful atmosphere of singing and dancing.
Blue echoes
Between Us
Highlights: Young and beautiful girls play passionately and taiko drums
Matsuzawa Huan, a wealthy woman who attended a church school, has always been the envy of everyone, but after her father's company closed, her life also changed drastically. At a time when she was difficult to speak of her companions and was extremely confused, she was attracted by the sound and scene of her classmate Maria Niishima beating and taiko drums, and joined the Taiko Drum Club. Adapted from the manga "Wakitagu Girl", the film is starred by Saetsu Kamen Rider: Time King, Saeya Cyano and Satomo Kubota in "30 Minutes Before the Farewell", and is also supported by old drama bones such as Fukieman, Mariko Tsutsui, and Mari Hamada. The youthful, sensitive girlish feelings have a wonderful chemical reaction with the strong beat, magnificent and taiko drums, bringing the audience an unforgettable "heartbeat memory".
I'll scrap it anyway
Zokki
Highlights: The three weirdos of the film industry have joined forces to create a star-studded screen rhapsody
Naoto Takeaka, Takayuki Yamada, and Koshi Saito are all Japanese film celebrities, and their common characteristics are personalities, mavericks, but talented. This time, the trio teamed up to bring the early works of "lonely genius manga artist" Hiroyuki Ohashi to the screen. Selected and reconstructed from the many short stories of the original work, the film presents several intertwined short stories with the theme of "Secrets and Lies": a decadent middle-aged man who rides a bicycle all the way south; a student who fictionalizes a sister to make friends; and a bored young man who works in a DVD rental shop. Three weird directors have created this fantastic and funny magic sketch with magical chemical reactions, and there are also stars such as Ryuhei Matsuda, Hayabusa Kunimura, Riho Yoshioka, and Raiwei Koda.
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Note: In case of change in the film schedule, the actual schedule shall prevail.