19:00 国家客厅(芬兰)
The Living Room of the Nation (FI) 74’
NORDOX 2010 PROGRAMME – FILM SYNOPSES
北欧纪录片电影节2010电影简介
NORDOX 2010 FILM SELECTION 片目 :
Videocracy by Erik Gandini (SE) 电视政治
Mr. Governor by Måns Månsson (SE) 省长先生
BANANAS!* by Fredrik Gertten (SE) 香蕉
The Chinese are Coming by Ronja Yu (SE) 中国人来了
Killing Girls by David Kinsella (NO) 堕胎女
Burma VJ – Reporting from a Closed Country by Anders Østergaard (DK) 缅甸起义¬ – 看不到的真相
The Good Capitalists by Line Hatland (NO) 好资本家
Human by Thomas A. Østbye (NO) 人
Control by Hanne Myrén (NO) 控制
Martin - The Ghost by Aslak Danbolt (NO) 魔鬼马丁
Harvesting the Wasteland by Karoline Grindaker and Hilde Kjøs (NO) 收获荒地
Dreams in Copenhagen by Max Kestner (DK) 哥本哈根梦
Everything is relative by Mikala Krogh (DK) 万物皆相缘
Steam of Life by Jonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen (FI) 生命的蒸气
The Living Room of the Nation by Jukka Kärkkäinen (FI) 国家客厅
A Mother's Courage - Talking back to Autism (The Sunshine Boy) by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson (IS) 母亲的勇气 - 关于自闭症
Like a Pascha by Svante Tidholm (SE) 就象逾越节
SYNOPSES:
简介:
Burma VJ – Reporting from a Closed Country 缅甸起义 – 看不到的真相 [Director Attending]
Armed with small handy cams, undercover video journalists in Burma keep up the flow of news from their closed country despite risking torture and life in jail.
Their material is smuggled out of Burma and broadcast back via satellite. ‘Joshua’, age 27, becomes tactical leader of a group of reporters, as Buddhist monks
in September 2007 lead a massive uprising. Foreign TV crews are banned from the country, so it’s left to Joshua and his crew to keep the revolution alive on
TV screens all over. As government intelligence understands the power of the camera, the VJs become their prime target.
手持小型摄像机,缅甸的一群在地下工作的记者冒着被折磨和坐牢的危险,源源不断地把新闻送出这个封闭的国家。他们拍摄的素材被偷偷带出缅甸”再通过卫星传送回来播放。2007年9月缅甸僧侣爆发大规模起义的时候,27岁的“约书亚”成为这群记者的战略指挥者。由于外国媒体被禁止进入缅甸,只剩约书亚和他的成员在电视上现场直播这场革命。而政府情报部门了解这种摄像机的影响力,这些记者成了他们关注的首要目标。
Anders Østergaard / Magic Hour Films / Denmark / 2008 / 85 min / Burmese and English
Killing Girls 堕胎女 [Director Attending]
St. Petersburg, Russia. An abortion clinic that specializes in late term teenage abortions. Young girls arrive at the clinic through the back door, sometimes with
their mother or a friend. But all of them have to go through it alone.
圣彼得堡,俄罗斯。一个专门从事青少年晚期堕胎的诊所。年轻女孩们从后门进去,有时由妈妈或朋友陪着。但她们所有人都必须得独自经历这个过程。
David Kinsella / David Kinsella Productions / Norway / 2009 / 79 min / Russian
BANANAS!* 香蕉!* [Director Attending]
Juan “Accidentes” Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a groundbreaking legal battle
for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it? In the
suspenseful documentary "BANANAS!*", filmmaker Fredrik Gertten sheds new light on the global politics of food.
一般而言,《香蕉!*》价格的三分之一来自杀虫剂的成本。全世界的香蕉种植者都受到杀虫剂毒素的折磨,或死于此。例如癌症,肾衰竭,不孕。胡安.多明格斯是洛杉矶一名处理百万美元人身伤害的律师,现在接手了他最大的一宗案子。被告是都乐水果公司和陶氏化学公司,历史也将因此被改写。
Fredrik Gertten / WG Film / Sweden / 2009 / 87 min / Spanish and English
Videocracy 电视政治
In Italy, for thirty odd years, the image has been controlled by one man. TVmagnate and Presidente Silvio Berlusconi has influenced the content of commercial
television in a way never before done in Italy. His TVchannels, with their young skimpyclad girls, are seen by many to mirror his own taste and personality.
In "Videocracy", Italianborn director Erik Gandini portrays the consequences of a TVexperiment that Italians have been subjected to for 30 years. Gaining unique
access to the most powerful media spheres, he unveils a remarkable story, born out of the scary reality of ”TV-Republic” Italy.
电视政治中,获得权力的关键在于形象。而在意大利,有一个人统治了这种形象超过三十年。从电视业巨头到总统,西尔维奥•贝鲁斯科尼建立了一套完美的电视娱乐和政治系统。没有人像他一样影响了意大利商业电视的内容。由于充斥了大量过分裸露的女性形象,他的电视频道也被看作是他自己品味和人格的反映。
Erik Gandini / Atmo Italia / Sweden / 2009 / 84 min / Italian and English
Mister Governor 省长先生
Over a year, we follow the former Swedish Minister of Defense, Anders Björck, in his work as governor of Uppsala County. The position is almost 400 years old, and
the job consists of sitting at a big desk, having lunch with other governors, cutting ribbons, holding speeches and eating dinner with the King and Queen of
Sweden. It’s hard work, but someone has to do it. Björck gives the viewer full access, making this personal portrait both humorous and very, very serious. The
movie is shot in black & white on 16 mm film, and young Swedish prodigy Måns Månsson lets the camera speak for itself. Without a narrating voice or interviews,
he leaves us with a poetic pictorial language, allowing even the smallest details to make a difference.
导演跟踪拍摄瑞典前国防部长,现乌普萨拉省省长安德斯.比约克先生,历时一年之久。这个职位在瑞典已经存在了大约400年,工作内容包括坐在办公桌后,与其他省长一起吃饭,剪彩,主持演讲,与瑞典国王和女王共进晚餐。这是项困难的工作,但总得有人去做。比约克将自己完全展现在观众面前,刻画出一个既幽默同时又非常严肃的人物形象。这部黑白电影以16毫米胶片拍摄,瑞典年轻导演曼斯.曼森让摄像机自己来说话。既没有旁白,也没有采访,他以一种诗意的画面语言使最微小的细节也充满不一样的感觉。
Måns Månsson / Anagram Produktion / Sweden / 2008 / 82 min / Swedish
Everything is Relative 万物皆相缘
Do we all harbour the same feelings of sorrow, happiness, anger and love? Is the road to happiness always equally winding or straight? Do we love and hate with
the same zeal? Does a young woman with breast cancer feel the same pain as a family from Mozambique losing their home in a flood? Does a modern slave from
Bangladesh working in Dubai feel the same fear as a US soldier going to Iraq? Are our values, dreams and hopes basically the same, merely mirroring our different
lifestyles? “Everything is Relative” is a kaleidoscopic fusion of documentary sequences, archive material and tableaus of human beings. It seeks to portray how our
reactions to challenges in life are relative to the conditions that guide our individual lives.
我们都有悲伤、快乐、愤怒和爱的感情吗?通向快乐的道路是同等地曲折或笔直吗?我们以相同的热情去爱和恨吗?一个得乳腺癌的年轻女人和一个因洪水失去家园的津巴布韦家庭感觉到的是同样的痛苦吗?一个来自孟加拉、在杜拜工作的现代奴隶和将要去伊拉克的美国士兵感到的是同样的恐惧吗?我们的价值观、梦想和希望基本上都一样,只是反映出不同的生活方式吗?
《万物皆相缘》是由纪录片镜头、文档材料和活人造型组成的万花筒似的融合。它试图去描述我们对生活中挑战的反应与指引我们个人生活的情形有何关系。
Mikala Krogh / Tju-Bang Film / Denmark / 2008 / 75 min / Danish, English, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese, Punjabi
Control 控制
"Control" is about the emotions we prefer to keep to ourselves.
《控制》是关于我们情愿保留给自己的情感的。
Hanne Myren / Mediaoperatørene / Norway / 2009 / 23 min / Norwegian
Human 人
A study involving the great existential questions. How do we evaluate others as human beings? How close can we get to them before it gets inhuman-or perhaps too human? Individuals are filmed outside their normal environments to gauge their labelling instincts, expressions, actions and reactions.
纪录片《人》脱离语境研究了什么是人。没有熟悉的目的和环境,电影让我们贴标签的本能与实际和他个人的会面对阵。在变得太不人性、或可能太人性之前,我们能有多接近一个人呢?
Thomas A. Østbye / Mediaoperatørene / Norway / 2009 / 25 min / Norwegian
Martin – The Ghost 魔鬼马丁
Martin Hasle (28) is multihandicapped after a car accident 9 years ago. He got a severe brain damage and can no longer move or speak, but he communicates
through a computer he handles with his left thumb. He lives in a nursing home and is 100% dependent on help 24 hours a day. But he does not get that, so most
of his time he spends alone waiting. All his friends have gradually stopped coming to visit, and the only people that do come are his parents, and social worker
Bente who seems to have her own agenda with Martin.
马丁•哈斯勒因9年前的一场车祸导致多重残疾。严重的脑损伤使他不能移动或讲话,只能用左手拇指通过电脑交流。他住在疗养院里,完全依靠24小时的护理。但他却没能明白这点,大部分时间都是一个人在等待。他的朋友们都逐渐不再去探望他了,唯一还来的人是他的父母,和似乎有着自己行程的社工。
Aslak Danbolt / Lillehammer University College and Aslak Danbolt Film / Norway / 2009 / 26 min / Norwegian
Like a Pascha 就象逾越节
Welcome to the biggest brothel in Europe, a clear blue eleven story high building in the middle of Cologne, Germany. Around 200 women from all over the world
work here. If you ask them why, they will tell you it’s the way it’s always been. More than 700 men come here every day. Inside these walls, no daylight ever
reaches in. “Orgasm guaranteed” a sign says. ”Only 30 Euro.” This is a world of its own with its own payment system, hairdresser, manicure, doctor and a 24-hour open staff restaurant. But what is it that is for sale here, really? Is it an orgasm or something else? According to Sonia, prostitute since ten years, a lot
of her customers cry with her. Is true satisfaction and closeness really for sale? ”Like a Pascha” seeks to find the answer to a question never before answered:
why is sex so important for men?
欧洲最大的妓院位于德国科隆,这是一栋浅蓝色的十一层高楼。来自世界各地的200多名女性在这里接客。如果你问她们为什么要做这项工作,她们会说一直以来就是这样。她们每天接待700多名男性。 在外墙之内,从来看不到阳光。他们的牌子上写着“只要30欧元,保证获得高潮”。 这是一个自给自足的世界,他们拥有自己的支付系统,发廊,美甲店,医生和24小时营业的员工餐厅。但这里真正售卖的是什么呢?是高潮还是其他什么东西?从妓十年的索尼娅说,她的很多顾客会向她哭泣。真正的满足感和亲密感是可以买的到的吗?影片《就象逾越节》试图去寻找一个未解之题的答案:为什么性对男人如此重要?
Svante Tidholm / Atmo Media Network / Sweden / 2010 / 52 min / English, German, Swedish
A Mother's Courage - Talking back to Autism (The Sunshine Boy) 母亲的勇气 - 关于自闭症
"The Sunshine Boy" is a moving, compassionate portrayal of a mother´s desperate quest to understand the perplex condition that controls her son. A journey
through different countries and cultures, where every stopover opens a new path into the depths of autism and places her son in a strikingly different perspective
as it reaches the end.
影片感人而富有同情心地刻画了一名母亲的形象,她竭力去了解是什么混乱的情况在控制着她儿子。这也是一段经历了不同国家和文化的旅程,而每到一个地方都使她更加深入地了解了自闭症,以及她儿子所处的完全不同的视角。
Fridrik Thór Fridriksson / Frontier Filmworks / Iceland / 2009 / 103 min / English and Icelandic
Dreams in Copenhagen 哥本哈根梦
People in a room in an apartment in a house on a street in a city. "Dreams in Copenhagen" is Max Kestners's documentary film portrait of Denmark's capital. A film
about the physical surroudings that are part of shaping our lives. About the buildings we wake up in, the front doors we walk out of, the streets we traverse. It is
also a film about how the way we live our lives affect our physical surroundings. About places we dream of and the walls onto which we scratch the names of our
loved ones, before it is too late.
人在房间里在公寓里在房子里在街上在城市里。哥本哈根梦是Max Kestner 的关于丹麦
首都的最新纪录片。关于我们的环境氛围如何改变我们的生活。以及我们早晨醒来的房屋,我们进出的大门,我们走来走去的街道。也有关于我们的生活方式是如何影响我们的环境。关于我们梦见的地方,还有刻写我们曾经爱过的人的名字的墙璧。
Max Kestner / Upfront Films / Denmark / 2009 / 72 min / Danish
The Chinese are Coming 中国人来了
The Chinese are knocking at the door to the western world for the first time. A unique story about globalisation and culture collision unfolds. Despite the serious
topic, the story is told in a humorous and slightly surrealistic tone. The Chinese entrepreneur Mr. Luo has come to the Swedish city Kalmar with a multi billion
investment and grandiose plans. He promised big visions and a bright future for the people in this small town by the Baltic Sea. Mr. Luo has been received as a
saviour of the city which has been hit by crisis since a long time. He is depicted as a hero and is padded on the back by hopeful investors and politicians. But
conflicts start to occur, misunderstandings and culture clashes seem comical and absurd and Mr. Luo soon finds himself in a darkening tunnel. The dream is falling
apart before our main character’s eyes, and slowly turns into a nightmare reality.
2006年的一个夏天,商人骆金星来到瑞典海岸的一个小城,卡尔玛。当他听说卡尔玛属于地中海区域时,他对这个城市非常着迷并决定在这里投资。一个月后,他与卡尔玛市政府签订了一项合同,同意他以两千万瑞典克朗买下一块地方,但要在这里投资30亿。他计划建一个拥有酒店,spa和商店的购物中心以吸引来自中国的投资者和来自欧洲的消费者。但事实并不如他想象的那样…
Ronja Yu / Ronja Film / Sweden / 2010 / 52 min / Chinese and Swedish
The Living Room of the Nation 国家客厅
Lives unfold with brutal intimacy in a collection of Finnish living rooms in a film balancing nearslapstick hilarity with inescapable Nordic angst. An expectant young
father carouses with a drinking buddy while tackling his own failures; a retired priest recalls jampacked baptisms but faces growing old alone; an alcoholic lover
returns from longterm lockup to boozy, abusive domesticity; a meticulous subway musician prepares a performance that no one seems to hear. Irony mixes with
pathos, dysfunction with heartfelt soul searching in a film that defies characterization but compels a closer look.
客厅这部纪录片展示了芬兰许多家庭他们的客厅,这是一个关于变化,时间即逝和人们想要被需要和被看到的欲望的故事。客厅是一个家庭的中心,是让人感到放松的地方。它能清晰地展现出房间主人的样子。祖父的挂钟,80年代的沙发扶椅,一块旧毯子和一个作为电视桌的电焊机,它们就上演了每日的连续剧。影片的主角就是处在人生不同阶段的普通芬兰人,电影向观众展示了一副芬兰社会的全景图。这些不同的人的个体经历组成了一副关于人性和生命阶段的拼贴画 – 通过这个国家中不同的客厅得到了展现。
Jukka Kärkkäinen / Mouka Filmi / Finland / 2009 / 74 min / Finnish
Harvesting the Wasteland 收获荒地
In the tiny mountain village of Lykkja (Happiness) in Norway, three generations of the Lykken family is living under the same roof. A woman and her daughter-in-law govern the traditional household side by side, living in the same house together for 30 years. While widow and matriarch Guri is still talking about the powerful
love between her and her husband, her daughter-in-law Marit has never had the time or the space to experience happiness in the same way.
Lykken一家三代都生活在挪威一个遥远的叫作Lykkja(幸福)村的同一屋檐下。婆媳二人共同守护着这个传统的家庭,而事实上,这里只够她们中一个人住。
Karoline Grindaker and Hilde K. Kjøs / Skofteland Film / Norway / 2008 / 58 min / Norwegian
Steam of Life 生命的蒸气
Naked Finnish men sit in the sauna and speak straight from their heart. In the warmth of rusty stoves these men cleanse themselves both physically and mentally.
The film travels through Finland and the camera joins men in many different saunas to let us hear touching stories about love, death, birth and friendship; about
life. In all of its simplicity the camera records the landscapes, saunas and men in almost magical pictures. The presence of the characters and the depth of the
emotion reaches the limit where it is almost intolerable for the viewer to watch. This film reveals the naked souls of these men exceptionally intimately and creates
a poetic portrayal of Finnish men.
一群裸体男人坐在桑拿室里,坦白地倾诉着他们的心声。在生锈的炉子产生的热气中,这些人不仅清洗他们的身体也清洗着他们的精神。镜头走进芬兰各地不同的桑拿室,让我们分享洗浴者关于爱,生死,友谊和生活的故事。摄像机以最简单的镜头语言记录下风景,桑拿室和洗桑拿者。其中对人物和感情深度的呈现几乎到了让观众无法忍受下去的边缘。影片以及其亲密的视角向我们展现了这些裸露的灵魂,并刻画出一幅幅充满诗意的芬兰人的画像。
Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen / Oktober / Finland / 2010 / 81 min / Finnish
The Good Capitalists 好资本家
The fastest growing fortune in the world is the Norwegian state pension fund, with $ 300 billion invested in more than 7000 multinational companies. But how to stay
rich and at the same time sleep well at night? The Norwegian State has a good cop/ bad cop plan. Henrik Syse is the good cop, hired by the National Bank to
persuade the multinational companies into behaving better. If the companies do not listen to him, the Council on Ethics investigates the companies, kicks them out
of the portfolio and their company brand is smeared in public. In the debate about the growing power of the Sovereign Wealth Funds in the world, the Norwegian oil
fund is often held as an ideal because of its emphasis on ethic values. In this film we get an unique insight into their actions.
世界上财富增长速度最快的是挪威的退休基金,它在全球7000家公司有三千亿美元的投资。但是怎么样才能既保住财富还能睡的香呢?挪威国家有一个好一个坏预警方案。Henrik Syse 是好的那一方,他受雇于国家银行,任务是规劝跨国公司规矩一点。如果这些公司不听他的话,道德委员会就会出面调查,把公司除名,并公布黑名单。在关于主权财富基金增长力讨论的问题上,挪威石油基金会因为注重道德价值而永远是最理想的。我们可以通过这个片子窥探内幕。
Line Hatland / Medieoperatørene / Norway / 2009 / 55 min / Norwegian