蠑螈的多重殺傷力

馬諾哈拉·K在13歲時就憑借在影片《鐵路少年》中的出色表演榮獲印度國家電影獎最佳兒童演員獎。如今，二十出頭的馬諾哈拉初執(zhí)導筒，將女作家索尼婭·S的獲獎自傳小說搬上銀幕，講述了一個白化病女孩的成長之路。片中，來自貧困家庭的索尼婭因為白化病在學校受到歧視和敵意，父親置若罔聞、母親有心但無力，她只能依靠自己。導演并沒有向索尼婭投去同情目光，而是帶著一定距離感去呈現(xiàn)她的處境，成功塑造了一個勇敢、樂天的女孩如何接納自己并讓白化病這個“缺點”成為特點。

　　World War II is around the corner, but the only thing Sally Bauer can think of is the ocean. Her dream is to swim across the English Channel. Her father has tried to exorcise her obsession with swimming since she was a toddler, without success. An unwanted pregnancy forces her to abandon her dream – and herself. The child’s father does not want to be involved, so as a woman in the ‘30s in Sweden, Sally has no choice but to do what is expected of her: to be a mother. There is no place left for her dreams and Sally is pulled into bottomless darkness, until her sister Carla saves her. With renewed purpose, together the sisters begin to dismantle the conventions they are constantly facing. In late August 1939, Sally stands on the shore at Dover and takes her first step into the English Channel. She swims across the open and icy sea for 15 hours, waving to the Navy who are readying for war. A couple of days after Sally swims ashore at Calais, Poland is invaded.

　　當活著比死更需勇氣，十二個少年來到荒廢醫(yī)院，進行本以為是12 比0 的投票，通過後便可集體自殺，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)房間多了一具屍體，必須找出兇手和企圖破壞契約的潛入者。劇情以新本格派推理展開，同時進行「十二怒漢」式針鋒相對。原來再厭世，內(nèi)心極渴望別人聆聽自己故事。每一個都可疑，每一個都隨時被說服，結(jié)局示範最令人心悅誠服的反轉(zhuǎn)?！?0 世紀少年》（2008-09）、《愛的成人式》（2015）導演堤幸彥巧妙觸碰少年自殺的禁忌，像補完計劃般置諸死地，在絕望深淵，一次擁抱可拯救一個靈魂。

在知名補習班里，流傳著一個恐怖傳言：只要在深夜走上被封鎖的四樓，填寫桌上的報名表，寫下上榜的愿望，不論再困難的考試與科系，都能如愿考取。資優(yōu)生貝兒與好友們前去試膽，愿望竟奇跡般一一成真，卻伴隨著接連不斷的離奇死亡。肩負母親對醫(yī)學院的期待，貝兒也在名單上留下自己的名字，自此怪事頻頻纏身；姐姐精神逐漸崩潰，弟弟貝斯為救她挺身而出，決心以自己的名字改寫命運。隨著真相逐漸揭開，他們赫然發(fā)現(xiàn)四樓深埋的秘密，竟與一段駭人師生往事緊緊相連……當對考試的渴望仰賴超自然力量，而這種成功卻要以生命為代價時，是畢業(yè)，還是斃命？他們能夠在瘋癲的教育體制內(nèi)活下來嗎？