故事将我们带回1899年的上阿尔卑斯地区。"苏丹"是一个被雪峰环抱的小村落。某个暴风雨之夜，深色眼眸的年轻教师艾梅抵达此地，她将在此度过整个冬季，教导寥寥数名学生。然而就在她到来后不久，一场雪崩夺走了第一位当地人的性命……

故事将我们带回1899年的上阿尔卑斯地区。"苏丹"是一个被雪峰环抱的小村落。某个暴风雨之夜，深色眼眸的年轻教师艾梅抵达此地，她将在此度过整个冬季，教导寥寥数名学生。然而就在她到来后不久，一场雪崩夺走了第一位当地人的性命……

Killian is a young man who has never left the remote mountains of Huesca (Spain) which saw him grow up. In 1953, he travels back to the exotic Equatorial African island of Fernando Poo, in Spanish Guinee, where he was born, to work in a cacao plantation alongside his father and his brother. During 20 years in this island, until the troubled days of independence, he will undertake a journey towards maturity and knowledge, but will also have to deal with pain and loss.

Killian is a young man who has never left the remote mountains of Huesca (Spain) which saw him grow up. In 1953, he travels back to the exotic Equatorial African island of Fernando Poo, in Spanish Guinee, where he was born, to work in a cacao plantation alongside his father and his brother. During 20 years in this island, until the troubled days of independence, he will undertake a journey towards maturity and knowledge, but will also have to deal with pain and loss.

Peter has worked all his life at a Manchester bank. When he is awarded an early retirement, he decides to visit his brother in Benidorm, only to discover that he's disappeared.

影片根据美国女作家劳拉·卡塞斯克（Laura Kasischke）1999年的同名小说改编。故事背景设在1980年代，美国郊区中产家庭。伍德蕾扮演的凯特17岁时，美丽神秘，同时又是个完美家庭主妇的母亲（爱娃·格林饰）忽然消失。 　　对于从小生活在压抑家庭环境中的凯特，母亲的失踪几乎是一种“松了一口气”的窃喜和安慰。但随着时间的推移，她渐渐发现了这件事情对于自己的影响。大学放假回家，她忽然发现了母亲离家的真相，意识到种种线索当时就在她眼前，自己却未曾发现。

影片根据美国女作家劳拉·卡塞斯克（Laura Kasischke）1999年的同名小说改编。故事背景设在1980年代，美国郊区中产家庭。伍德蕾扮演的凯特17岁时，美丽神秘，同时又是个完美家庭主妇的母亲（爱娃·格林饰）忽然消失。 　　对于从小生活在压抑家庭环境中的凯特，母亲的失踪几乎是一种“松了一口气”的窃喜和安慰。但随着时间的推移，她渐渐发现了这件事情对于自己的影响。大学放假回家，她忽然发现了母亲离家的真相，意识到种种线索当时就在她眼前，自己却未曾发现。

dolce… 　　1999, 60 min, colour, Betacam SP, Stereo 　　Studio Bereg 　　Quest (Japan) 　　producer: Yudji Kogure 　　international project manager Hiroko Kodjima 　　written by Alexander Sokurov 　　camera: Koshiro Otsu 　　sound: Sergei Moshkov 　　editors: Alexei Jankowski, Sergei Ivanov 　　Summary 　　The film deals with real people: the well–known Japanese writer Toshio Shimao, who died in 1986, his widow and their daughter. Yet the film's documentary approach is only the framework for a penetrating biographical portrait; video is used here in an “intimate” way, to capture the inner worlds of the characters. The dramatic events of the writer's life and work make for a story which itself reveals the quintessence of the film–maker's reflections on Japan and the Japanese people. The principal narrative strand is a lyrical monologue, that of the heroine, Miho Shimao, the writer's wife. She lives on a solitary island far into the ocean, with her handicapped daughter, shunning visitors. 　　She discovers herself through self–analysis, a form of catharsis brought on by the spiritual denudation of this existence. This proves to be the pivotal event in her life — a confined life, where actions have come to mean less than emotions. 　　The film–maker here reveals the contours of memory, the contrasts of feelings and the nuances of the psyche in an impressionist manner. The only way to enter this world, to be able to approach its exquisite flavour and perverse pain, is to make a film akin to a lyrical piece of music, with tenderness, “dolce.” 　　Alexandra Tuchniskaya 　　Translated into English with assistance from Benjamin Halligan.

dolce… 　　1999, 60 min, colour, Betacam SP, Stereo 　　Studio Bereg 　　Quest (Japan) 　　producer: Yudji Kogure 　　international project manager Hiroko Kodjima 　　written by Alexander Sokurov 　　camera: Koshiro Otsu 　　sound: Sergei Moshkov 　　editors: Alexei Jankowski, Sergei Ivanov 　　Summary 　　The film deals with real people: the well–known Japanese writer Toshio Shimao, who died in 1986, his widow and their daughter. Yet the film's documentary approach is only the framework for a penetrating biographical portrait; video is used here in an “intimate” way, to capture the inner worlds of the characters. The dramatic events of the writer's life and work make for a story which itself reveals the quintessence of the film–maker's reflections on Japan and the Japanese people. The principal narrative strand is a lyrical monologue, that of the heroine, Miho Shimao, the writer's wife. She lives on a solitary island far into the ocean, with her handicapped daughter, shunning visitors. 　　She discovers herself through self–analysis, a form of catharsis brought on by the spiritual denudation of this existence. This proves to be the pivotal event in her life — a confined life, where actions have come to mean less than emotions. 　　The film–maker here reveals the contours of memory, the contrasts of feelings and the nuances of the psyche in an impressionist manner. The only way to enter this world, to be able to approach its exquisite flavour and perverse pain, is to make a film akin to a lyrical piece of music, with tenderness, “dolce.” 　　Alexandra Tuchniskaya 　　Translated into English with assistance from Benjamin Halligan.

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