我們不得不如此 | The Only Way Out

類型

Genre

劇情

Drama

預計片長 

Length

120 mins

製作進度

Production Stage

發展階段

Development

故事摘要

Logline

昱朗弒父潛逃, 把身邊人都捲入漩渦,眾人命運互相牽連。到底漩渦的核心,是黑暗的深淵,抑或曙光的出口?

Yuk-Longs absconding after killing his father drags people around him into a whirlpool that intertwines their fate. Is the core of this turmoil an abyss of darkness or a silver lining?

故事大綱

Synopsis

中學生昱朗弒父潛逃,隱匿山上。至亮是唯一得悉他下落的人,每星期背著物資上山,接濟好友。

  生活困惑頹廢的至亮,遇上聰明叛逆的大學生念霖:原來大家都一樣,迷失於虛無的時代。二人相遇,彷彿能明白自己的,就是彼此。

班主任余老師,面對學生弒父潛逃,卻更沉溺於剛分手的女友即將移民的感傷中。這份沉重的感傷,終讓他意識到,自己一直迷失。

基督徒玉眉,面對兒子殺死丈夫,求問上帝:為什麼?愈依仗信仰療傷,愈是質疑信仰本質。陷入迷失的玉眉,只望不知所蹤的兒子,能回到自己身邊。

五個迷失的人,各有各的困惑。「昱朗弒父潛逃」彷彿成了一個漩渦,將每人的命運都牽連一起,捲進更深之處。到底漩渦的核心,是黑暗的深淵,抑或曙光的出口?

Yuk-Long, a high school student, runs away and hides in the mountain after killing his father. Chi-Leung, the only one who knows Yuk-Long’s whereabouts, carries necessities to him every week. 

Confused and dispirited, Chi-Lueng meets Nim-Lam, a smart and rebellious university student. They realise their feeling of loss in this era of nothingness is shared. Their encounter affirms the belief that they are the only people that can understand each other.

Yu, the class teacher of Yuk-Long, dwells in the pain of his break up with girlfriend who is about to emigrate. Because of this unbearable heaviness of the sentiments, he finally realises the feeling of loss in him.

In the face of her son killing her husband, Mei, a Christian, asks God why this happened. The more she counts on her faith, the more she questions the nature of it. Caught up in the feeling of loss, Mei hopes for nothing but having her disappeared son returning to her.

Five lost souls each suffer in their own puzzlement. “Yuk-Long’s parricide and absconding” has engulfed all of them in a whirlpool and got their paths entangled. Is the core of this turmoil an abyss of darkness or a silver lining?

導演闡述

Director’s Statement

「這種魚叫『香蕉魚』。牠們本來只是一種很普通、很普通的魚,可是牠們游進了一個洞,洞裡有很多香蕉,牠們便把裡面的香蕉吃光,吃得很胖,就再也游不出去了。」昱朗這樣向至亮解釋「香蕉魚」的意思,而「香蕉魚」是昱朗經常塗鴉的圖案 – 這個城市大部分人都活得像「香蕉魚」一樣。

每個時代,都有屬於它的迷惘與無力;透過少年稚真的眼睛,這份迷惘與無力,好像可以看得特別清楚。而每個時代都會有電影,懷著這樣的少年目光 – 台灣的有《牯嶺街少年殺人事件》、中國的有《大象席地而坐》、香港的,也有1997年的《香港製造》……《我們不得不如此》希望成為一套,懷著今日香港少年目光的電影。

“This is called banana fish. They were just ordinary fish, but they swam into a hole and there were lots of bananas in it. So, they ate all the bananas inside and got too fat to swim out of the hole.” This is how Yuk-Long explains the meaning of “banana fish” to Chi-Leung, a symbol that Yuk-Long often scribbles. Most people in this city live like “banana fish”.

Every era has its own confusion and powerlessness, and through the eyes of a young boy, these sentiments seem to be particularly clear. And in every era, there are films that adopt such a juvenile gaze – in Taiwan, there is A Brighter Summer Day; in China, there is An Elephant Sitting Still; in Hong Kong, there is Made in Hong Kong produced in 1997. The Only Way Out hopes to be one that embraces the teenage gaze of today’s Hong Kong.

總預算

Total Budget

US $126,880

導演

Director

楊兩全

YEUNG Leung-chuen

畢業於香港中文大學新聞與傳播學院,現為編劇及獨立電影工作者。編導短片《白沙堆》獲第十二屆鮮浪潮國際短片節最佳導演。編劇作品《瀏陽河》、《野小子》分別獲第十一屆及第十四屆鮮浪潮國際短片節鮮浪潮大獎。

YEUNG Leung-chuen is a scriptwriter and independent filmmaker. He graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a major in Journalism and Communication. He won Best Director at the 12th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival with The Bridge. His scriptwriting work Liu Yang He and Wild Child were awarded Best Picture at the 11th and 14th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival respectively.

監製

Producer

李駿碩

Jun LI

長片作品《翠絲》入圍東京國際電影節,《濁水漂流》入圍鹿特丹電影節大銀幕競賽,並奪得金 馬獎最佳改編劇本獎,亦為該年提名最多之影片。短片作品《吊吊揈》入圍金馬獎最佳劇情短片獎,《瀏陽河》獲鮮浪潮最佳影片及最佳導演獎。

Jun LI’s directorial feature debut, Tracey, premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival and his second feature, Drifting, premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, nominated for 12 awards at the Golden Horse Awards, winning Best Adapted Screenplay Award. His short My World received a nomination for the Best Short Film at the Golden Horse Awards; and Liu Yang He won the Best Film and Best Director at the Fresh Wave Short Film Festival.

攝影

Cinematographer

何旭輝

HO fai

香港演藝學院電影電視學院攝影系一級榮譽畢業,其攝影作品《林同學退學了》曾獲第13屆鮮浪潮國際短片節最佳攝影。

Graduate of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts School of Film and Television (First Honour), HO Fais cinematography work The Drop Out of Her won Best Cinematography of the 13th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival.

影像單位 / 製作公司

Film Unit / Production Company

菲與飛工作室

Goodnight Production