類型
Genre
劇情
Drama
預計片長
Length
90 mins
製作進度
Production Stage
發展階段
Development
故事摘要
Logline
阿冬為畢業，把同性戀室友阿辜拍成紀錄片。辜漸生情愫，但冬不能接受。中年後，冬決定出發尋找辜，面對廿年前的情感。
Dong made a documentary about his gay flatmate Gu to graduate from film school. Gu developed feelings for Dong as shooting brought them closer.
故事大綱
Synopsis
二十年前，阿冬在大學裡為了完成畢業習作，為同志畫家室友阿辜拍攝紀錄片。攝影機拉近二人，但走近後，阿冬又不能接受阿辜揭露的情感，把他對自己情愫拒諸門外。儘管紀錄片一鳴驚人，獲得影展大獎，二人最後卻不歡而散。阿冬帶著借助阿辜成名的內疚繼續自己的事業。
二十年後，事業成功但迷失的阿冬決定找尋阿辜下落，拍攝紀錄片的下集。二人重逢，喝了一晚酒後，阿辜驟然離世，剩下阿冬獨自面對一路沒有把話說出口的遺憾和罪疚。他獨自完成紀錄片，透過拍攝的過程，他嘗試學習什麼是情感，及如何接受和表達情感。
「攝影機是不祥的。它將帶來魔咒，帶走你的靈魂，因為拍紀錄片從別人的生命中拿走一些東西來成就自己。」
－ 改編自真人真事
At university, Dong is making a documentary on Gu, his gay painter roommate for a graduation project. Gu eventually develops feelings for Dong, but is harshly rejected by Dong because he could not accept being loved by a man. Confused and angry, Dong finishes the documentary with his repressed emotions. The documentary became a huge success, but the two never talked again for 20 years.
20 years later, successful as a producer but feeling empty, Dong sets off on a journey to search for Gu. Hoping to confront his past feelings, Dong realises it’s all too late when Gu dies suddenly after meeting again for the first time.
導演闡述
Director’s Statement
故事源於我紀錄片朋友的真人真事（朋友已同意拍攝這故事）。 我們拍攝，會在短時間内了解一個人很深。親密感、熟悉感，一般都是人和人之間友誼建立的因素。但我們藉著真人來創作，真是交朋友嗎？其實拍攝，是利用人家的生命故事來成就自己。在這不平衡情況衍生的情感，還純粹嗎？
由於故事取材自紀錄片拍攝，我們會使用偽紀錄片拍法。電影前⅓ 講述阿冬阿辜友誼的部分，將採用阿冬手上的第一人攝影機視角。這30分鐘電影其實是故事裏阿冬的紀錄片習作。到下一場，第三人稱的敘事手法會在電影成功後的影展一幕展開。故事後段也會出現偽紀錄片的插敘。這樣觀眾可跟隨主角角度去看阿辜，理解他迷人之處，而且更能投入二人千絲萬縷的關係。
This is a true story based on the experience of a documentary director friend (who has given consent on his story being made).
Making a documentary means getting close to your subject quickly, knowing all their secrets and vulnerabilities. Such close contact creates a false sense of familiarity which is the basis of all intimacies, from which human relationships breed. However, one may ask, are we actually friends? In the broader sense, we “use” the friendship and trust we gained to make our own art. Are such friendships still authentic?
To honour the story’s origin, we will film the first ⅓ of the film in mockumentary format. Gu and Dong’s scenes in the first 30 minutes of the film are shot from Dong’s camera, capturing their relationship from the first-person lens. Audience is actually watching Dong’s documentary, to be mesmerized and submerged into their relationship. The regular narrative begins at the film festival scene, with the height of the documentary’s success and Gu/ Dong’s relationship having already turned sour.
總預算
Total Budget
US $705,000
導演
Director
林子穎
Nora LAM
畢業於香港大學比較文學及法文系。作品有紀錄片《地厚天高》和《未竟之路》，亦執導多套電視作品及劇情短片。作品曾獲得香港電影評論學會年度推薦電影，並入圍多個國際影展及獲獎，包括鹿特丹國際電影節、大阪亞洲電影節等。其他作品包括網劇愛情喜劇小品《在觀塘下體現愛的故事》。
Graduated from University of Hong Kong with a degree in comparative literature and French, Nora LAM‘s career started in 2014, making documentaries on political movements in Hong Kong. Her award-winning feature documentary Lost in the Fumes (2017) entered dozens of international film festivals, such as International Film Festival Rotterdam, and won international awards. Her first romantic comedy web series, Love in Kwun Tong, was released in 2021 and achieved online popularity. Various feature film projects are in development.
監製
Producer
莊淑芳
CHONG Shuk Fong
獨立電影監製，畢業於香港演藝學院，釜山電影節亞洲學院學員。監製作品《A Curious Girl》獲2018柏林影展「新世代兒童短片」單元最佳短片特別獎，《The Cube Phantom》於2020鹿特丹影展首映。
CHONG Shuk-fong is a film producer based in Hong Kong, graduated in filmmaking from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She is an alumni of Asian Film Academy (BIFF – 2018) in producing. She has been producing films in Hong Kong and Nepal since 2015, that have been screened at various film festivals around the world including Berlinale, Rotterdam, Busan etc. and received several awards.
影像單位 / 製作公司
Film Unit / Production Company
Aaru Production