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　　民国九年，父亲没有顾及女儿的反对，执意让孝芸嫁入权尊势重的童家。然而，一桩桩诡异蹊跷的怪事却接踵而至。行迹鬼魅的二太太，相继惨死的管家和家丁，不祥逐渐笼罩着这个千年的古宅大院。众人都认为是孝芸给这个家族带来不安和惶恐，童家少爷却对孝芸倾力保护。随着逐渐揭开的内幕，孝芸发现几年前多人罹难的戏班大火，和这个世代相传的家族有着悄然的联系。原来，在这个钟鸣鼎食的家族背后，隐藏着一段让人唏嘘扼腕的爱恨情仇。

　　看似普通的这一天，就从清晨开始，卓越照例是雷打不动的晨跑，跑着跑着，身后传来喘气如牛的呼吸和沉重的脚步声，他回头一看，哎唷，这不是大学师妹兼朋友许迟迟吗，她不是宅女吗，不是运动白痴吗，怎么也出来跑步了？许迟迟累得整话也说不出一句，冒着窒息的风险终于吐露明白：“真巧啊，其实我平时也有锻炼的，没想到能碰上师兄你，以后就每天跟你跑吧……”。卓越对迟迟还是略有了解的，他一低身，侧头就贴上了许迟迟的胸口：“不对，许迟迟，你心跳140以上了，声音大得跟过火车似的，平时锻炼过？”迟迟当然是瞎说的，也当然没什么所谓的偶遇巧合，她真就是早有预谋的、故意的、掐准了时间出现在此时此地的！而且，她的背后，还有一堆黑手在出谋划策，卓越被算计了。
　　事情要从昨天晚上说起……卓越跟他的第7个女朋友大吵一架后，终于狠心分手，女友收拾好东西拖着行李箱就搬出了卓越的公寓。卓越心情低落，打电话叫好友大雄出来喝酒聊天，大雄自然要向女友欧阳绿果请假，欧阳绿果正是迟迟的好闺蜜，马上把这个消息通知了暗恋卓越八年的许迟迟：这是你男神感情生活里唯一的一次“空窗期”啊，千载难逢，不抓紧利用，简直就是犯罪，就是对不起你许迟迟二十六年的生命。于是乎，他们就拟定了一个24小时搞定男神的作战计划……

　　An emotive anthology by seven of Singapore__APOS__s most illustrious filmmakers, celebrating SG50 through the lives and stories of Singaporeans. Directed by Eric Khoo, Jack Neo, K. Rajagopal, Royston Tan, Tan Pin Pin, Boo Junfeng, Kelvin Tong.

　　剧情灵感来自戴维森的真实生活，包括他那在911事件中去世的消防员父亲。主角为二十多岁的男子Scott，他跟妈妈住一起，梦想是当纹身师，但每天除了吸麻和朋友鬼混、暗暗勾搭青梅竹马之外无所事事。而妈妈找的新男友却引发了一系列事件，迫使开始Scott正视自己的人生。

　　修女莫妮卡与一群年龄各异的牧师共同住在智利海岸边的一所房子里。在每天祈祷和做忏悔之余，他们训练灵缇犬（Greyhound）参加比赛。到底是什么把他们带到了这里，带到这块潮湿粘稠的微风持续吹拂的世界尽头。有一天，新来了一位牧师，但这位新牧师收到了来自他人的严厉指控。那个指控他的声音越来越响，直到它被一声枪响中断。年轻的牧师选择用自杀的方式来回避指控。上头派来了调查员，但这位调查员是不是真的希望查明事情的真相呢？也许他的出现只是希望继续维持着这里美丽的表象。
　　电影一点一点地将黑暗中的秘密揭示出来，挖掘了这些上帝仆人的过往，并无情地揭示了天主教堂里存在的许多矛盾。导演的剧本做到了教堂本身没有做到的事情，他并不是简单的惩罚一个替罪羊。影片实际上严格遵守了基督教中关于殉难的规则和仪式。

　　取材于1964年震惊纽约的一桩谋杀案，基蒂·吉诺维斯被残忍地奸杀，她的37个邻居都亲眼目睹了这一过程，但无一人挺身而出或是报警求助。《纽约时报》为此曾撰文直接将矛头指向了那些未伸出援手的目击者。而影片《沉默37人》却展现了一个不同的视角，从这37名目击者所面临的各种问题深刻剖析了他们视若无睹的原因，反映了当代社会问题，发人深省。

　　该片作为纪念毛主席“向雷锋同志学习”题词发表五十周年献礼大片，由八一电影制片厂黄宏厂长担任总监制、八一电影制片厂故事片部导演室张玉中副主任亲自执导，著名演员唐国强、李幼斌、巫刚、宋春丽、侯勇等中国影视中坚力量全情加盟。该片从毛主席回忆雷锋生前一张张可敬可爱的微笑照片开始，全新讲述雷锋从一名普通战士成长为全军全国人民共同学习的榜样历程。

　　住在印度乡村的少女发现自己热爱滑板，人生从此发生改变。为了追逐滑板竞赛梦，她将踏上一条挑战重重的道路。

　　一位老诗人在河畔酒店里住了一段时间，想起了他两个久未联系的儿子。一个被同居男人背叛的年轻女人，也入住了这家酒店。为了寻求支持，她请了一位朋友来陪她。在这个江边旅馆里，人们只是相互凝视，生活于每个人来说都很艰难，这样的日子似乎每天都在不知疲倦地反复。

　　《谁能阻挡我们》呼吁改变我们对青少年的看法；我们对那些出生于21世纪初、最近才成年的人的看法；那些现在看来对一切都抱有愧疚的人，他们亲眼看到了自己的希望破灭。这部介于纪录片、小说和纯粹的证据记录之间的电影让年轻的青少年展示了他们真正的样子，我们很少看到的样子，或者他们让我们看到的样子：利用电影镜头展示他们最好的一面，重新赢得我们对未来的信任；从脆弱和情感出发，带着幽默、智慧、信念和想法。因为向我们讲述爱情、友谊、政治或教育的年轻人，不仅是在讲他们自己，而且也是在对任何年龄段的我们始终重要的事情。《谁能阻挡我们》是一部关于我们自己的电影：关于我们的过去、现在和将来。

　　秋秋的父母在她6岁那年离了婚，母亲潘玉兰和名叫关正光的男人组成了家庭，而秋秋则跟着父亲阿满生活。因为非常的想念母亲，阿满将秋秋送到潘玉兰家，哪知道关正光突然返回家中，见到秋秋和潘玉兰产生了激烈的争吵，秋秋明白自己是这场争吵的核心，黯然的离开了母亲家。
　　工厂里的杨春娘爱上了老实肯干的阿满，两人最终走到了一起，阿满隐瞒了秋秋是自己女儿的事实，这一切让秋秋无意之中得知了，悲伤和失望之中，她选择了离家出走。秋秋被送到了乡下交给阿满的父母照料，但是两个老人年岁已高实在无力帮扶，秋秋只得又返回潘玉兰处。

The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family__APOS__s history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it__APOS__s the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with. But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family__APOS__s world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe__APOS__s clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential. by D.R.