Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France. The race goes over 24 hours on 14.5 kilometers of cordoned country road. Every few hours the two drivers per car alternate - but it's still a challenge for concentration and material. In the focus is the duel between the German Stahler in Ferrari 512LM and the American Delaney in Gulf Team Porsche 917. Delaney is under extraordinary pressure, because the year before he caused a severe accident, in which his friend Lisa's husband was killed.
《海鸥食堂》日本名导荻上直子擅以图像刻划出不同女性样貌,新作《波纹》将镜头聚焦女性中年危机,描述一名中年妇女在丈夫离家出走后,心灵归依新兴宗教,每日静心祈祷,只喝教会贩售的瓶装水,把庭院改造成涟漪波纹的枯山水,没想到丈夫带着罹癌身体回来求照顾,饭来张口茶来伸手的儿子也把残疾女友带进家门,将她看似平静的生活掀起涟漪,压抑的阴暗情绪也即将爆发。荻上直子一改过往疗愈图像风格,透过地震辐射、环境照护、残疾弱势、宗教信仰,以惊悚笔触犀利揭开日本女性压抑的真实处境。筒井真理子精湛演绎绝望主妇的无力与哀愁,最后的惊人一舞,为自己,也为女性跳出自我救赎。