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中国南部乡村，一位独居老木匠手工制作完一面木框镜子，却发现联络不上预订镜子的人。于是，他背着镜子出门寻找这个人。一路上，镜子反射着村落和城镇的变迁，似乎有什么不寻常的事情在发生。影片先后入围美国棕榈泉国际短片电影节、英国瑞丹斯独立电影节等多个国内外电影节，并在2020年第42届法国克莱蒙费朗国际短片电影节国际竞赛单元（Clermont-Fer rand International Short Film Festival）获得“评委会特别提及奖（Special Jury Mention）”，该电影节被誉为“短片戛纳”，《侘寂》是本届电影节唯一一部获奖的中国影片。

Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

故事发生在当代的上海。陆敏（肖博 饰）是一名面临高考的高中生，由于没有显赫的家庭背景，能否考取重点大学，将来找份好的工作，成了他当前心中的最大负担。他妈妈芳芳（宋丹丹 饰）是典型的上海家庭妇女，过日子精打细算，毎天热衷于参加电视台各种有奖知识竞赛，家里大到冰箱洗衣机，小到肥皂洗衣粉，都是她参加这些活动搬回家的。陆敏的爸爸大义（傅彪 饰）下岗后频频参加各种再就业培训，但毎逢面试准砸锅，好不容易找到一份陪酒员工作，也因不胜酒力被送进医院。就这样，一家三口奔波在各自的考场上，面对生活的种种困忧，他们象大多数家庭一样，别无选择......

育才书院F.4D是全校最顽劣的一班，不仅考试成绩不及格，还常常整蛊老师，不计其数的老师都被这群调皮捣蛋的学生给气走了。其中最为古灵精怪的要数小头目张一健（张卫健饰），他在校内横行无忌，甚至连秦主任（吴孟达饰）也不敢招惹他。而班级中的林志颖（林志颖饰）、阿隆（吴奇隆饰）和黎文诗（朱茵饰）也丝毫没把心思花在学习上。然而新来的张老师（张敏饰）却与众不同，她不仅美丽干练，还能躲过学生们的种种恶作剧。鬼灵精张一健当然不能放过这位女老师，使出各种怪招让她下不了台。突然有一天，张一健请了病假，张老师到他家访问才得知张一健根本没有生病，而是因欠了赌债去打工还债。与此同时，校内又发生了各种令人头疼的事端。