疯狂之血

表面看来，金智英（郑有美 饰）是一个生活在幸福之中的家庭主妇，有一个收入不菲又温柔体贴的丈夫郑大贤（孔侑 饰）和一个非常可爱的女儿，在波澜不惊的日子里享受着每一天的平淡和安稳。实际上，金智英的内心早就如同地震一般的产生了天崩地裂的动摇，在她的身上背负着无比沉重的枷锁。婆婆面前，她要扮演逆来顺受的好儿媳。丈夫面前，她又是无条件支持他的贤妻。面对女儿，金智英必须隐藏起脆弱，做她无坚不摧的母亲。那么，真正的金智英究竟在哪儿呢？长久的压抑和挣扎中，金智英患上了心理疾病，郑大贤决定和妻子一起接受心理咨询，共同面对命运设置给他们的难题。

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.

15年前的一桩交通事故，令一个男人（黄秋生 饰）死于车底。他的头被卡在车身地下，身体却走了一段路后才倒下。这个恐怖的场面，被一个小女孩看到了，吓得目瞪口呆。15年后，发型师Peter（陈奕迅 饰）和June（舒淇 饰）一夜情，却令Peter真的爱上了June。June是一个神秘的女孩，自称阴阳眼可以见到鬼。自从二人交往以来，怪事连连发生，Peter目睹了件件怪事，灵异的现象让他非常苦恼。最后他怀疑眼前的June，并发现她与身着道袍的人碰头。当June提醒他，有无头鬼要索他的命，Peter也只当她胡言乱语，一气之下与她分手。然而June说得没错，一切的灵异诡秘，都来源于15年前的那场车祸。

故事开始于十五年前。稻村小春（田中裕子 饰）有一段非常不幸的婚姻，她的丈夫是一个不折不扣的酒鬼加暴力狂，当这个男人试图将暴力发泄在他们的三个孩子身上时，身为母亲的小春再也无法忍耐和坐视不管了，为了保护孩子们，她亲手杀死了丈夫，锒铛入狱，也就此改变了稻村一家人的命运。一晃眼十五年过去，稻村家的孩子们早已经长大成人。长子大树（铃木亮平 饰）重蹈了母亲失败婚姻覆辙，正在同前妻争夺女儿的监护权。次子雄二（佐藤健 饰）一心想要成为记者，但如今只能够在杂志社打零工过活。最小的女儿园子（松冈茉优 饰）因为母亲的入狱而不得不放弃自己梦想中的人生，成为了酒吧女招待。当小春刑满释放回到子女们身边时，他们分崩离析的关系能够得到修复的机会呢？