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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.

湖北武汉常青第一小学，三年一班的班主任为了让学生们理解民主的含义，于是在班中组织了一次班长的民主选举活动。候选者总共有三人：成成，一个胖乎乎的小男孩，颇有心计的他在这次选举中不遗余力，志在必得；罗雷，作为这个班的前任班长，他有着根深蒂固的威信和指挥力；许晓菲，三个候选人中唯一的女孩，乖乖女甚至爱哭鼻子，似乎是最没有竞争力的候选人。三个孩子围绕班长的职位展开竞争，在这一过程中同学和家长也不可避免地卷了进来……本片荣获2008年亚什兰独立电影节最佳纪录片奖、2008年芝加哥国际儿童电影节成人评委会金奖以及儿童评委会第二名。

这是一个中国山区普通农民的故事。在四川省宣汉县境内，有一个名叫樊哙的地方，流经樊哙的一条河叫“前河”，前河的上游叫“百里峡”。百里峡一带，不通公路，没有电，唯一的交通工具就是船。山民们用船载出山货，拉进生活物资。如今一条公路正通往封闭的山区，船工的水上生活将随着公路运输的开通而结束，船工们面临着新的选择。

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