跟母亲情感疏离的大学毕业生苏小妹来到福建南部,在山林中遇到村民刘美云并寄宿到其家中,两个背景迥异、生活境遇孤僻的女人,机缘巧合居住到一起,在山野与美食的陪伴中治愈着彼此的心灵, 建立起一段跨越血缘的深厚情谊
小学生唐棒棒不爱学习,生日那天许下心愿:“让爱管我的大人都变成小孩”。不料愿望成真,爸爸变成幼儿、妈妈失踪。棒棒只好担起重任,找回妈妈破除魔咒。虽然这奇异的历险只是一场梦,但一家人更明白了爱的意义。
This terrific coming-of-age film tells a story of growing up largely without parents, of the complex world of becoming an adult when the adults aren’t there. It’s the story of Flavia, autonomous and a bit uncouth; Flavia, whose mother works as a carer in Italy, her father on a construction site. She’s adopted a certain sarcasm she uses even with Luca, with whom she flirts in a cool way; the attraction is strong. Luca’s parents aren’t there either and his grandmother is frail, meaning he is the one more or less taking care of his sister Tina – who brings home two more kids with her one day. Fears of commitment and emotional blocks start to dissolve and, like in an adolescent novel, a self-chosen alternative family forms almost in passing, where living in freedom, critical relationships and taking care of one another are a given. Carried by Andrei Butică’s precise, yet loose-limbed camerawork and atmospheric direction inspired by Pialat and Rohmer, the adolescent ensemble takes on responsibility – and gets in the driving seat. Whether visiting caves in the forest or everyday life in a prefab block: their intelligence and vigour are delightful, the dynamics of their shared bonds subtle.