Facing a long winter of lockdown and combating a bad case of writer’s block, filmmaker Eric agrees to get a dog with his girlfriend Allie. A modern couple – vegan, ethical, millennial, neurotic – much research and negotiation leads to the arrival of Milly, a rescue from the Dominican Republic. This sets off a riotous chain of new challenges on how to best deal with this addition to the household. As Eric contends with a sinister dog-training programme, his introspection spills out onto his film work, with poor Allie and Milly taken along for the ride. The couple each pursue their own deepheld individual questions surrounding trust, purpose and roots, while wrestling with the idea of what it means to be a modern family. Milly, in the meantime, has a lot on her paws with these two! Part rom-com, part rescue-dog story, part autofiction, part self-indictment, part family scrapbook, this debut feature was made with remarkable economy and displays a disquieting amount of (often hilarious) emotional authenticity. Filmmaker Ben Petrie and creative collaborator Grace Glowicki play the young couple and in doing so, capture nothing less than what it means to be human.
當我的生命開始倒數,妳就變成了我的未來。很難相信明天的太陽會一如往常的升起……生命的流轉,是人一輩子的課題曾經觸手可及的愛,會以什麼形式延續?九歲的小女孩卡娣,從小生長在泰國鄉間的水上人家,由外公、外婆撫養長大。她多年來不曾見過她的父母,親友間也刻意迴避相關話題。然而,卡娣幼小但敏感的心靈,卻總是思念著她腦海中已逐漸模糊的母親的身影和氣味……一個得了罕見疾病的母親、一個對母親早已不復記憶的孩子,如何在僅剩的一個星期中,重新認識彼此、重新相互擁抱?而當卡娣從母親的遺物一點一滴拼湊出母親的人生、她的人生,她該不該與未曾謀面、連母親都避而不談的父親聯絡?年幼的她,如何以過人的智慧和勇氣,面對失去摯愛的悲痛,追尋屬於自己的幸福?本片由原作者改編自同名暢銷小說。小說殊榮:2003年出版至今已再版60刷,狂賣超過25萬冊,售出英、法、德、日等十國版權,同名電影已在泰國上映。★2006年東南亞文學大獎★2006年美國兒童青少年圖書館協會選書★2007年美國USBBY-CBC傑出國際書獎★2007年法國Prix Livrent?te童書大獎入圍★2008年林格倫兒童文學獎提名,將於2009年3月揭曉
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