In Uruguay, they don't say cheese in front of the camera - they say whisky. Beneath the artificially photographed smiles, however, is a blueprint for the "South American Gothic," minus the farm and the forks. These Montevidean folks' stony expressions belie a life gripped frozen by accustomed routines. So it goes with an old Jewish bachelor who owns an ageing sock factory. When his estranged younger brother decides to visit for their mother's burial, he asks his employee Marta to pose as his wife. The resulting encounter creates clumsy silences that are uncomfortably comic. Grand Prize, Tokyo Film Festival and FIPRESCI prize from Cannes.
　(🙂)　這(zhè )一代的(🗳)年輕人真(zhēn )係好老成好cool，兩個(gè )(🌮)新導演(yǎn )還(🛹)不(bú )到三十(✡)，便(❄)已拍出型(xíng )到(🔦)飛(fēi )起黑色到痺的老人寂(jì )寞(mò )晚境。話說(shuō )襪(📼)廠老闆阿(😛)積孤(🔋)家寡人(rén )，寂寞到死(sǐ )，一(📠)天飛來(🛴)鴻雁，巴西的(🏽)弟弟(🗝)話來拜訪。他要表(biǎo )面風(fēng )(📘)光，唯有(📼)求忠厚(🛹)下屬瑪泰(tài )暫(🧀)充老婆。兩個(🎙)名字同(🐷)樣叫孤(gū )獨的六十幾歲人忽然親(qīn )近(🍶)，彆(👯)扭得不在(zài )話下。口(🧦)若懸(xuán )河的(de )巴西弟(dì )弟一出現(😄)，畫面調子大轉彎。三人海邊度(dù )假，瑪泰沉睡的神經率先波動，往後發生(shēng )的事估都(dōu )估唔(🤕)到。郭利斯馬(mǎ )(㊙)基式(🖇)冷面幽默(mò )扭橋扭到熱(rè )(📪)帶(⛄)南美(📣)，黑色照(zhào )舊(jiù )輕描淡寫功(gōng )力同樣高超(🕐)，另一種(🈵)風情(qíng )絕對原創。去年(🤼)康城(chéng )驚艷，連奪國際(jì )影評(🤑)人(rén )獎及原創觀點大獎(👶)。
　　Source: 29th HKIFF (2005)