《奇幻歐若拉》 (吉爾吉斯/2018/黑色喜劇)
AURORA (KYRGYZSTAN/2018/BLACK COMEDY)
AURORA
語言：吉爾吉斯語，俄羅斯語
Language: Kyrgyz, Russian
Synopsis
中亞，一所名為「極光」的療養院位在高山湖伊塞克湖畔，本片情節就發生在這所療養院裡。一切都在一天之內發生。療養院如同一面鏡子，反映了當代吉爾吉斯。這裡是療養勝地，有著優美的自然風光。突然之間，時空的平衡被打破，引發了致命過程。
劇介
以極光療養院為背景，這裡住著獨自度假的中年婦女、知名電視節目主持人、變態中年男子、華裔商人、毒癮犯等不同人物，事件不斷發生。
劇介
名電視節目主持人被瘋狂粉絲逼到無路可退，單身中年婦女嘗試一夜情之後碰上慘劇，還有一群奇怪的年輕人，聲稱他們從1980年代經由時光旅行來到現在。這些是發生在極光療養院的一些奇人異事。這所蘇聯時代建造的溫泉度假村，坐落在田園詩般的山丘和湖泊之間。本片故事發生在一天裡，但以非線性敘事結構呈現，荒謬元素與社會評論交織在一起，帶觀眾一窺今日的吉爾吉斯。
劇介
中亞國家吉爾吉斯高山湖伊塞克爾湖畔，有一所極光療養院，從蘇聯時期至今一直保持原樣。療養院如同一面鏡子，反映出這個國家一天之內發生的事件。有些悲慘，有些荒謬可笑，反映了吉爾吉斯當今面對的主要問題，例如女權不彰、貧困、腐敗和中國的擴張。
編劇/導演：貝克扎特皮爾馬托夫
製片：伊沙克皮爾馬托夫
製作公司：Toptash
主演：艾爾比娜伊馬紹娃，馬拉特阿米拉耶夫，伯洛特捷尼米舍夫
獎項：
- 2019年日惹奈派克亞洲電影節，亞洲電影奈派克獎，印尼
- 2019年亞洲世界電影節（正式入選），評審團特別獎，美國
- 2019年（首部作品競賽）哈薩克斯坦巴斯托學生及首部片國際電影節
- 2019年莫斯科影展首映，俄羅斯
- 2019年亞洲影展，義大利
- 2019年哈薩克歐亞國際電影節（主競賽單元）
- 2019年瑞士黑色電影節（瑞士首映）
- 2019年挪威特羅姆瑟國際電影節（地平線東單元）
- 2019年Akbuzat國際電影節，最佳導演，俄羅斯
- 2018年釜山影展 （新潮流單元，全球首映），韓國
影評：
- 別錯過吉爾吉斯導演貝克扎特皮爾馬托夫執導的《奇幻歐若拉》，描述一所建於蘇聯時代的水療院，座落在令人讚嘆的自然美景之中。代表吉爾吉斯角逐第92屆奧斯卡金像獎最佳外語片，片中記錄了奇特元素與社會評論，帶觀眾深入了解當今的吉爾吉斯。
- 貝克扎特皮爾馬托夫採用非線性、表現主義的敘事方法，展現了非凡的天賦。
- 一部來自吉爾吉斯，獨特而耀眼的黑色喜劇……年度值得一看的電影，巧妙地將中國資本的湧入、對女權的無知、腐敗、貧困等潛台詞交織在一起。
- 吉爾吉斯選中貝克扎特皮爾馬托夫執導的《奇幻歐若拉》，角逐2020年奧斯卡最佳外語片。
《奇幻歐若拉》是皮爾馬托夫首部作品，該片於去年釜山影展首映。
- 《奇幻歐若拉》是吉爾吉斯自1991年獨立以來，第12次角逐最佳國際影片。之前的作品均未獲得奧斯卡獎提名。
Synopsis
Central Asia. A sanatorium called Aurora, is located at the shores of the high mountainous lake Issyk-Kul and the action of the film is taking place in this sanatorium. All happens in one day. The sanatorium serves as a mirror of the whole country, which is a kind of health resort for its population, with its beautiful nature. Sudden break of the balance between time and space leads to the start of the mechanism of fatal processes.
Synopsis
Set in a sanatorium called Aurora, a variety of characters, such as a middle-aged woman alone on vacation, a renowned TV program host, a perverted middle-aged man, Chinese businessmen and a bunch of troublemakers on drugs, continuously appear and events follow upon one another.
Synopsis
A famous TV personality is pushed to his limits by an ardent fan, a single middle-aged woman lands herself a disastrous one-night stand and a group of odd youths claim to have time-travelled from the 1980s. These are some of the strange darkly comical scenarios that take place within the Aurora, an ostentatious, Soviet-era spa resort, nestled among idyllic hills and lakes. Taking place over the course of a single day, but presented in a non-linear narrative structure, the film weaves farcical elements with social commentary, providing a beguiling insight into present-day Kyrgyzstan.
Synopsis
The sanatorium 'Aurora', situated next to the mountainous Issykul Lake in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan, was built in Soviet times and has not changed since. The sanatorium serves as a mirror of the entire country with all events happening in one day. Often tragic, sometimes comedic, the situations reflect some of the country's main problems today, including the violation of women's rights, poverty, corruption and Chinese expansion.
Writer/Director: Bekzat Pirmatov
Producers: Ishak Pirmatov
Production Co: Toptash
Cast: Albina Imashova, Marat Amiraev, Bolot Tenyimishev
Awards:
- NETPAC Award —Jogja-NETPAC Asian FF (Asian Feature), Indonesia, 2019
- Special Jury Award — Asian World FF (Official Selection), USA, 2019
- Kazakhstan Bastau Student and Debut IFF 2019 (Debut Competition)
- Russia Moscow Premiere FF 2019
- Italy Asiatica FF 2019
- Kazakhstan Eurasia IFF 2019 (The Main Contest)
- Switzerland Black Movie FF 2019 (Premiere Suisse)
- Norway Tromsø IFF 2019 (Horizon East)
- Prize for Best Directing — Silver Akbuzat IFF, Russia, 2019
- Busan IFF (New Currents, World Premiere), South Korea, 2018
Reviews:
- Don't miss Kyrgyz filmmaker Bekzat Pirmatov's captivating story of Aurora, a relic from the Soviet era which doubles as a sanatarium and a spa resort due to the stunning natural landscape that surrounds it. Selected as Kyrgyzstan's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, the film weaves observations of peculiar elements with social commentary, providing insight into present-day Kyrgyzstan.
- Pirmatov shows remarkable talent in non-linear, expressionistic storytelling.
- A unique and dazzling black comedy from Kyrgyzstan….. A noteworthy film of the year that tactfully intertwines the influx of Chinese capital, ignorance of woman’s rights, corruption, poverty and other sub-texts.
- Kyrgyzstan has selected Bekzat Pirmatov's Aurora as its submission for the best international feature film category at the 2020 Oscars.
Aurora is Pirmatov's debut feature. The film premiered at last year's Busan International Film Festival.
- Aurora is Kyrgyzstan's 12th submission in the best international feature category since the country became independent in 1991. None of the previous submissions has been nominated for the Academy Awards.
