心靈川流冒險 (南非/2018/動作冒險/劇情)
A RIVER WITHIN (SOUTH AFRICA/2018/ACTION & ADVENTURE/DRAMA)
STROOMOP
語言：南非語、英語
Language: Afrikaans, English
劇介
《心靈川流冒險》描述五個陷入生活洪流之中的女人。五個女人不約而同地參加了「冒險療法」，前往橘河進行泛舟之旅。在寧靜的山區荒野，彼此個性差異造成了不斷的潛在摩擦。在一次爭吵之中，她們的木筏被沖走，帶隊的嚮導也掉入洶湧的激流而失蹤。她們現在只剩下彼此，必須依靠自己的知識和能力在荒野中生存。然而她們並沒有意識到，其實各自在現實生活中的經歷，已經為未來的挑戰做好了準備。但這就足夠了嗎？《心靈川流冒險》是一部關於自我發現、自我接納、寬恕和友誼的動人冒險電影。
導演：伊凡波塔（首部作品）
製片：丹尼貝斯特，伊凡波塔，唐娜莉羅伯茲
製作公司：The Film Factory, 17 Filmstreet Media
演員：唐娜莉羅伯茲（《真心直送》、《珍愛永遠》）
香奈兒德雅格（《Outlander》）
西蒙諾特曼（《給鳥兒的情書》）
伊瑟克林克（《Cold Harbour》）
亞蒙奧坎普（《曼德拉：漫漫自由路》）
獎項：
• 2019年柏林女性電影節最佳攝影評審團獎，湯姆馬瑞斯
• 2019年柏林女性電影節最佳長片入圍，伊凡波塔
• 2019年柏林女性電影節最佳劇本評審團獎入圍
• 2019年南非影視獎長片類最佳女配角，伊瑟克林克
• 2019年南非影視獎長片類最佳妝髮，米努切史尼曼
• 2019年休士頓世界影展最佳長片
影展：
• 2019年美國鳳凰城電影節
影評：
• 伊凡波塔首部執導作品。繼《真心直送》、《青梅竹馬》 票房大獲成功後，伊凡波塔和唐娜莉羅伯茲已成為南非電影製作最受矚目的夫妻二人組。兩人通常共同主演愛情喜劇，《心靈川流冒險》是夫妻倆首度在鏡頭的兩邊合作冒險劇情片。
• 兩人合作無間，並有資深及新進南非演員同台演出。唐娜莉羅伯茲飾演平易近人的主角，其他配角包括西蒙諾特曼、香奈兒德雅格、亞蒙奧坎普、卡拉克拉森和伊瑟克林克。她細膩的演出時是本片支柱，其他演員也有充足的戲份。
Synopsis
A River Within is a story of five women who are all drowning in the rough waters of their own realities. For very different reasons these women end up together as a group in the ‘Adventure Therapy’ – they will go to the Orange River for a river-rafting trip. In the quiet wilderness of the mountain their differences created constant underlying friction. During one of the arguments their raft is swept away and their guide is lost in the terrifying white-water rapids. They are now on their own. They must rely on their own knowledge and abilities to survive in the wilderness and that is frightening. But they are unaware of the fact that their own realities and life experiences have already prepared them for the challenges ahead. But would that be enough? A River Within is an exciting adventure film about self-discovery, self-acceptance, forgiveness and true friendship.
Director: Ivan Botha (Debut)
Producers: Danie Bester, Ivan Botha, DonnaLee Roberts
Production Co: The Film Factory, 17 Filmstreet Media
Cast: Donnalee Roberts (Road To Your Heart, Forever)
Chanelle de Jager (Outlander)
Simone Nortmann (For the Birds)
Ilse Klink (Cold Harbour)
Armand Aucamp (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
Awards:
• Tom Marais, Best Cinematography, Jury Prize, Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin, 2019.
• Ivan Botha, Best of Festival Feature Nominee, Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin, 2019.
• Best Screenplay Nominee, Jury Prize, Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin, 2019.
• Ilse Klink, Best Supporting Actress – Feature Film, SAFTA Golden Horn, South African Film and Television Awards, 2019.
• Minuche Snyman, Best Achievement in Make-Up and Hairstyling – Feature Film, SAFTA Golden Horn, South African Film and Television Awards, 2019.
• Best Feature Film, Gradn Remi Award, WorldFest Houston, 2019.
Film Festival:
• Phoenix Film Festival, United States, 2019.
Reviews:
• This is Ivan Botha’s directorial debut. He and DonnaLee Roberts have become a formidable husband-wife duo when it comes to film-making in South Africa following favourable and relatively successful box office outings with Pad na jou Hart and Vir Altyd. Typically playing romantic comedy co-leads, Stroomop finds them on either end of the camera, delving into the realm of action adventure drama.
• The ensemble is solid, bolstered by some up-and-coming to established South African stars. DonnaLee Roberts is the generous and unassuming lead, who’s supported by Simoné Nortmann, Chanelle de Jager, Armand Aucamp, Carla Classen and Ilse Klink. Her understated performance serves as the anchor to the cast, who each get an equal measure of the story.
