比利时导演Phillippe Van Leeuw的第二部作品,出生于1950年代的他并不是一位年轻的电影工作者,此前担任了相当长一段时间摄影师的工作,与杜蒙等人合作密切。影片在2017年柏林电影节全景单元展映,并获得该单元的观众选择大奖。影片的主题仍旧与黎巴嫩硝烟四起的战争有关,但导演并没有刻画交战双方的正面冲突,而是另辟蹊径,在密闭空间中观察时局的残酷。整个故事在贝鲁特一处居民区中展开,摄影机始终没有离开过女主角Oum Yazan的公寓,在这里躲避战争的一大家子人继续着他们胆战心惊的日常生活,而他们做出的每一个决定,都可能关乎生死。《囚禁》是一部很有想法的作品,节奏、编剧、摄影、表演都相当出色,隐忍、克制、有力。
Ona and Saule are best friends and passionate cooks who are stuck working at "Tasty", a local canteen. Ona is a single mother and Saulė is an enthusiastic girl from the countryside. One day, Saulė enrols them in a national TV cooking competition, which offers a restaurant as the grand prize. Without Ona's consent, she lies about their culinary experience. Reluctantly, Ona gives in to Saulė’s lies and they both manage to enter the competition. Despite being viewed as a joke, their popularity skyrockets on social media. As Ona becomes the audience’s favourite, tension between the friends escalates as it’s fuelled by the show's manipulative celebrity contestant, Bruknė. Ona even starts dating a French jury member, adding to the friction. Will their friendship survive the intense pressure of the competition?
Saad, a young Moroccan illegal immigrant, is planning a perilous journey to Canada with Reza, his Iranian lover. In Montreal, Saad is called upon to save his beloved from certain deportation to Iran, where inevitable punishment awaits.
Ona and Saule are best friends and passionate cooks who are stuck working at "Tasty", a local canteen. Ona is a single mother and Saulė is an enthusiastic girl from the countryside. One day, Saulė enrols them in a national TV cooking competition, which offers a restaurant as the grand prize. Without Ona's consent, she lies about their culinary experience. Reluctantly, Ona give...