人民公廁 Public Toilet

29/12 (Wed) 07:45pm*

*導演陳果將出席映後談 Director Fruit Chan will attend the after-screening talk. #本節目亦將放映陳果導演作品《餃子》This programme will also screen Fruit Chan’ s Dumplings

南韓、香港、日本 South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan ｜ 2002 ｜102 mins｜35mm｜彩色 Colour 普通話、粵語、韓語、英語對白，中、英文字幕 In Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and English with Chinese and English subtitles

導演 Director 陳果 Fruit Chan

演員 Cast 阿部力、張赫、趙寅成、李燦琛、谷祖琳 Abe Tsuyoshi, Jang Hyuk, Jo In-sung, Sam Lee, Jo Kuk

獎項 Awards 2002 威尼斯國際電影節聖馬可——特別表揚獎 San Marco Prize – Special Mention, Venice Film Festival 2002 2003 香港電影評論學會大獎推薦電影 Film of Merit, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 2003

提名 Nominations 2003 金馬獎最佳美術設計、最佳造型設計、最佳音效及最佳原創電影歌曲 Best Art Direction, Best Makeup & Costume Design, Best Sound Effects and Best Original Film Song, Golden Horse Awards 2003

北京胡同公廁出生的孤兒，為救活帶大 他的婆婆，四出尋找神藥。釜山青年在 海邊公廁前，發現神秘少女，也在為她 尋覓靈丹妙藥。還有打理灣仔公廁的 印度裔兄弟、紐約公廁執行最後任務的 職業殺手……導演陳果在釜山遇上韓國 投資者，促成這次跨國合作。本片充分 發揮數碼攝錄的靈活性，以奔放的想像 力，在便溺之中，探尋生死之道。

陳果憑《香港製造》（1997）在羅迦諾 電影節獲獎，並入選釜山國際電影節競 賽單元，獲國際影評人聯盟獎。其後作 品甚豐，屢獲獎項，是當下香港電影中 堅。《人民公廁》是他首部數碼電影，赴 北京、釜山、紐約、印度等地取景，入選 釜山國際電影節亞洲電影之窗單元，並獲 威尼斯影展聖馬可獎特別表揚。影片請來 當時在韓國影壇剛起步的張赫、趙寅成演 出，後者更在翌年與孫藝真主演了風靡一 時的《假如愛有天意》。

An orphan born in a public toilet in Beijing searches all over the world for a miracle cure for his ailing grandmother who raised him. A young man from Busan discovers a mysterious girl in front of a public toilet by the sea and goes on a quest for a magical elixir to save her. Other characters that populate this film include a pair of Indian brothers who are caretakers of a Wan Chai public toilet and a hitman who completes his final assignment in a New York City public toilet… Fruit Chan met the investor for this film in Busan, an encounter which made possible this international collaboration. Chan fully took advantage of the flexibility of the digital format to let his imagination run wild with a tale that blends scatology with ruminations about life and death.

After winning an award at the Locarno Film Festival, Fruit Chan took Made in Hong Kong (1997) to be screened in the Main Competition at the Busan International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. Chan went on to make many awardwinning films and is still considered one of the mainstays of Hong Kong cinema. Public Toilet is Chan’s first work in digital format, and was filmed at various locations in Beijing, Busan, New York and India. After being shown as part of A Window on Asian Cinema section at Busan, the film went on to win the San Marco Prize - Special Mention at Venice Film Festival. It featured performances by up-and-coming Korean actors such as Jang Hyuk and Jo In-sung, the latter of whom appeared with Son Ye-jin in The Classic the following year, which became a big hit in Korea and abroad.

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