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Awomanintheframe’sforegroundwatcheseventsunfoldinginaroom.Suddenly,hithertohiddenbyherfigure,herdoubleentersthescene,andcatastropheensues.Isthisatrickyhorror-mystery-thrillerbyDarioArgentoorBrianDePalma?No,itistheextraordinary,unexpectedgestureofIndonesianmasterGarinNugrohomarryinghispenchantforother-worldlyfantasywithmyriaddevicesofpopulargenre.ARotterdamregularoverthepasttwenty-sevenyears,Nugroho’simpressivebodyofworkspansfeatures,documentariesandshorts,amongtheseacclaimedOperaJawa,selectedforIFFR2007.

　　A group of middle school kids stumble upon a chest full of incredible toys from the future. The discovery takes them on an adventure using their newfound toys to save their neighborhood and ultimately the world from a maniacal corporate madman. In the process, these "loser" kids learn they have the qualities they thought they were lacking all along.

Ataleofloveandviolencewhenamanonhisemotionallastlegsfindsasaviorseductivelydancinginarun-downstripclub.Andalifemostcertainlyheadedoffacliffsuddenlybecomesredirected-asEVERYTHINGisnowworthdyingfor.

To try and overcome a lifetime of bitterness and resentment, an older lady decides to climb a mountain in Scotland.

Andre, recovering from a recent accident, agrees to help his friend Robert by taking over a house sitting job at a creepy home nestled in the hills above Los Angeles. As night comes, the house reveals its insidious nature as Andre begins hearing ominous sounds and experiencing strange occurrences throughout the house that lead him to believe he is not alone, and that someone, or something is in the house with him.

本片以上世纪六十年代的本地家庭为主轴，通过成员的际遇，带出早期的甘榜生活以及后来的组屋生活，剧情横跨数十年。电影也将体现新加坡如何从一个以方言为主流语言的社会演变成华语到现今英语的过程，从中回顾流失的方言。它也会融入导演的许多亲身经历，并将安插多首怀旧歌曲。Afterthe1969nationwidefloods,ZhaoDitakesoverherfathersfamilyfarmwiththehelpofreformedgangsterAhLong.AsSingaporeseconomyprospers,theSingaporeanmindsetisalsoforcedtochangewiththetimes.Osmancatcheshisteenageson,Ahmadpracticingwithhisrockband.Asaconservativeman,OsmanbelievesrockmusicwillhaveanegativeinfluenceonAhmad.Fatherandsonargueovertheirdifferentopinions,causingAhmadtorunaway.Meanwhile,AhHeeandRanidecidetogetmarried.Buttheirtraditionalparentsdisapproveoftheirmarriage.In1977,theGovernmentbeginsexpropriatinglandforredevelopment,forcingvillagersfromtheirkampongs.Licensedfarmlandowners,suchasZhaoDi,arefinanciallycompensatedfortheirland.AhKun,ZhaoDisgreedybrotheraccusesZhaoDiandAhLongofhavinganaffairtotarnishhernameinfrontofthefamily.InthemidstofAhKunspersistentaccusations,ZhaoDishealthtakesahit.WillZhaoDibeabletokeepherhard-earnedcompensationmoney?WhatwillbecomeofherfamilyifZhaoDishealthcontinuestodeteriorate?Aspeoplechangewithtime,willthekampongspiritremain?

Prehistoricsand-dwellingsharksareunleashedontheislandofWhiteSandswhenanunderwaterearthquakecracksopenacraterdeepbeneaththeoceansurface.Themostmenacingbeatstoeverrulethewatersnowrulethesand;withtheirmonsterappetitiestheymercillesslyfeastonanythingthatcrossestheirpathMarkAtkinsdirectsthissci-ficreaturefeaturehorror.Whenanunderwaterearthquakeopensupadeepcraterontheoceanfloor,aprehistoricbreedoflethalsand-dwellingsharksisunleashedupontheunsuspectingresidentsofWhiteSandsIsland.

Onthe100thanniversaryoftheoriginalvoyage,amodernluxurylinerchristened"Titanic2,"followsthepathofitsnamesake.Butwhenatsunamihurlsanicebergintothenewship'spath,thepassengersandcrewmustfighttoavoidasimilarfate.

Night Falls in India tells the story of Ricardo (Juan Diego) and Dana (Clara Voda). Ricardo decides to travel overland to India, as he used to do in the old days, when he brought hippies to the East with his van, crossing Europe, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan. But the situation is very different now. Ricardo has been in a wheelchair for the last ten years, suffering from a degenerative disease now in its final stage. He wants to die on the banks of the Ganges River and meet Gadhali again. In this journey, he is accompanied by Dana, his Rumanian housekeeper. Life owes something to these two lonely beings. The journey will become the alibi for paying it off. Night Falls in India is a shining road-movie full of life that uses journey as an excuse to tell a story about love and the passing of time, about the importance of the present and the need to recover lost time; a story in which the journey itself is as important as the arrival.

Setinanundergrounddungeoninhabitedbybundled,raggedhumanbeings,afterthenuclearholocaust.Thestoryfollowsthewanderingsofaherothroughthesituationsofsurvival.PeoplewaitfortheArktoarriveandrescuethemwhiletheirhabitatfallsapart.Delvingdeepintothedustyandlongabandondedvaultsofb-cinemainsearchoflostgemsalwaysleavesmewithabittersweettaste.Ononehandthediscoveryofunexpectedgemswherenoonewouldthinkthempossibleisarewardingexperience.Ontheotherhandthoughitmakesonewonderhowmanyoftheseremarkablelow-budgetoddities,personalloveaffairsofdirectorsneverquitefamousandnowallbutforgotten,havealmostforeverslippedfrommemory?nanycasewhatwehavehereisalittlepost-apocalypticgemfromPolandthatisreallybetterthanithasanyrightto.ThedystopiannearfutureofO-BI,O-BAfindsagroupofsurvivorsofthenuclearwarthatravagedtheEarthinhabitinganunderworldconcretebunkerandbidingtheirtimeastheywaitforthemysteriousArk,anairshipofsomekindthatwillcomeandsavethem.TheArkprovestobeanelaboratehoax,carefullydesignedtogivehopetothemalnourishedanddesperatedenizensofthebunker,whileinthemeantimethedomethatseparatestheirmiserableexistencefromthenuclearwinteroutsideisslowlycavingin.Whatfirststrikedmeaboutthemovieisthedesignofthebunkerandthedepictionofthesurvivors.Thesurvivorsaregaunt,filthyandterrible-lookingpenitents,dressedinragsandaimlesslywanderingtheneon-lithallsofthebunkerlikeautomatons.Thebunkerisarundown,seedyplace,withbrightneonlightspeeringfromallsidesliketheeyesofmalignantbeasts.Ononehanditisaslightly80’sdepictionofthedystopianfuturebutthemovieneverstoopsdowntoMADMAXcheese.Insteaditcombinesbitingpoliticalsatirewiththebleakoutlookofaworldwithnofuture,blackcomedywithbarbsonapathy,religionandpower.Thesurvivors,forexample,arefedsomekindofflourdroppingfromatubethathoversintheair-lateronwediscoverthefoodsupervisorusesbooksandtheBibleitselfasfillerforthismeagremeal.Therearemanysuchshortsymbolictouches,perhapsnotlife-changingorfaith-restoring,yetplayful,cleverandinspired.Onethingisforsure;O-BI,O-BAisnotyourrun-of-the-millsci-fischlock.Itovercomesitsmodestbudgetwithcreativityandhasgenuineartisticaspirationsbothfromawritinganddirectingperspective.Myopinionisthatitshouldhavebeenfilmedinblackandwhiteinsteadofcolourthough.Thedirectorusesatmosphericlightandshadowtogreateffectanditwouldhaveregisteredevenbetterinstarkblackandwhite.Theblue-greenneonontheotherhandoutstaysitswelcomeafterawhile.Justaminorgripeinanotherwisesolidb-moviewithitsheartsetinalltherightplaces.ImaginealessbleakTHEROAD(CormacMcCarthy)beinginjectedwiththesatireandhumourofDR.STRANGELOVEandyou’regettingthere.Seeitifyoucanfindit.