A HOLY FAMILY《神人之家》
Directed by Lu A-Liang (Elvis) 盧盈良 | 2022 | 87 mins | UNCL G
In Mandarin, with English subtitles | 中文發音,英文字幕
Awards 獎項
2022 Taipei Film Festival — Grand Prize, Best Documentary, Best Editing, Audience Choice Award
第24屆台北電影獎 — 百萬首獎、最佳紀錄片、最佳剪輯、觀眾票選獎
2022 Golden Horse Awards — Nominated for Best Documentary Feature & Best Film Editing
第59屆金馬獎 — 入圍最佳紀錄片、最佳剪輯
2022 Visions du Réel — International Feature Competition
第52屆瑞士真實影展 — 國際長片競賽單元
Documentary filmmaker A-Liang has been absent with his family for more than 20 years. The previously estranged family, where love and grudges always intertwine and interchangeably surface, slowly comes closer together through A-Liang’s lens. It is an intimate journey of homecoming, a portrait of rekindled family bonding despite differences in religious beliefs, and an unflinching tale of self-discovery through filmmaking.
Set in a rural area of southwestern Taiwan, A-Liang's family holds deep faith in their religious beliefs. A-Zhi, the brother, is recognised as a psychic in the village, while the father, a gambling addict, believes that the gods will reveal the lucky lottery numbers to him. The mother perseveres in performing religious rituals despite enduring hardships.
一名離家多年「北漂」的電影導演,如何透過紀錄片還原、縫合因生活的磨難而傷痕累累的原生家庭?在盧盈良真實的攝影機下,沒有一滴眼淚是人工的。而面對凡事求神問卜的迷信家人,又該如何活出人生?「人」與「神」之間的衝突該怎麼化解?
多年不再聯絡打擾,一通電話接起,卻讓他決定回到那個迷信、偏執、令人疲憊的老家。南部的大水曾經沖走生活的希望,這次能把不愉快的回憶一併沖掉嗎?
SCREENING DATES 放映日期
SYD: SAT 22 JULY | 1:30PM
with Short Film A NIGHT WITH MOOSINA《魍神之夜》
MEL: SAT 29 JULY | 1:45PM
with Short Film A NIGHT WITH MOOSINA《魍神之夜》
CBR: SUN 13 AUG | 1:00PM
with Short Film THE WAY HOME《野薊》