Tropical Fish

Director Chen Yu-Hsun 陳玉勳 | 1994 | 116 mins | UNCL G

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Awards 獎項

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1995 Taipei Golden Horse Award - Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay

第32屆金馬獎 - 最佳女配角、最佳原創劇本

1995 Taipei Golden Horse Award - Nominated for Best Director, Best Narrative Feature, Best Supporting Actor 

第32屆金馬獎 - 入圍最佳導演、最佳劇情片、最佳男配角

1995 Locarno International Film Festival - Leopard Awards

第48屆瑞士盧卡諾影展 - 藍豹獎

1995 Montpellier Film Festival - Best Feature Film

第15屆法國蒙貝利耶影展 - 最佳影片

Director Chen’s staggering debut feature uses satire to present social imbalance, urban-rural disparities, and credentialism in Taiwan. The eccentric and delightful characters set up with vibrant visual dreamscapes, director Chen successfully transformed himself from TV production into the cinematic world. 

Ah-Jiang, an upright 15-year-old teenager always having a dream of being a superhero, gets entangled as a victim in a kidnap, along with another boy Dan Sui. The sudden death of the mastermind results in the failure of the kidnap and triggers a series of unexpected yet funny incidents. On top of that, Ah-Jiang is striving to study hard to make it back to attend the upcoming entrance exam…

陳玉勳的電影長片處女作《熱帶魚》，從一樁綁架案引出一連串看似荒誕不經的事件，以九零年代的台灣為背景，關照升學主義、非法賭博、城鄉差距等社會問題。初試啼聲即在國內外影壇皆有斬獲——盧卡諾影展藍豹獎，以及金馬獎最佳原著劇本獎和女配角獎（文英），也奠定陳玉勳往後『喜劇鬼才』的風格。

準備聯考的國三學生阿強，因緣際會之下，與另一名小男孩道南一起被綁架。兩名綁匪正籌該如何處理肉票，其中一名綁匪卻橫禍身亡，獨自面對兩名兒童的綁匪阿慶更不知道如何處理才好，只好找上他的親朋好友商量，於是展開一段令人跌破眼鏡、又趣味橫生的故事......。

Filmmaker in Focus: Chen Yu-Hsun 焦點影人｜陳玉勳

Born in 1962, Chen Yu-Hsun started working as an intern for Wang Shau-Di’s studio and discovered his passion for using moving images as a tool for storytelling. Chen continued to work as a scriptwriter for various TV series before developing his first feature, Tropical Fish (1994) which enjoyed a successful international festival tour. His attention to detail and awareness of surroundings has made it successful to expand his creativity into the advertising industry. With hilarious, creative, and memorable works throughout his career, Director Chen skillfully adds satire into his scripts to spotlight the voiceless or perhaps the forgotten people.  

1962年出生於台灣台北，大學時期曾在導演王小棣的工作室實習，奠定陳玉勳對影像敘事的熱忱。曾經執筆多部電視劇，包括「快樂車行」、「佳家福」與「母雞帶小鴨」等。1994年完成首部劇情長片《熱帶魚》，榮獲多項國際大獎肯定——盧卡諾影展的藍豹獎與法國蒙貝利耶電影節的最佳影片。陳玉勳也成功地將自己的創意擴展到廣告業，在他的職業生涯中端出了無數個有趣、可口、令人難忘的廣告。