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A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

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A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

Program Introduction

國影電影編號:M2025_04_04

放映規格:DCP

級別:普遍級

片長:83分鐘

發音:華語、英語

字幕:中英字幕

 

★ 4/12 場次由導演王穎出席映後座談 Post-screening talk with director Wayne WANG.

 

王穎 Wayne WANG | 美國 USA | 2007 | DCP | Color | 83min

 

2007 多倫多影展 Toronto IFF

2007 聖塞巴斯汀影展金貝殼獎、最佳男演員、天主教人道精神獎、電影作家協會獎 Golden Seashell, Best Actor, SIGNIS Award & CEC Award, San Sebastian IFF

 

鰥夫史老先生獨居北京,得知離家多年的獨生女在美國失婚,決定飛越千里探望她。女兒與父親疏遠多年,在窄仄公寓內築起一道沉默的牆,迴避他的殷切關心。某日,父親在公園巧遇自伊朗移民的老婦,不諳英語的兩人卻能互吐心事,展開一段微妙友誼。父女親情是千年修來的善緣,還是註定無法理解彼此的詛咒?當謊言與秘密糾結不清,兩人能否化開多年心結?

 

拍攝多部好萊塢商業作品後,王穎重返獨立製片及家庭題材,改編華人女作家李翊雲的同名英文短篇小說,重拾《點心》裡小津式的舒緩步調、空鏡美學,在新一代華人移民故事中,回望自已與家人的互動經驗及幽微情感。

 

A widowed Chinese man visits his daughter in the U.S. after her divorce, hoping to help her heal. However, his insistence on fixing her life leads to friction in her home. Adapted from Chinese American writer Li Yiyun's short story, the film's subtle, observational style captures the emotional distance between father and daughter through quiet moments of tension and reconciliation.