2014 CNEX 國際華人紀錄片影展

誰殺了我們的孩子 Who Killed Our Children

 中國大陸 China / 2008 / 92 min / 導演 Director：潘劍林 PAN Jian-lin

2008 釜山影展 競賽片 

2009 城市遊牧影展

誠品信義11/1,12:30   信義威秀11/4,1500
 

四川青川縣木魚鎮的木魚中學，在512四川地震中有棟校舍坍塌，據官方統計共286名學生喪生；但實際死亡人數不僅於此。

導演從震災後第六天就搶進災區，整部影片以訪談構成，逃過一劫的學生、害怕承擔責任的教師、悲働欲絕的父母、為了維持政府形象而隱瞞事實的政府官員、臨陣脫逃的救難志工……不同的觀點與陳述，對比出一場宛若羅生門的荒謬悲劇。

Six days after the earthquake struck, Chinese filmmaker PAN Jian-lin packed his camera and rushed to Sichuan. Ten days nonstop filming and several trips afterwards, this documentary is one of the strongest reporting on the earthquake produced so far.

The film tells the story of the Muyu Middle School, located in Qingchuan county in Sichuan. Nearly 300 children died in the school’s dormitory, which collapsed as they were taking their afternoon naps. The film takes a systematic look at the details of the collapse of the school dormitory, where even the number of children who died in the collapse is in dispute. Through a series of interviews, brilliantly edited, this film becomes a relentless investigation of how people and their societies attempt to cope with unimaginable tragedy. Pan tackles these difficult issues in a remarkably dispassionate way. There are no voice-overs, no dramatic music or overdone text, no fancy graphics — just the unfolding of events.

 Do not expect easy answers or sweeping condemnations here. “It was impossible to confirm what was true and what was not true,” said PAN. “So maybe everybody had some things in their stories that were true and some things that were not true. It is impossible to tell.”