2014 CNEX 國際華人紀錄片影展

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香港 HK / 2009 / 118 min / 導演 Director：杜海濱 DU Hai-bin

2009 威尼斯影展地平線單元 最佳紀錄片

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2008年5月12日14時28分，四川地震。

在鋪天蓋地的報導和施救之中，「生存」成為最重要的一個詞：竭力尋找搜救親人的個人，痛徹心扉的家庭，救出山裡受災養豬場的牲畜，在倒塌的瓦礫間收集價值菲薄的報廢金屬……廢墟之上，衣衫襤褸的流浪漢在遊蕩，冷眼旁觀近乎荒謬的厄運突如其來降臨的悲慘世界。

地震後210天，村民正在準備迎接災後第一個農曆新年……

The “Great Sichuan Earthquake” took place at 14:28 on May 12, 2008.

10 days after: Scenes not seen on official TV channels, “survival” is the keyword. Ordinary people are salvaging destroyed pig farms in the mountains, recuperating cents-worth scrapped metals, or pillaging victims’ homes. Behind the highly-mediatized official visits, inconsolable grief of families searching for loved ones. Throughout, a vagabond in tattered clothes wanders among the ruins, observing tragic scenes. A monk and a Taoist visionary suggest: “the earthquake is the consequence of Earth Gods no longer worshipped.”

 210 days after: Harsh winter, villagers preparing for Lunar New Year, the Vagabond and family are detailing grievances about the ill-handling of rebuilding schemes and relief funds. Gearing up for a high official’s visit, comes a thorough clean-up of the villages and tent-resettlement for refugees. Promise made for all to live in houses in winter seems tough to keep. Fake parts in the community transformer brought electricity blackout for New Year’s Eve reunion dinners. New Year Day starts as never-ending parade of tourists buying DVDs of the most horrific scenes, souvenir albums of corpses being pulled out of the ruins, and photo taking in front of Beichuan, the town most severely hit, where over 70000 people perished in seconds.