1991年,在以色列,一个犹太家庭的一个兄弟去世了,全家人来到死者的家里,在老母亲的带领下举丧7天。每个人都必须遵守犹太教的传统,不准吃肉、所有的镜子都必须遮盖起来、不能离开公用的厅堂……。在封闭的空间里,气氛很快变得非常沉闷。兄弟姐妹加上各自的配偶,日夜被迫互相忍受,抱怨和争吵不久就取代了哀悼,压抑多年的金钱争执、怨恨、尚未愈合的创伤重新浮上台面。本片以幽默和自嘲手法描述一个犹太家庭,今年5月曾在戛纳电影节“国际影评周”单元作为开幕片。。Eburi is a 36 year-old man. Nothing enthuses him any more. While being drunk, he promises to contribute a story to a magazine. When he sobers down, he decides to write about the life of a salaried employee like himself who is very ordinary, not particularly talented.
The following is his story:
In 1949, Eburi gets married to Natsuko. His monthly salary is 8,000 yen and hers 4,000 yen. Therefore, both have to work to support themselves. Eburi has developed a habituIl tendency to pester around when he gets drunk. One year after their marriage, son Shosuke is born. In 1959, Eburi's mother dies in despair of her husband who has become listless due to the several ups and downs of gaining big profits and going bankrupt. His father is still alive and Eburi is enable to find a way to pay his father's debts. He is doubtful if he can make his wife and child happy. Nevertheless, he has somehow managed to survive so far, living in one of the houses at the employee housing quarters. He gives the title "The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman" to his story of half novel and half essay style. When it is published, it receives the Naoki Literary Prize (the award given in memory of popular writer Naoki Sanjugo). At a party to celebrate his award, he gets drunk and pesters around.
Notes
The film is based on a novel written in the style of an essay under the same title by Yamaguchi Hitomi, depicting everyday life of a man categorized as "During-the-war Generation" who spent school days during the war and get married to start new life in the struggling post-war era. "Everyman" in the title means an average salaried employee who makes up an overwhelming majority of the city population in Japan, and "The Elegant Life" indicates sarcasm on betterment of the standard of living of ordinary salaried employees accompanied with Japan's economic growth after only a decade from the destroyed post-war period. As depicted in the film, the author Yamaguchi Hitomi was awarded the Naoki Literature Prize for this story. When he established himself well enough to become independent, he quit working as a salaried employee. Director Okamoto Kihachi and the leading actor Kobayashi Keiju belong to the same generation as the author. Exploiting innovative effects such as inserting animation sequences, the film humorously presents compassion of a middle-aged salaried employee. Kobayashi Keiju, who was originally noted for his excellent portrayal of salaried employee, won the best leading actor award of the Mainichi Film Contest for his superb performance in this picture.。《沙囊》(Ballast)美国导演:兰斯-汉莫(Lance Hammer) 主演:米歇尔-J-史密斯(Micheal J. Smith) 吉姆-美罗恩-罗斯(Jim Myron Ross) 泰拉-里格斯(Tarra Riggs) 影片介绍: 密西西比三角洲的小镇上,单身母亲Marlee和她喜欢惹是生非的的儿子詹姆斯相依为命。一名男子的突然自杀改变了他们的生活……该片入围08年圣丹斯电影节剧情片竞赛单元。 导演介绍:兰斯-汉莫(Lance Hammer)1967年生于洛杉矶,南加州大学建筑系学士学位。而后以布景师的身份进入电影行业。《淤积》(Alluvial)是他的第一部作品他担任了导演、编剧、制片三重角色,该片参加了多个国际电影节并获得好评。2002年,他依靠编写的《不完美细胞》(The Imperfect Cell)剧本进入了柏林电影节的天才训练...。