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回复 周怡梅 :学校21993年，山田洋次導演的《學校》在日本本士引起極大迴響，不僅贏得好評如潮，更在各大頒獎禮中獨領風騷。延續篇《學校II》將舞台移師至北海道一間供智障學童入讀的高中，但仍舊以刻劃帥生關係及反思教育意義為核心主題。山田在片中寄托了他對學校及老師們的期望：教育並非只靈培育老師心目中的好學生，老師的工作也並非只是教學，更重要的是跟學生建立深厚的關係。全片溫情洋溢，值得細味。TheLearningCircle,afilmbyYamadaYojiandafollow-uptohis1993hitAClassToRemember,isamovingstoryaboutthedailylifeofteachersandstudentsatahighschoolformentally-handicappedchildren.Inthisfilm,Yamadahasdepictedvividlyandwithgenuineemotionthedreamsandexpectationshehasforallschoolsandteacher:"Educationismuchmorethanmerelymintingstudentswhoareeasyforschoolsandteacherstohandle.Ateacher'sjobismorethanjustteachingandguidingstudents,itisalsotoassociatecloselywiththem."新學年又開始了。在北海道一間專供智障學童入讀的高中，青山龍平老師正在迎接新生。當中一位名叫高志的學生智商不算低，但過去曾受同學欺侮，心靈創傷使他從此一言不發。另一位學生佑矢就更是問題多多。他總是不肯乖乖坐著，一時大呼小叫，一時又像一枝箭似的飛奔出課室；問他甚麼也好，答案就衹有一個：午後紅茶－他最喜愛的飲料。資深老師也拿他沒法，於是把佑矢交給新到任的小林老師看管，害得他沒一刻能放鬆，差點得了神經衰弱。直到一天，一件前所未有的事發生了：佑矢忽然跳了起來，想要搶奪北川老師手中的文稿。這時，一直沒開口說過一句話的高志忽然疾言厲色地罵他。更令人意外的是郤是佑矢的反應──他第一次順著別人的意思去做。自那一天起，學校有了重大的改變，不僅是學生，老師也一樣……資料來源︰電影雙周刊—HomeEntertainmentDVD(香港)
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回复 许淑华 :大清后宫Star,asuicidalteennowtoooldforfostercare,developsacandidrapportwithAn,astudentfromShanghaiwhoisassignedtowatchherwhilesheisinhospital.Anightlyexchangeofsecrets,textmessagesandpossessionsquicklyexpandstheboundariesoftheirrelationship,alteringtheirinnerchemistry.Gildedbyasoundscapethatinterweavesworkbyemergingandpioneeringelectronicmusicians,QueensoftheQingDynastyisanoffbeatodetoneurodiversityandgenderqueerindividualswhorefusetoconform.DirectorAshleyMcKenzie’sblendofformalismandgrittyrealismdoesnotfailtosurpriseandtreatstheaudiencetoflashesofvisualandconceptualpoetry.Hercastisentirelycomposedoffirst-timeactorswhoconvincinglyconveyhowuniqueeveryindividualis,bothinhowtheyseetheworldandhowtheyrelatetoothers.ZiyinZhengintheroleofAngraciouslyembodiesamixofidiosyncrasyandfranknessthatmakesthemanidealconfidanteforStar(SarahWalker).TheyhavewhatittakestobeonthereceivingendofthescrutinisinggazeofStar,whoseesthroughconventionsandneverceasestobeamazedatlife’sbewilderingevents.Veeringonslapstick,Walker’sperformancewillnotgounnoticed.
