Following a banal incident in her local village, 8-year old girl Shula is accused of witchcraft. After a short trial she is found guilty, taken into state custody and exiled to a witch camp in the middle of a desert. At the camp she takes part in an initiation ceremony where she is shown the rules surrounding her new life as a witch. Like the other residents, Shula is tied to a ribbon which is attached to a coil that perches in a large tree. She is told that should she ever cut the ribbon, she'll be cursed and transformed into a goat.
向来对非洲题材不甚感冒,这部竟让人刮目相看。以女性主义视角进行本土凝视,却也释放出层层诗意来,实属不易(除了维瓦尔弟有滥用之嫌)。只可惜,本片从投资到制作再到发行,都来自于西方,当看到黑人导演一旁站着三位白人制片时,莫名的尴尬油然而生。
shula的台词很少很少,她总是在沉默中拒绝,在沉默中反抗,在沉默中接受一切,但只有最后一次,她终于开口说道:我应该选择当一只羊的,因为羊可以自由地吃草,去它们想去的地方。然后她剪短了那条白色绑带。那是她人生中最掷地有声地一次呼喊。
2.5 basculement vers la fiction(mais sans succès)
8。好,我现在算是明白了,是我思想认知和文化程度差,所以我根本看不懂这部电影。我是个喜欢看非洲题材电影的人,但这回我是真的看不懂。这部电影应该放在巴黎东京宫这种虚幻的地方。一星给主角小孩,另一星给拍摄。