18/6 風吹麥動/The Wind That Shakes The Barley

Director : Ken Loach (英國 /England)
Writer: Paul Laverty
2005/127min/English, Irish Gaelic/Color

世外桃源或許是一直以來我們對愛爾蘭一個最貼切的認知，但真實遠遠不止于太平盛世的我們的這個想像。背景放在20世紀二十年代，英國和愛爾蘭之間的矛盾不斷加深，最終爆發愛爾蘭獨立戰爭。將電影看成政治的英國著名導演盧治憑本片獲得康城金棕櫚獎時說過：「一旦我們敢於說出歷史真相，也許我們就敢於說出當下的真相。」（If we dare to tell the truth about the past, perhaps we shall dare tell the truth about the present.）影片宣傳時曾以煽情標語：“愛爾蘭的河水是鹹的，因為那是愛爾蘭人的眼淚。” 中國很早以前就能拍出此類反映民族苦難時覺醒鬥爭的片子，只是現在，似乎主動放棄了話語權？還是我們沒有勇氣？這不禁令人想到，“共和國的旗幟是紅的，因為那是中國人的鮮血。”

Ireland, 1920. Damien and Teddy are brothers. But while the latter is already the leader of a guerrilla squad fighting for the independence of his motherland, Damien, a medical graduate of University College, would rather further his training at the London hospital where he has found a place. However, shortly before his departure, he happens to witness atrocities committed by the ferocious Black and Tans and finally decides to join the resistance group led by Teddy. The two brothers fight side by side until a truce is signed. But peace is short-lived and when one faction of the freedom-fighters accepts a treaty with the British that is regarded as unfair by the other faction, a civil war ensues, pitting Irishmen against Irishmen, brothers against brothers, Teddy against Damien….

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