西南偏南电影节剧情片竞赛。 Nellie and Daisy attempt to escape the institution for delinquent girls in 1954 New Zealand, however not only are they caught, it triggers a relocation to a facility on a remote island. The duo become a trio as well-to-do Lou joins them, and life on the island takes shape under the command of devout Matron. The trio rail against the system, dubious of the benevolence of the bible and taking refuge in their blossoming friendship. It’s hard to reform girls who don’t believe they need reforming. However, a sense of doom settles in when experimental forms of punishment take place in the dead of night. Nellie and Daisy plot rebellion, but unexpectedly find themselves at odds with Lou, who is afraid to break the rules.
I was going to see this for MASIFF closing night but I wanted to see Under Streetlights for a second though I ended up watching for 8 times already, but finally I watched it in Townsville. I like this film a lot and New Zealand films will never let me down.
老影迷阅片打卡~（照例贴几张截图）
三个女孩的叛逆童话。画面拍得很美，但人物塑造脸谱化，新西兰好像没有白人对毛利女性绝育的历史依托，本片想刻画的其实是girl power。
NZIFF开幕电影，导演说得知消息后慌了，因为人们都会拿她和去年的开幕电影《坠落的审判》比…的确是比不上，但也还不错，3.5+吧，一个小品级别的片子。特别新西兰，特别惠灵顿，故事中的小岛就在城里的海湾（所以划个小船真的就能回城），现在是个专门保护区，我去年刚去做过田野。我都能看出导演是怎么努力用镜头避开现代城市和码头的景致以免穿帮（真的很难所以也导致没啥远景）。故事情节是虚构的，挪移了北美白人给印第安人女性做绝育的历史背景（这边的白人估计不敢对毛利人这么做顶多是其他歧视）但加入了一点真实的历史，就是一百年前真的有个中国人孤独地住在那座岛的一个角落上，他遗留下来的棚屋也成了故事中帮助女孩们的关键地点。我当时在田野时岛上管理员看到我就提到了这个曾经住在岛上的中国人，电影里再次提到就觉得还有点感动
想打三点五的，明明有足够吸引人的角色，要是能再往下深一点点就好了。少女出逃的戏码无疑是打动人的；还是从一个如此教科书式的反派手中。但是校长的愿望和想法又到底是什么呢？除了严苛、保守、虔诚外，我们只匆匆窥见了她也曾犯错的少女时期，却没有更多的展开，有点遗憾。以及很多想表达的意思用这么美的景和人都可以表现，不需要逐字逐句说出来或者用旁白，其实拍得更诗化一点会更好。