小小的回家願望

阿拉什．里耶 Arash T. RIAHI

奧地利Austria | 2020 | DCP | Color | 102min

八歲的奧斯卡和十三歲的姊姊莉莉與母親相依為命，他們是車臣難民，在沒有正式居留身分的情況下，已在維也納a生活六年。一天，媽媽自殺未遂被送進醫院，三人的身分因此曝光；兩個孩子雖不用遣返，但必須透過政府暫時安置，安排到不同的寄養家庭生活。天真的孩子們一心想要回到媽媽的身邊，用盡各種方式打聽媽媽的下落，希望用他們的愛以及溫暖的話語，克服一切障礙，讓一家人團圓。 本片改編自Monika HELFER 的同名小說。導演從自身經驗出發，長期關注難民議題，他的作品《For a Moment, Freedom》是半自傳電影，講述伊朗難民逃離家園，卻遭遇荒謬的行政公務流程。不同於過去嚴肅論述，本片則以孩子的角度描繪現實生活，時而幽默、時而溫馨，兩位童星的精彩演出令人驚艷，讓本片自然乘載人道關懷精神。 The Chechen refugee kids Oskar, age 8, and Lilli, age 13, who have been living in Austria for six years, are about to be deported along with their mother. When their mother attempts suicide, it results in the short-term suspension of the deportation – but also in the forced separation of the family. The children hope that they will be reunited with their mother and with their love for each other they challenge all bureaucratic obstacles. The story is a bitter-sweet odyssey about how to survive through many ways of perceiving the world around you.