蘋果的記憶

克里斯托尼庫 Christos NIKOU

希臘、波蘭、斯洛維尼亞Greece, Poland, Slovenia | 2021 | DCP | Color | 91min

2021威尼斯影展地平線單元 2021奧斯卡最佳外語片希臘代表 近未來雅典，一種神秘的失憶症肆虐全球，患病的人會突如其來地忘記關於自己的一切。艾瑞斯，一位鬱鬱寡歡的孤寂男子，獨自生活在公寓套房，於某日在公車上睡著後就忘卻了一切，送進醫院也沒有任何親友前來慰問，只是靜靜地坐在一旁，削著手上的那顆蘋果，努力拼湊破碎的自我。在一場派對上，艾瑞斯遇上類似病症的安娜，同病相憐的兩人，能否帶著近乎空白的記憶重新建立起與外界的連結？ 一部帶有濃厚警世色彩的黑色荒謬劇，反映後疫情人類社會的寓言電影。導演以社會寫實的風格、卡夫卡式的冷冽幽默，想像失去記憶的社會將會是什麼樣子，試圖探問記憶的逝去與銘刻、自我認同的建立與喪失，進而大膽提出：是否我們終究只是那些無法被遺忘之物的總和。 As an unpredictable, sweeping pandemic causes people to develop sudden amnesia, Aris, a solitary man in his late thirties, becomes a victim of the unexplained surge of memory loss disorders in his city. Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help him build a new life. His treatment: performing daily tasks prescribed by his doctors on cassette tape, and capturing those with a Polaroid camera.