(👷)In Uruguay, they don't say cheese in front of the camera - they say whisky. Beneath the artificially photographed smiles, however, is a blueprint for the "South American Gothic," minus the farm and the forks. These Montevidean folks' stony expressions belie a life gripped frozen by accustomed routines. So it goes with an old Jewish bachelor who owns an ageing sock factory. When his estranged younger brother decides to visit for their mother's burial, he asks his employee Marta to pose as his wife. The resulting encounter creates clumsy silences that are uncomfortably comic. Grand Prize, Tokyo Film Festival and FIPRESCI prize from Cannes.
　　這一代(🍗)的年輕(qīng )人(rén )真係(xì )好老(lǎo )成(chéng )好cool，兩個新導演還(hái )(🛹)不到三十，便(biàn )已(🧔)拍出型到飛起(qǐ )黑色到痺的老(🍺)人寂寞晚境(🈁)。話說(shuō )(😤)襪廠老闆阿(ā )積(jī )孤家寡人，寂(🐼)寞(🈁)到死，一天飛來鴻雁，巴(🙊)西的弟弟話來拜訪。他要(😯)表面風光，唯有(yǒu )求(🛹)忠厚(🛹)下屬(shǔ )瑪泰暫(zàn )充老(lǎo )婆。兩個名字(zì )同樣(👰)叫(🏒)孤(gū )獨的六十幾歲人忽然親(👷)近，彆扭得(💍)不在話下。口若懸河的(📛)巴西弟(📫)弟一出現(xiàn )，畫面(💝)調(😢)子大轉彎。三人海(👵)邊度(🔓)假，瑪泰沉睡的神經率先波(bō )動，往後(hòu )發(fā )生的(de )事估(gū )都估唔到(♌)。郭利(🔙)斯馬(mǎ )基(🤯)式(🖇)冷面幽(👲)默扭橋扭到熱帶(dài )南美，黑色(🌂)照(✖)舊輕描淡(dàn )(🕝)寫功(🔣)力同樣高超(chāo )，另一(yī )種風(🚠)情絕對原創。去年(nián )(🤼)康城驚艷(yàn )，連(lián )奪(duó )國際影評人(rén )獎(jiǎng )及原創(chuàng )觀點大(🕶)獎。
　　Source: 29th HKIFF (2005)