Twenty Two  

 

Dir. Guo Ke
Documentary
China, 2016
In Mandarin and dialect with Chinese and English subtitles
95 mins

 

Guo Ke follows his multiple-award winning short Thirty Two with the searching and highly moving documentary Twenty Two, which again focuses on the subject of Chinese ‘comfort women’ during World War II. At the time of filming, only 22 of the 200,000 Chinese victims forced into sexual slavery during World War II remained alive. Through a restrained and careful approach, Twenty Two offers a look at the current situation and lives of these 22 elderly women. Quietly humanistic, the engaging and challenging film follows the subjects as they go about their daily lives, listening to them talk about their experiences and their own perspectives on life, including both suffering and happiness. Skilfully avoiding becoming intrusive, Guo Ke’s film attempts to trace, assemble and preserve fragments of histories both factual and highly personal, and ensuring their voices are heard. With a strong sense of character and obvious investment in its subject matter, the film invites the viewer to listen to the stories of these women, and pays tribute to their bravery.

 

 

​片名：二十二

导演：郭柯
纪录片
中国（2016）
语言：普通话，方言；字幕：中英文
片长：95分钟

 

继屡获殊荣的短片《三十二》，郭柯带来深度而动人的纪录片新作《二十二》，该片又一次聚焦二战时期中国“慰安妇”题材。在影片拍摄时期，20万二战时期被迫沦为性奴的中国受害者仅存22人。《二十二》用严谨而仔细的态度记录了这22个老人的生活现状。影片深入主题和该题材的挑战性，带着静谧的人道主义去观察她们的日常生活，倾听她们讲述饱含悲喜的经历和人生感悟。郭柯的电影巧妙地避免了对拍摄者生活的打扰，试图去追踪、聚集和保护真实又高度个人化的历史碎片，将这种声音放大。带着饱满的角色和对于该题材倾注的努力，影片邀请观众倾听这些老人的故事并钦佩她们的勇气。 

 

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