白种元的悲惨世界

　　The film accompanies Magaye Niyang, a star of Touki-Bouki, a 1972 classic directed by her own uncle Djibril Diop. Following this path, we are witness of Niyang travel to a special screening of the film, which has a public release in his old town. Niyang seems detached and with a heavy longing from the past, and therefore, the film debris permeates everything with unescapable sorrow and fascination.
　　Diop film is, first and foremost, a nostalgic travel through memory, time and recreation. It is also a watermark in contemporary experimental documentary, a very intimate portrait of a lost long journey through the past that isn’t returning anymore, a detachment of rejected fame, recognition and connection which is heavily grounded on a legacy that belongs to the past, and that connects directly to a country (Senegal) and its heritage, which is sometimes feel excruciating for the old ones (a testimony such as the taxi scene in the film, where the cab driver longs for changes, and claims that the old generation had done nothing for that).
　　Mille Soleils (A Thousand Suns) and, in itself, Mati Diop’s crucial talent, should be a point of reference into what could easily be one of the most interesting proposals of hybrid documentary cinema which has come from France, and which deals with a strong African heritage. Since 35 Rhums, where she proved her actress talent, Diop seems like a true promise for the following years of cinema.

　　本片从两个不同角度讲述了一对夫妻的故事，他们从56K调制解调器的时代开始约会，并在接下来的二十年中维护着这段感情。

　　从19世纪到21世纪，从英国到全世界，狄更斯从未离开我们身边。普通读者惊叹维多利亚时代伦敦的奇妙，文艺读者为苦命小孤女掬一把同情泪，更有些读者喜欢扳着指头苦算男主和女主谁才是第一章某龙套的二舅的小姨子三十年前的私生子…… 作为BBC纪念狄更斯诞辰200周年特别节目，《荒凉百宝店》以《荒凉山庄(Bleak House)》和《老古玩店(The Old Curiosity Shop)》两部大作命名，片中各种狄更斯彩蛋更是遍地开花。
　　贾灵顿·莫再提一家四口经营着一家温馨的小店，危机和恶人却悄然逼近……他们能从流浪儿、神秘老妇、黑心律师和无处不在的各路奇葩中杀出一条血路，幸福生活下去吗？Secret-Past的姓氏难道真藏着什么神秘过往？债务人监狱中的死鹅与三十年前的婚礼有着怎样的联系？岁末年初，请和破烂熊英剧组一同戴上礼帽，睁大眼睛，走进这间荒凉百宝店！
　　注：本集为圣诞特别篇，正片共30分钟X三集，暂定2012年1月中旬播出。
　　角色简介：
　　贾灵顿·莫再提 Jedrington Secret-Past
　　老百宝店店主，幸福的一家之主，顾名思义也拥有不堪回首的身世……由英国著名笑星Robert Webb担纲。
　　康瑟多娃 Conceptiva
　　虽然暂时还没有很多娃，但深爱两个娃和丈夫的她绝对有志成为贤妻良母。脱下紧身套装，换上更紧身的蓬蓬裙，IT狂人中的Katherine Parkinson姐姐还是那么销魂。
　　维克多与维多利亚 Victor Victoria
　　店主夫妇一对可爱的孩子，拥有让人过目不忘的名字…… 小演员Finlay Christie和Ambra Lily Keegan绝对是值得关注的新星。
　　马里法克斯·销金沃姆 Malifax Skulkingworm (圣诞特别篇)
　　人如其名，大律师“钻营虫”先生就是邪恶的化身。身材华丽，帽子伟岸，气势逼人，只有神奇的Stephen Fry大叔才能完美诠释这一牛人。