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.
晚清,中国内忧外患。在曾国藩等人的筹办下,江南机器制造总局应运而生。邝福海受捻军的派遣前来阻挠,与梦想自建坚船利炮的徐华容结成生死之交。徐华容传播西方科学,推行洋务运动,阻止李鸿章用造船经费购买外国军舰,呕心沥血赶造兵舰,但最终功亏一篑。“甲午战争”惨败后,洋务运动破产,江南制造局成众矢之的。徐华容奔走呼号,惨淡经营,迎来辛亥革命。邝继业从日本回国后,在中共党人李印夏帮助下,发动工人运动,抗拒军阀掠夺,结束摩根称霸江南的时代。日本发动侵华战争,江南造船厂被长崎造船所吞噬。第三代江南共产党人孙翔龙、杨胜国和工程师汪同宾与日寇斗智斗勇,为新四军偷运军需物资,输送军工人才。解放伊始,江南造船厂为装备新中国第一支海军部队,成功实施一江山岛登陆作战立下了赫赫战功。
十四岁的金恩东(白承焕 饰)和年长他六岁的和顺心(金恩英 饰)有着一纸婚约,然而顺心对这门家长指定的婚事十分不满,她喜欢的是成熟而又稳重的集团常务崔胜宰(杨振宇 饰),这令喜欢着顺心的金恩东心里很不是滋味。 一次偶然中,金恩东震惊的发现自己的外表竟然变成了二十五岁的样子,并没有认出金恩东的顺心在误打误撞之中将他当成了跟踪狂。金恩东向游泳队的教练寻求帮助,在证明了自己的身份之后,教练决心协助金恩东找到变身的方法。金恩东忽然想到了自己于博物馆之中邂逅的名为李泰利(朴艺珍 饰)的神秘女子,或许自己一夜成人的秘密就藏在与她的相遇之中。