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　　故事从大唐贞观年间讲起，西凉国寒江关守将樊洪之女樊梨花，武艺精湛，练就一身移山倒海的幻术绝技。在一次乔装游历中，梨花结识了大唐将军薛仁贵之子薛丁山，对他一见倾心。由于西凉国日益壮大，唐太宗遂命薛丁山为征公元帅。樊梨花与薛丁山如今既成了交战对阵的敌人，又要面对爱情亲情的矛盾纠葛……
　　樊梨花，命运自古以来就是这么让人揪心…
　　该剧的定位是“民间古装神话剧”。樊梨花的故事之所以具有历演不衰的魅力，除人物性格、立场的冲突，以及“三擒三纵”、“三弃三请”等情节逆转，戏剧性十足外，樊梨花弑父杀兄以及阵前招亲投向爱人等违背伦常、离经叛道的作为，均相当“叛逆”，而且樊梨花会施法术，有如巫婆与仙女的合体，整个故事的奇幻直逼《哈利波特》。
　　移山倒海 振动征西战场风云
　　三弃三请 造就峰火患难情缘
　　乌江河畔，一代枭雄项羽兵败刘邦，自刎前宠妃虞姬感叹并誓言，如有来世，一定助项羽完成霸业，话毕坠入万丈深渊。
　　八百年后，虞姬转世樊梨花来到人间，却被神算预言带怨气出生，在其十八岁前不能踏出家门且需在十八岁时完婚。其父已在其出生时为其择好佳婿，即为拜把兄弟之子杨藩（刘邦转世）。十八岁的梨花得“梨山老母”真传，练得绝世武功，又偶然吞食“千年雪莲”成为飞天入地的奇人，与此同时，认识其未婚夫杨藩和项羽转世的薛丁山，三人之间的前世恩怨情仇在征西的战场上再次尽情演绎……
　　取材自广受欢迎的著名民间演义小说人物「樊梨花」的故事改编搬上荧光幕。并将古老传说、神话注入计算机动画，是部结合了古典浪漫与时髦科技之大制作。故事传奇性地引入刘邦、项羽、虞姬间的三角关系为开端，穿越两个不同的时空。开场即在乌江畔，一场壮烈的战役，项羽纵使勇猛，仍逃不了战败的宿命，带着爱人虞姬退到悬崖边。走投无路之际，虞姬感叹地对项羽表示，可恨自己此生仅是一名手无缚鸡之力的弱女子，总是为项羽带来负担，却无法助项羽成就大业，愿来世再会时，能生为一个强者，一个对项羽有助力的女子。语毕，旋即坠入万丈深渊而亡。
　　八百年后…
　　西梁寒江关镇关将军樊洪之妻产下一女。因一德高望重之神算预言此女带着怨气出生，将酿成杀兄弑父、毁家灭国大祸。樊洪不得已只得将刚出生的女婴丢入大海任其漂流，若能活命则表示天亦怜之，若因此丧命则为宿命。想不到正当女婴漂流至海中央时，突然出现一位道人将其救起，此道人正是梨山老母。梨山老母表示宿命虽是如此，但亦非无解，仅要在其十八岁前为其完婚，并在此之前不得让其踏出家门一步，即可化解日后灾难。
　　樊洪高兴地谢过梨山老母，并立刻为女儿安排姻缘，即樊洪拜把兄弟之子杨藩。于是，虞姬转世的「樊梨花」就在如此波涛汹涌中来到人世间了…。梨花聪明可人，领悟力又高，深得樊洪喜爱。但樊洪仍谨守梨山老母训示，以梨花身体有病为由，不让其私自离家。为让梨花排遣寂寞，樊洪便教导她武功。再加上梨山老母对梨花偏爱有加，亦收其为徒，因此，长大后的梨花不但习得一身好武艺，就连父兄都不是她的对手。
　　然而，就在梨花十八岁那年，命运之轮才正要开始转动。梨花按耐不住对外面世界的好奇，女扮男装偷溜出门。此时外界正盛传稀世之宝【千年雪莲】出现，许多武林高手摩拳擦掌跃跃欲试准备夺宝。梨花听到此一消息，自然不能放过这千载难逢的好玩机会，也跟着过去凑热闹。人群中，忽然瞥见一似曾相似的男子-薛丁山，见到此人，梨花心中涌出一股说不出的奇妙感受，但究竟是什么却也说不上来。丁山身旁跟了一位朋友，而这个人正是梨花素未谋面的未婚夫杨藩。
　　冰崖山洞中，樊梨花、薛丁山、杨藩三人，因为千年雪莲的牵系而相遇了。这三个人的相遇究竟会引发什么事件？三人之间又有着什么摆脱不掉的宿命与恩怨情仇？之后，命运之轮又将转动出怎样曲折动人的故事呢？

　　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.

　　Since the cult success of Merci Patron!, activist/journalist/filmmaker François Ruffin has become an MP. Here, he attempts to table a law aimed at upholding the rights of what in Quebec are known as caregivers, and shows us in passing how a law whose need seems patently obvious is put together, debated, voted on and . . . dies on the battleground of French politics. A stirring documentary about social injustice that somehow manages to make us bust a gut laughing as we rage with indignation. And also cry at the beauty of it all, thanks to the director’s humanist sensibility and a deft play between reality and fiction.