慈禧野史

　　A budding art restorer travels to a small Italian village to bring a medieval painting back to its former glory. Little does she know she is placing her life in danger from an evil curse and a monster born of myth and brutal pain.

　　「人可生如蚁而美如神」：一班裁制亮丽戏服的中年裁缝慨叹自己生如蚁，一名奥斯卡导演拍出她们美如神的生命。导演邀约一众他热爱的演员，重塑一家高级裁缝工作室色彩斑斓、五味集陈的过往，追忆70年代一班坚毅温柔的女裁缝的故事：表面盛势凌人却细腻体贴的老板、善良却抑郁的妹妹拍档、单纯的寡妇和她的小儿子、偏爱小鲜肉的姨姨、被家暴的妻子、昔日美艳的舞者、逃避通缉的少女⋯⋯一群日常女子抛开小我、互相照顾，照亮平凡生活中超越自我的不平凡，展现她们的独立、爱欲、挣扎和力量。意大利金像奖观众人次最高奖意大利银丝带奖年度电影

　　Following her mother’s death, manga artist Soriya travels to her ancestral home in Phnom Penh, with hopes of reconnecting with her distant family and using the visit as inspiration for her work. All goes well initially. Renting an apartment in Metta, a rundown Khmer Rouge-era housing complex, her visit to her maternal relatives finds her welcomed with open arms. But Soriya’s waking hours in the apartment and its surroundings are punctuated by terrifying, bloody visions, almost as though she were a conduit for horrors of the past wanting to seep into the present.　　Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea’s blood-chilling psychological horror explores a personal and political past through the present, transforming a characterful space into an insidious environment. Surrounded by modern high-rises, this decrepit structure, with its brutalist architecture and peeling surfaces, is a relic from a dark period in history whose painful memories it has absorbed. In tracing Soriya’s ominous journey back to her roots, Tenement hints at a necessary reckoning with Cambodia’s political past without overplaying its historical dimension. It’s an impressive work from a woefully underrepresented national cinema.