林国斌

1939年苏德瓜分波兰后不久，波兰青年维斯切克•乔努斯（吉姆•斯特吉斯 Jim Sturgess ）因其所谓的“反党反斯大林”间谍行为，被送入了西伯利亚的劳动营。其时已是1940年，在严寒的西伯利亚，乔努斯结识了同为政治犯的演员安德烈，后者有一项酝酿多时的逃跑计划，美国老人史密斯（艾德•哈里斯 Ed Harris 饰）、罪犯沃尔卡（柯林•法瑞尔 Colin Farrell 饰）等人陆续加入了他们的小圈子，在一个大雪之夜，乔努斯等七人成功逃出劳动营，他们唯一知道的，是向南前往贝加尔湖，同时躲避无处不在的举报者。一路上有人难耐恶劣的气候死去，在将要抵达贝加尔湖时，一个神秘少女伊莲娜（西尔莎•罗南 Saoirse Ronan 饰）加入了他们，她的加入，令一行人预备穿过蒙古、西藏，翻越喜马拉雅抵达英控印度寻找自由的路程又平添了几许困难……。In this bitingly satirical film Peter Slovan, a continuous source of trouble for the film functionaries of the socialist Slovakia, tackles an evergreen topic – the corruptive effects of power. Barnabáš Kos, a triangle player at a symphonic orchestra, is suddenly promoted to serve as the head of the said institution, even though both he and his superiors deem him completely unfit for the task. Encouraged in equal parts by this unexpected recognition and the servile praise of his colleagues, Kos’s modesty starts to gradually vanish. The erstwhile bashful and aloof percussionist quickly becomes aware of the advantages of his new office, and begins to realise his increasingly ludicrous artistic ambitions. Ultimately, the submissive marionette turns into a source of public humiliation, and his astonishing career finds an abrupt end. Orchestra serves here as a microcosm that grotesquely reflects the absurd and tragicomic mechanisms of the paranoid apparatus of power. Digitised in 4K and restored in 2K, based on the 35mm camera negative, by the National Film Archive of the Slovak Film Institute. The original film elements are preserved by the National Film Archive of the Slovak Film Institute. Eva Näripe。