视频简介
Eburi is a 36 year-old man. Nothing enthuses him any more. While being drunk, he promises to contribute a story to a magazine. When he sobers down, he decides to write about the life of a salaried employee like himself who is very ordinary, not particularly talented. The following is his story: In 1949, Eburi gets married to Natsuko. His monthly salary is 8,000 yen and hers 4,000 yen. Therefore, both have to work to support themselves. Eburi has developed a habituIl tendency to pester around when he gets drunk. One year after their marriage, son Shosuke is born. In 1959, Eburi's mother dies in despair of her husband who has become listless due to the several ups and downs of gaining big profits and going bankrupt. His father is still alive and Eburi is enable to find a way to pay his father's debts. He is doubtful if he can make his wife and child happy. Nevertheless, he has somehow managed to survive so far, living in one of the houses at the employee housing quarters. He gives the title "The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman" to his story of half novel and half essay style. When it is published, it receives the Naoki Literary Prize (the award given in memory of popular writer Naoki Sanjugo). At a party to celebrate his award, he gets drunk and pesters around. Notes The film is based on a novel written in the style of an essay under the same title by Yamaguchi Hitomi, depicting everyday life of a man categorized as "During-the-war Generation" who spent school days during the war and get married to start new life in the struggling post-war era. "Everyman" in the title means an average salaried employee who makes up an overwhelming majority of the city population in Japan, and "The Elegant Life" indicates sarcasm on betterment of the standard of living of ordinary salaried employees accompanied with Japan's economic growth after only a decade from the destroyed post-war period. As depicted in the film, the author Yamaguchi Hitomi was awarded the Naoki Literature Prize for this story. When he established himself well enough to become independent, he quit working as a salaried employee. Director Okamoto Kihachi and the leading actor Kobayashi Keiju belong to the same generation as the author. Exploiting innovative effects such as inserting animation sequences, the film humorously presents compassion of a middle-aged salaried employee. Kobayashi Keiju, who was originally noted for his excellent portrayal of salaried employee, won the best leading actor award of the Mainichi Film Contest for his superb performance in this picture.。1998年纽约，纪录片导演艾瑞克（托尔·林德哈特 Thure Lindhardt 饰）在一夜情中邂逅未出柜律师保罗（扎克瑞·布斯 Zachary Booth 饰），互生好感的两人终究正式交往，从而开始了一段历经十年寒暑分分合合的爱情长跑。艾瑞克发现保罗有爱用毒品的习惯后并不排斥，偶尔还一起享用，但保罗的毒瘾渐渐发展至失控。当艾瑞克的纪录片斩获国际大奖却找不到爱人分享时，当他在酒店看到淹没在毒品和男妓中的男友时，艾瑞克痛苦的体会到，原来他对保罗的爱就像毒瘾一样沉沦无助。每一次争吵，每一次妥协，每一次拉扯都在透支和伤害着对方，直到原谅再也无法止住泪水…… 《点亮灯光》荣赝年度最伤心爱情电影，入围圣丹斯主竞赛单元，获第62届柏林电影节泰迪熊奖。电影有如一幅悱恻画卷，又如一封笑忘情书，细腻而真实的描绘了同志世界的各种甜蜜与苦痛。导演艾拉·萨克斯曾凭《蓝色的四十道阴影》获圣丹斯最高荣誉评审团大奖。此次他将自己的过往恋情以半自传形式拍成电影，希望能照亮同志世界的所有暗处角落——不留阴影。。