
Nikolaï was abandoned at birth and has been in foster care ever since. Although a family would like to give the sixteen-year-old boy a home, he decides to make one himself. He meets Camille, an intriguing fifteen-year-old wiseacre, and tries to convince her to make a child together. Nikolaï is convinced that he can handle any problem and wants to avoid at all costs that an adult thwarts his plans. Camille and Nikolaï flee together from the home and isolate themselves in the woods. In the heart of this gloomy, mysterious forest, Nikolaï will have to face his first feelings and learn to become a man. Soon, he feels that there are many things he cannot control.
很无聊的电影
探讨「到哪去」议题的《森林的黑暗心脏》实际上也在探讨「从哪来」议题。从单人单一叙述视角来看,虽然男女主人公都是先被遗弃再被领养的问题青年,但孤儿们各自「迫切」的需求也因人而异:有「药物滥用」嫌疑和「玩火自焚」倾向——试图逃离原生家庭模型影响的女孩「卡米尔」需要一个可以「兜底」负责的老司机,而渴望「长期稳定」伙伴关系——虽有创立新兴家庭模式的野心,但依然在「丛林法则」里面绕圈圈,或仍由《超自然》怀孕女主领养的男孩「尼古拉」则需要一个可以「开车」互信的监护人。虽然现代医学可以提前预知「孩子」性别,但(由于「基因转移技术」日趋成熟和「跨性别群体」早已存在)未来的不确定性仍然来自于「孩子」性别:确定的生理性别不等同于确定的社会性别——男孩明显不是女主要找的人,而未来的「女孩」似乎也不符合男主的期待。
艾尔莎·霍本
对于影片中一些奇幻的画面我始终无法参透。故事比较一般,浮于情节,尚未到达灵魂。一种清冷的温馨感,绝望中亦有希望。
无法以过去定位自己 在跌跌撞撞中去建立不曾拥有的一切。谁不值得一个新的开始呢?