一座島嶼上三個女人與一個男人的故事，他們在森林、海灘漫步，彼此陪伴不需要任何語言，穿梭在極具滲透力而無所不在的孤獨感之中…全片以段落式情節呈現日常生活，詩意而絕美的大自然影像，讓人沉浸在森林的影像與環境音中，極簡而不流俗的敘事結構，讓觀影成為挑戰，卻同時趣味盎然，繼去年【寂靜之光】，再度為拉丁地區開啟全球電影新視窗。 The lives of four lonely people living through the routine and silence in the south. They meet to eat, walk through the beach, take the ferry or simply accompany each other without needing to say anything. In a way, they try to save themselves in a silent, furtive and extreme manner. They search for love, sex, inexistent family affection, and their own space and time, not only to distance themselves from the loneliness that intimately constitutes them, but, ultimately, to find themselves Written by Bettina Bettati

此片改编自智利作家José Donoso的小说，荣获了39项国际大奖，是智利历史上最非凡的电影。讲述的故事发生在一幢残垣败瓦的大宅里，五十八岁的唐安德斯是单身没落贵族，读了一辈子书却活得毫不起劲，颓废抑郁，十七岁的乡村少女艾丝蒂拉受雇照顾其年迈而脾气暴躁的祖母，渐渐地唐安德斯对她产生了无法抗拒的爱恋。当艾丝蒂拉结识了一名工人阶级少年后，一座死火山终于爆发，不惜将一切淹没。从颓废与崩析刻划心理矛盾与超乎常态的情绪波动，一直是智利当代文学大家荷西唐劳素(José Donoso)的特色。由摄影指导晋身导演的卡奥治，继前作《镜中月》后再次改编唐劳素的小说。对原著丰富含蓄的细节和角色的执迷拿捏准确，在智利、蒙特利尔和意大利2000年的电影节均赢得最佳导演奖。

Gloria is a 58-year-old divorcée. Her children have all left home but she has no desire to spend her days and nights alone. Determined to defy old age and loneliness, she rushes headlong into a whirl of singles’ parties on the hunt for instant gratification – which only leads to repeated disappointment and enduring emptiness. But when Gloria meets Rodolfo, an ex-naval officer seven years her senior, she begins to imagine the possibility of a permanent relationship.

2004 film by Andrés Wood