We rely on our memories to tell us the story of who we are. If those memories vanish, whose stories will take their place? This is the quandary faced by Phil (writer-director Bouli Lanners), a middle-aged Belgian farmhand working on a remote Scottish island who, following a stroke, suffers amnesia. Phil’s journey to recovering his memory — and the love story he’s told along the...$#TIFF 2021# CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA。世界首映。导演给自己量身定做的戏……八点档电视剧的剧情,看起来像是个为了申请合拍而编出来的故事……摄影蛮不错,抓住了英国岛屿上的荒凉冷酷风貌。也,勉强及格。$像发生于Julian Barnes书页间的一个小故事,也是对记忆与情感联系的另种挖掘;沉静的,灰色的,还是内敛的。只可惜在抛出鲜明的矛盾设计之后,叙事上的累赘与角色间附着的难题变得臃肿;两名演员的正向演绎也让它积重难返。$#TIFF2021