China, Taiwan / 2017 / 120 min. / Director: Sylvia CHANG
Hui Ying cares for her mother until she passes away, then attempts to relocate her father’s countryside grave so that her mother can share it with him. However, her father’s childless first wife Nana lives in the same rural village where the grave is located and vehemently opposes moving it, which sends the village into an uproar. Hui Ying’s daughter Weiwei works in television, and decides to cover the two womens’ dispute on her own program. However, Weiwei has a problem of her own, involving a tricky situation with her lover... Revered actress Sylvia CHANG directs and stars in this drama set in contemporary China about three generations of women. Its casting of master filmmaker TIAN Zhuang-zhuang (“The Blue Kite”) in the role of the protagonist’s husband is one of its many charms. Screened as the closing film of the Busan International Film Festival.
11月18日、TOHOシネマズ日劇にて、開会式に続きオープニング作品『相愛相親』が上映された。香港・台湾映画の大女優、シルヴィア・チャン監督が主演・脚本も務めた本作は、現代の中国を舞台に3世代の女性達の姿を丁寧に描いた作品。舞台挨拶に続き、上映後のQ＆Aにチャン監督が登壇した。第16回東京フィルメックスでは、前作『念念』（15）が特別招待作品として上映されるとともに審査員も務め、今年の特別招待作品『山中傅奇』にも出演するなど、フィルメックスとは縁が深いチャン監督。