[The Good Lab]站2013.06.08

   

中國 China / 2011 / 72min / 王楊 WANG Yang

★CNEX 監製影片 CNEX Production

◎2011 德國萊比錫國際紀錄片及動畫影展

International Leipzig Festival For Documentary and Animated Film

◎2012第8屆羅馬尼亞ZagrebDox國際紀錄片電影節競賽單元

8th ZagrebDox festival INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

◎2012第4屆DMZ韓國國際紀錄片電影節競賽單元

4th DMZ Docs - Korean International Documentary Festival, International Competition

◎2012南方影展"南方獎─華人影片競賽"單元

South Taiwan Film Association South Award—Chinese Films Competition

◎2012華語紀錄片節長片組

Chinese Documentary Festival

 

天還未亮，縣城高中的學生們已經在苦讀，偌大的操場上滿是奮發努力的年輕人。這是中國西部的貧困縣城，無數的學生和家長把希望投向教育，為的是改變自己的人生。所有的努力都是為了面對最終的高考，這就像是一道大門。通過考試，一些人能邁進新的人生，走進城市的大學。北京，陰冷的初冬時節。一位來自農村的大學畢業生面臨一次重大的抉擇。是留下還是離開？公車站前滿是擁擠的年輕人，地鐵裡一張張疲倦的面容，訴說著真實的差距。年輕人和遊客一起在天還未亮的時刻湧進天安門廣場觀看升旗。這裡是這個國家強壯有力的心臟，卻給不出任何答案。上海，繁華的夜景如夢似幻，一位音樂學院的畢業生談起初入社會的阻力。她回憶起苦練鋼琴的歲月，父母的期待和付出彷彿還在眼前；家庭錄影帶裡，坐在鋼琴前的童年就像是一個有苦有樂的玩笑；高級早教機構裡，孩子稚嫩的臉上充滿了疑惑……新式教育將向孩子們提出嶄新的期盼，而黃浦江上夜航的船隻，已悄悄遁入幽深的黑暗。

 

China Gate tells the story of young Chinese fight to change their fate through studying. Right before dawn, students in Huining have already started their self-studying session; hard working youngsters have filled up the space of school ground. This is one of the most poverty-stricken counties in Western China; here people’s only hope is in education, as the way to change their social status. Therefore all their effort point towards the College Entrance Examination, the process is like going through a gate, those who pass can study at urban universities, and have the chance to build a better life. During the same winter season in Beijing, a graduate student faces a big decision. Should he keep trying to survive in the big city or get back to his countryside home? The exhausted faces at the Beijing underground seem to be revealing the truth about their distance in between. The student comes to see the flag ceremony at Tiananmen Square, where the pulsing symbol of the nation lies. However it is not giving any answer to his anxiety. Shanghai’s nightfall sparkles with its prosperity, but one graduate from Shanghai music conservatory tells her struggle of finding a place in society. The memories of handwork from early age and the high hope of parents seem like yesterday, the home video footage of her sitting in front of the piano at young age looked like a bittersweet joke. Jumping back to the present, in a playful early learning institute, it seems more like confusion appearing on these children’s face. Is this a new educational method that gives the answer to the high hopes of parents?