鋼鐵之心（法國/2016/劇情）
MERCENARY (FRANCE/2016/DRAMA)
MERCENAIRE
語言：法語、瓦利斯語
Language: French, Wallisian
劇介
Soane是一名來自新喀裡多尼亞的瓦利斯裔年輕人，他渴望自由並努力獲得應得的認可，違抗父親的權威，離家去法國打橄欖球。獨自一人在異國他鄉，Soane的奧德賽之旅讓他了解到成功必須付出代價。
編劇/導演：薩夏沃爾夫
製片：克萊兒波德雄，尚布雷哈
製作公司：Timshel Productions and 3B Productions
演員：托基皮洛克，伊蓮娜扎貝絲，羅宏帕吉西瓦塔
獎項：
薩夏沃爾夫
• 2016年坎城影展金攝影機獎入圍
• 2017年法國盧米埃獎最佳首部作品入圍
影評：
• 由新人托基皮洛克領銜主演，薩夏沃爾夫編導，一部風格嫻熟的首部作品，在坎城影展雙週首映後獲得國際關注。
• 本片雖為沃爾夫的首部劇情片，但作為一流電影學院法國國立高等影音學院畢業生，沃爾夫跟校友丹妮絲坎澤艾胡芬（《少女離家記》導演）一樣，善於將流暢的歐洲風格運用到較罕見的場景，以好萊塢般華麗的攝影，拍出帶有民族優越感的影片。
• 故事描述一位來自瓦利斯和富圖納群島的年輕橄欖球運動員，踏入法國大陸的漫長而曲折的道路，薩夏沃爾夫的首部作品令人驚嘆且深具啟發。
• 「……薩夏沃爾夫帶來強而有力的劇情片處女作……」
• 如同在暴雨中飄搖不定的小船，導演巧妙地訴說了一段簡單、充滿情感張力的殘酷經歷，影片的背景是成長之路、文化鴻溝、運動圈的新殖民主義以及金錢如何腐蝕價值觀。
Synopsis
Soane, a young man of Wallisian origin from New Caledonia, has a thirst for freedom and struggles to get the recognition that he deserves. Defying his father’s authority, Soane leaves home to play rugby in France. Left to his own devices on the other side of the world, Soane’s odyssey will take him on the path to becoming a man in a world where there is a price to be paid for success.
Writer, Director: Sacha Wolff (Debut)
Producers: Claire Bodechon And Jean Brehat
Production Co: Timshel Productions and 3B Productions
Cast: Toki Pilioko, Iliana Zabeth, Laurent Pakihivatau
Awards:
Sacha Wolff
• Golden Camera Nominee, Cannes Film Festival, 2016.
• Best First Film Nominee, Lumiere Awards, France 2017.
Reviews:
• Featuring a riveting lead turn from newcomer Toki Pilioko, this assured, stylistically adept feature debut from writer-director Sacha Wolff should garner sufficient international attention after premiering in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
• This may be Wolff’s fiction debut, but the director (who studied at La Fémis, France’s leading film school) does as fellow grad (and “Mustang” helmer) Deniz Gamze Ergüven did the year before, applying a slick Euro style to his relatively little-seen locale, filling what could pass for a Hollywood canvas with genuine ethnocentric color.
• Following the long and winding path of a young rugby player from Wallis and Futuna thrust into mainland France, Sacha Wolff has made a stunning and enlightening feature debut.
• “…Sacha Wolff’s powerful feature-film debut…”
• A simple, emotional and brutal journey, like a ship ravaged by a storm, very skilfully told by the director against a backdrop portraying the path to adulthood, cultural divides, neo-colonialism in sport, and the corrosive powers of money on spiritual values.
