分秒慾謀 (澳洲/2018/劇情/犯罪驚悚)
THE SECOND (AUSTRALIA/2018/DRAMA/CRIME & THRILLER)
THE SECOND
語言：英語
Language: English
劇介
第一本書就大獲成功的暢銷作家，正在努力寫出難產的第二部作品。為了趕上截稿日，她開車到昆士蘭郊區豪宅（本片在美麗的吉姆波爾宅邸拍攝），她的名作家父親曾經是宅邸主人。她與出版商兼情人同行，打算用一周的時間寫作和享受性愛。就在這時，她幾十年未見的童年玩伴出現了。
編劇/導演：梅莉卡麥隆（首部作品）
製片：黎安湯克斯，史蒂芬蘭斯
製作公司：Sense and Centability
演員：瑞秋布萊克，蘇西波特，文斯科洛斯莫，馬丁薩克斯，蘇西
獎項：
• 2019年洛基獎最佳女配角入圍，蘇西波特
• 2018年澳洲影視藝術學院最佳獨立電影入圍，梅莉卡麥隆、黎安湯克斯、史蒂芬蘭斯
影展：
• 2018年澳洲黃金海岸電影節
• 2018年法國聖托佩紐澳電影節
瑞秋布萊克
2018年聖托佩紐澳電影節評審團獎最佳女主角
影評：
• 瑞秋布萊克和蘇西波特帶來精彩演出，一部引人入勝的懸疑驚悚片，結局帶來多重翻轉。布萊德紐森，雪梨先驅晨報
• 《分秒慾謀》是一部性感又令人大呼過癮的驚悚片，挑戰時間和記憶的概念，敘事方式大膽。
• 情節複雜需要動腦，但充滿能量的敘事讓觀眾緊緊跟隨每一步轉折。
• 這部驚悚片是近期澳洲電影中最醒目也最精巧的一部。
• 瑞秋布萊克、蘇西波特、文斯科洛斯莫及馬丁薩克斯交出生涯代表作……
• 觀眾一定會享受導演梅莉卡麥隆精心安排的優雅、扣人心弦、性感和誘人的旅程，這位自信、聰明的電影製片交出精彩的首部執導作品，未來不可限量。
• 一部吸引人又精緻、既幽默又性感的精彩電影。
Synopsis
A writer with a hugely successful first book behind her is struggling to write the notoriously difficult “second” work. In order to meet a deadline, she drives out to the rural Queensland mansion (filmed at the beautiful Jimbour House), once owned by her even-more-famous, writer-father. She takes along her publisher/lover and intends to spend the week writing and making love. But then her childhood friend, whom she hasn’t seen for decades, turns up.
Writer, Director: Mairi Cameron (Debut)
Producers: Leanne Tonkes, Stephen Lance
Production Co: Sense and Centability
Cast: Rachael Blake, Susie Porter, Vince Colosimo, Martin Sacks, Susan Prior
Awards:
• Susie Porter, Most Outstanding Supporting Actress Nominee, Logie Awards, 2019.
• Mairie Cameron, Leanne Tonkes, Stephen Lance, Best Indie Film Nominee, Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards, 2018.
Film Festivals:
• Gold Coast Film Festival, Australia, 2018.
• Saint-Tropez Antipodes Film Festival, France, 2018.
Rachel Blake
Best Actress, Jury Prize, Slam (2018), Recontres Internationales du Cinema des Antipodes.
Reviews
• A mostly engrossing mystery-thriller anchored by terrific performances by Rachael Blake and Susie Porter, though in the end it's a little unmoored by its own unnecessary tricksiness. Brad Newsome, Sydney Morning Herald
• “The Second” is a sexy and satisfying thriller that toys with time, memory and the provocative side of storytelling.
• This remains, despite the onerous intellectualising, an engaging perspective explored with energy and verve.
• From the recent batch of Australian movies, this thriller is one of the most arresting and sophisticated.
• Rachel Blake, Susie Porter, Vince Colosimo and Martin Sacks are at the top of their game here…
• Audiences are going to love being taken on this elegant, gripping, sexy and seductive journey, led along by Mairi Cameron – a confident, intelligent filmmaker who will go a long way thanks to this splendid debut.
• This work is gripping, subtle, often humorous, sexy and sophisticated.
