争艳女王

汝矣岛

　　在金融中心如矣岛从事股票基金工作的黄宇真外表光鲜，但生活究竟怎样苦乐自知。从小独自抚养他长大的父亲病重在床，巨大的生活压力令他不得不向高利贷借款，却又似乎背上更为沉重的包袱。在此期间，他和妻子的关系逐渐冷淡，并出现裂痕；而老实木讷的他在公司又受到部长和后辈排挤，面临被裁员的命运，　　在某个沮丧的夜晚，醉酒而归的黄宇真重逢儿时的玩伴正勋。正勋从小自称正义的化身，他多次帮助宇真排忧解难。当晚，宇真一句无心之言，次日后辈竟被人杀害，而他的事业似乎也出现了转机。在此之后，接连有令宇真厌烦的人离奇死亡，似乎那个正义的朋友暗中出手帮助了他……

公寓2024

　　Following her mother’s death, manga artist Soriya travels to her ancestral home in Phnom Penh, with hopes of reconnecting with her distant family and using the visit as inspiration for her work. All goes well initially. Renting an apartment in Metta, a rundown Khmer Rouge-era housing complex, her visit to her maternal relatives finds her welcomed with open arms. But Soriya’s waking hours in the apartment and its surroundings are punctuated by terrifying, bloody visions, almost as though she were a conduit for horrors of the past wanting to seep into the present.　　Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea’s blood-chilling psychological horror explores a personal and political past through the present, transforming a characterful space into an insidious environment. Surrounded by modern high-rises, this decrepit structure, with its brutalist architecture and peeling surfaces, is a relic from a dark period in history whose painful memories it has absorbed. In tracing Soriya’s ominous journey back to her roots, Tenement hints at a necessary reckoning with Cambodia’s political past without overplaying its historical dimension. It’s an impressive work from a woefully underrepresented national cinema.

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