剧情介绍
海伦(英吉保格·戴克娜蒂饰)与父亲和孩子住在伦敦，她的丈夫约翰(彼得·穆兰饰)在南斯拉夫当援助工人，通常要几个月才能回家一次。尽管夫妻两人聚少离多，但距离并未影响到两人的感情，他们的爱反而更深了。现在约翰又离开了好几个月，海伦非常担心，希望他能快点回到家中。过度的思念令海伦精神恍惚。一天早上，在送孩子们上学的途中，海伦被一辆迎面驶来的汽车撞倒了，海伦陷入了昏迷，在生与死的边缘挣扎着……
在遥远的东欧，战争进行得如火如荼，一切消息都被阻塞了。约翰不知道海伦此时正躺在医院里生命垂危。四天后，海伦奄奄一息，孩子们几乎已经接受了母亲将要死亡的事实，约翰也越过重重战火往家里赶，而海伦的灵魂也随着约翰的脚步回到伦敦。随着时间的流逝，海伦的生命越来越危险，她能够清醒过来重新回到家人中间吗？ Helen lives in London with her father and her kids. John, her husband, is an aid-worker in Eastern Europe. He has been gone many months. Helen is desperately anxious that he should come home. Taking the kids to school one morning, she is killed in a car accident. She remains caught in limbo, trapped between life and death. Many miles away, in war-torn Eastern Europe, John is unaware that his wife has died. As Helen herself is unaware that she is dead¿ Thus begins, a four-day Odyssey: Grandpa and the kids must come to terms with Helen's death; John must travel across a war-torn land as he tries to reach home; and Helen must stand helplessly observing her own existence as it comes back to haunt her - until at last she is reconciled with John, and thus released.
在遥远的东欧，战争进行得如火如荼，一切消息都被阻塞了。约翰不知道海伦此时正躺在医院里生命垂危。四天后，海伦奄奄一息，孩子们几乎已经接受了母亲将要死亡的事实，约翰也越过重重战火往家里赶，而海伦的灵魂也随着约翰的脚步回到伦敦。随着时间的流逝，海伦的生命越来越危险，她能够清醒过来重新回到家人中间吗？ Helen lives in London with her father and her kids. John, her husband, is an aid-worker in Eastern Europe. He has been gone many months. Helen is desperately anxious that he should come home. Taking the kids to school one morning, she is killed in a car accident. She remains caught in limbo, trapped between life and death. Many miles away, in war-torn Eastern Europe, John is unaware that his wife has died. As Helen herself is unaware that she is dead¿ Thus begins, a four-day Odyssey: Grandpa and the kids must come to terms with Helen's death; John must travel across a war-torn land as he tries to reach home; and Helen must stand helplessly observing her own existence as it comes back to haunt her - until at last she is reconciled with John, and thus released.
4.4
杂D5人造眼英版
画面演员都不错，剧本弱。父亲设定为一个理想化人物，挺无聊的。看看南斯拉夫初春还是深秋的边境罢了。
并行手法操作的很精练，虽然镜头呈现出的生活特别朴实，但剧情推进逐渐开始累积起很强的力量，打动观众情绪。这类电影后劲比较足，应该能在记忆中留很长时间。
2004/4/13 影藝
9/4/2004 6:00pm Cine-Art House