179 mins | 2019 | Hong Kong
—— 9·21广东省乌坎村维权事件,六年拍攝八年制作,一场中国基层民主实验
是敲響中國民主的第一聲鐘響,還是預言革命死亡紀事?
2011年全球目光匯聚中國烏坎村。面對貪污官員非法買賣土地,烏坎村村民群起抗議,人民作頭家,就此引發一場中國基層民主實驗。《迷航》分為上下兩部,上半部「抗爭」回首事件根由,記錄村民試圖通過抗爭和公平選舉重奪對土地的權利;民主還剩最後一哩路,選舉過後民意危機及政治黑幕卻接踵而來。下半部「之後」聚焦抗爭後困境,由事及人,導演長時間追蹤運動中核心人物,有老謀深算的運動領袖林伯、啟蒙村民抗爭意識的熱血青年阿宏、以及回鄉投入抗爭的少年阿興。六年過去,有人生有人死、有人走有人留、有人陷入貪污迷局、有人遠避美國尋求庇護、有人再次號召集結⋯⋯。所以民主到底是什麼?它終究不是終點,只能是方向,但《迷航》卻可成警戒線,道阻且長,溯洄從之。
Lost Course (2019) chronicles a grassroots democratic movement in the southern Chinese village of Wukan. The villagers protest against the corrupt local officials before ousting them and organising elections of their own. However, after taking control of their destiny, the villagers find themselves beset by the same corruption and cynicism endemic. Following three main characters, Li reveals the complexities of their struggles, triumphs and setbacks from the inside.