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The Window Boy Also Wants a Submarine

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Director: 艾力克斯·皮培诺
Cast: inés Bortagaray · Daniel Quiroga · Noli Tobol

Storyline

On a cruise ship, a cleaner boy who often goes missing is given an ultimatum, but no one knows he has discovered a corridor at the bottom of the ship that connects to a city apartment and a deep mountain jungle. Lonely, he lingers between shuttling back and forth, secretly observing the woman living there at night and experiencing home life during the day. In a distant Southeast Asian jungle stands an abandoned hut, from which suspicious sounds and vibrations frequently emanate; the villagers discuss how to eradicate this threat. Crossing urban and rural, mountains and seas, tradition and modernity, where does one truly belong? Adapted from a boat trip ten years ago, the director uses a cruise ship to link different worlds and open a door to contemporary fantasy. Multiple storylines intertwine, with protagonists of different genders, environments, and languages traversing time and space in an endless search, while contrasts between civilisation and class are everywhere. Calm and restrained fixed shots and stylised image tones add a touch of fantasy to realistic daily life. Concise dialogue and meaningful blank space, slow and restrained yet poetic, the flow of emotion beyond words is endlessly evocative.