FORCE MAJEURE愛情中的不可抗力
I’VE ALWAYS LIKED to make films about people’s deep-seated attitudes and fears, especially when the individuals aren’t really aware of them. Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s 2014 film Force Majeure is about a man forced to confront his own hidden weaknesses.
In the film, a family holidaying at a ski resort in the French Alps is threatened when an avalanche appears to be heading towards them. In a moment of weakness, the father runs away, leaving his family behind. It’s through this decision that people begin to really see him. He denies his intentions at first but is eventually forced to face up to his decision and his own flaws.
Well written and well acted, the film is simple yet is able to deal with the complicated matter of human weakness. You don’t get a definitive answer to his predicament in the end, but there is still a degree of resolution. I always want to create works that leave something for the audience to think about; Force Majeure accomplishes that superbly.
I love the climactic scene in which the father cries in a hotel corridor. It’s unusual because we don’t normally see men break down and wail like that. I think that men should be allowed to cry. Men and women might be conditioned to think differently, but feelings are innate. Everyone is capable of love, laughter and tears; these are things that we’re born with. What matters is whether we show them or not.
我喜歡製作一些探討人們心態及恐懼的作品，特別是對此不自覺的人物。這些深藏於人們心底的情感，甚至連當事人也未有為意它們的存在。瑞典導演Ruben Östlund於2014年執導的《愛情中的不可抗力》，講的就是一個男人如何被迫面對自己未有察覺的弱點。
影片講述一個男人在法國阿爾卑斯山滑雪度假時，遇到雪崩，本能地將身旁的家人置之不理，只顧自己逃命。藉著這件簡單的事情，其他人開始看清楚這個人的真面目。最初他矢口否認，但最終不得不去面對。他被迫認清自己的缺點並原諒自己，然後讓事情過去，繼續好好生活。
這部電影的劇本寫得極好，演員的表現亦非常出色，故事雖然簡單，卻能帶出人性複雜和軟弱的一面。看完電影之後，觀眾雖然不會對男主角的所作所為做出明確的定論，但心中已經有數。我總是希望我的作品能夠為觀眾帶來思考的空間，而這部電影完全做到這一點。
我很喜歡片中的父親在酒店走廊內情緒崩潰的一場戲。一個大男人徹底的失控，號啕大哭的樣子，並不常見。我認為不應該不讓男子漢流眼淚。男性和女性確實在思想上有很多不同之處，但是感受卻是與生俱來的。每個人都擁有愛、笑和哭的能力，因為這都是天性，問題在於你有沒有將這些情感表現出來。