该片以2013年同名英国纪录片为原型,讲述了美属萨摩亚足球队的故事,这支球队原本被称作世界上最差的球队,却不断努力最终在2014年的世界杯突破了自我。在球队取得佳绩的同时,同名纪录片也获得了英国独立电影奖最佳纪录片奖。
一种充满暴力和情感深渊的强烈情绪:这就是白石式的武士电影,即武士道,它追随着被指控盗窃的武士柳田的衰落,以及他通过复仇来得到救赎。但复仇对于执行者和周围的人都是危险的。在围棋的反思节奏和他愤怒的爆发之间,柳田是否能够重新赢回他的生活,而不需要付出比他所以为更多的代价?
Synopsis IntheAllegoryoftheCave,Platoponders:whatwouldhappenifoneoftheprisonersmanagedtofreethemselvesfromtheirchainsandescapefromthecave?WhatifthatprisonerwereJay,alittle7-year-oldboy? Director’sstatement Whatliesbehindthedailymovementofacity?Lastwinter,wemetinParisandbegandiscussingtheAllegoryoftheCave,astoldinPlato’sRepublic.Themythimagineshumanitylivinginchains,facingthebackofacave,andwatchingshadowsmoveonthewalls,thinkingitisreality.Webothworkwithimages,whichcertainlycanbeillusions,butcanalsobecomeinstrumentsofstruggleandliberationofthought.So,fromthisdiscussion,wedecidedtocreateashortfilm.Wehadafewfixedideas—thecave,thedance,thecitybustlingaroundus—andonequestion:whatwouldhappenifweallmanagedtoturntogethertowardstheexitofthecave?Perhapsitisnotenoughtoassertthatimagesareillusionsaslongasthechainsthatbindusarereal.