约翰·贝里

　　The exuberant enchantments of the singing, dancing musical meet the feminist, formalist sensibility of cinematic visionary Chantal Akerman in this uniquely captivating vision of love and survival in the age of late capitalism. Amid the consumerist wonderland of a shopping mall, a cadre of store employees bounce in and out of one another’s arms in a cycle of breakups, makeups, misunderstandings, and reunions, their romantic roundelay punctuated by imaginatively stylized production numbers. Working with frequent star Delphine Seyrig and a remarkable team of writers—who between them penned everything from JULES AND JIM to DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN—Akerman deftly balances the shiny pop pleasures of the genre with piercing variations on her signature themes, including a startlingly moving reflection on Jewish resilience and the legacy of the Holocaust.

非洲某一黑人部落酋长把他部族里的一些黑人当作商品，与白人船长交换枪枝与酒。黑人武士塔曼果与其他黑人一起，在船上被戴上镣铐，倍受虐待。塔曼果忍无可忍，遂动员黑人同胞反抗。他亲手扼死了鞭打他们的白人。黑人奴隶们叫着“白人只能卖活人，不能卖死人”而起义了。白人船长无计可施，只能用炮把他们轰死，以承认失败而告终。...