拳王佩普的第232個發薪日

羅伯．克洛德尼 Robert KOLODNY｜美國 USA｜2023｜DCP｜Color｜100min

威力．佩普，最偉大的羽量級拳擊手，1959年退休，220勝紀錄無人能破。六年過後回到家鄉，42歲的他一心想復出擂台重溫冠軍輝煌，劇組獲得許可貼身記錄日常，聽他述說傳奇過往，和現任妻子共度美好時光，對手和媒體紛紛讚揚，雖然生活不如以往，父親昏迷躺在加護病房，兒子叛逆處處針對反抗，教練認為復出決定魯莽，家中經濟更是需要幫忙，威力卻依然緊抓著往日榮光不放，這背水一戰的鐘聲究竟能不能被他敲響？

金獎攝影羅伯．克洛德尼首部執導長片，以真假難辨的偽紀錄手法，重寫美國拳擊手威力．佩普的復出歷程。大量晃動的手持攝影、顆粒飽滿的底片質感，打破第四道牆的對話訪談，純熟影像技術與眾多性格角色，再現美國六〇年代社會乃至於個人的惶惶不安。在真實與虛構的縫隙中填補血淚，在自尊和自卑的反覆中擺盪起落，只要決心足夠，必能重頭來過。

Set in the mid-1960s, The Featherweight presents a gripping chapter in the true-life story of Italian-American boxer Willie Pep — the winningest fighter of all time— who, down and out in his mid-40s and with his personal life in shambles, decides to make a return to the ring, at which point a documentary camera crew enters his life. Painstakingly researched and constructed, the film is a visceral portrait of the discontents of 20th-century American masculinity, fame, and self-perception.

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