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Beside(s), Happiness (2011)

Beside(s), Happiness poster
Original title
幸福的旁邊
Directed by
Heiward Mak
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
54 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in her late twenties gets pregnant after a one-night stand with a younger man who values dreams over money. She wrestles with societal pressure to follow a conventional life path and must decide whether to keep the baby and the relationship.

contemplativegentlerealistictenderbittersweetlow-keyintimatehopeful

What happens

是香港電台2011年的電視節目,為《女人多自在4》十集其中一個單元,曾於第35屆香港國際電影節上映,是《香港電影面面觀》環節其中一部電影。 故事講述一個關於女性拒絕被社會定型的故事。結婚仍是很多女孩子夢寐以求的事。「25歲買樓結婚,26歲生孩子,把孩子送到國外上大學,45歲把房子供完」之類的人生計劃,還是有很多情侶,真的在努力地執行著啊!這樣固然是女性的一個選擇,卻不應該是唯一的選擇。而衹要女性掌握自己的選擇,不被主流牽著鼻子走,女性的社會角色、形象才不會被疆化、定形。 一日,女主角(楊淇飾演楊美玲)遇上比自己年輕的男主角(盧鎮業飾演何彥君),對方主張活在當下,重視夢想多於物質生活的迥異價值觀,令女主角感不敢付託終生。二人發生一夜情,而「未婚懷孕」引發的不安和壓力,蓋過孕育新生命的喜悅,令她不敢承擔,甚至選擇墮胎;但隨著與男主角的相處,愛情滋長,感受對方對自己和新生命的付出和關注,即使在男主角經濟能力不足及姊弟戀的社會壓力下,女主角最終仍能衝出這「幸福標準」的枷鎖,重掌自己的選擇,不至被主流「嫁個有錢人」的價值觀所蒙蔽。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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