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Be Alive Just Like You (2020)

Be Alive Just Like You poster
Original title
親愛的殺手
Directed by
Lai Meng-Chieh
Genre
drama, romance
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
III
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A disabled former athlete sells lottery tickets and meets a teen girl who is bullied and sexually exploited by a security guard. They start a transactional relationship that turns into genuine affection while both struggle with abusive family situations and violent desires.

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What happens

《親愛的殺手》是一部2020年的台灣電影,於2020年12月4日在台灣上映,由賴孟傑執導,由鄭人碩、邱偲琹、喜翔、黃采儀、鄭志偉主演。 六(鄭人碩飾演)原本是名運動員,但因為意外導致下半身癱瘓,以販售愛心商品維生,與從事計程車司機的父親(喜翔飾演)相依為命。在販售獎券的期間,六透過經常向他買彩券的公寓警備文哥(鄭志偉飾演)認識了少女泡麵(邱偲琹飾演)。 泡麵平日要照顧有心理疾病的母親(黃采儀飾演),在學校也遭到霸凌,加上從母親手裡接手的文具店生意慘淡,飽受文哥欺負,為了獲得金錢而忍受文哥的羞辱脅迫,數度和文哥進行性交易。 原本六因為對性的好奇,經由文哥指示和泡麵進行性交易,但是六在臨走前請泡麵擁抱他,受到感動潸然落淚。兩人漸漸的從性交易發展為感情。六還在偶然從泡麵寫在牆上白板的字樣,理解泡麵有意讓殺手協助她完成殺人的委託。 然而當文哥知道六與泡麵的關係後,文哥再次找上泡麵試圖威脅她,這次泡麵選擇反抗文哥和逃出住處。文哥被偷拍受害者的男友刺殺了,六與泡麵仍未獲得平靜的生活,泡麵在某日餵食母親的過程中,因為不堪母親的言詞羞辱,在急促餵食對方的情況,造成母親噎死。另一方面,六的父親因為罹患胰臟癌末期,為避免後續負擔,透過手機表達要殺了六的想法。六在父親試圖勒死自己時假裝昏死,趁父親離去時離開家裡,與泡麵會合。 六與泡麵會合後,他瞥見泡麵母親的遺體,決定保護泡麵,於是他持刀刺向泡麵母親的遺體,實現泡麵希望從困境解脫的心願。在故事的最後,六在乘坐輪椅的狀態被警方逮捕到案,泡麵則乘坐著輪椅行動,仿效六存活的方式,作為對後者的思念。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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