剩女，真的

My Leftover Ladies

2015

彩色

中文發音

中文、英文、日文字幕

55 mins

 

2015年第五屆法國華語紀錄片影展（Festival Les écrans de Chine）官方競賽片

2016年第三十八屆台灣金穗獎一般組紀錄類影片入圍

2016 年China Screen 紀錄片節入選

2016年愛沙尼亞第13屆塔爾圖世界影展（World Film Festival）播映

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偶像劇裡頭的「剩女」，卸了眼鏡，套上洋裝就會立馬變身大美女，接著只管在完結篇前和小了好幾歲的「高富帥」攜手奔往幸福的明日。然而現實生活大抵不會是這樣美滿的公式，至少，紀錄片導演周東彥的「剩女」朋友們並不是。

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是這樣的認知落差，讓他忍不住開始拿起攝影機探向身旁的這些大齡未婚女，溫柔地為她們揭掉「剩女」的標籤，用「閨蜜」的距離，看望她們真實的生活、工作和感情究竟是怎麼一回事。

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「剩女」們可能不屬大美女，卻在鏡頭裡流瀉了各自奇異的魅力，讓我們情不自禁地跟著她們跌宕起伏，在哭笑了幾輪之後，突然領悟到，無論剩女不剩女，是人，都會有各自的堅強與脆弱，歡騰與寂寞。喔對了，寂寞不等於悲傷，資深「剩女」如是說。

 

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Nowadays when you flick on the TV, many channels show drama series with female pop stars playing roles of so-called “leftover ladies”—single women who are well past the conventional marrying age. These shows spin a web of fantasies, reassuring the audience that someday the right person will come along and sweep you off your feet. But in reality, does the right person always exist?

 

Meet four Taiwanese women, the actual “leftover ladies” fighting to stay breathing in a somewhat stifling society. Since 2012, their friend in common, Chou Tung-yen, has been “stalking” them, capturing on film moments of these women’s daily lives.

 

Through the usually firm yet frequently hesitant steps of these leftover ladies, this documentary short prompts us to ask ourselves: Do we also feel the anxiety that comes along with being single? Are we aware of the isolation that is none but our own?