導演 Director
李家驊 LEE Chia Hua
台灣 Taiwan｜2019｜75分鐘min｜彩色Colour
國語、台語，中英文字幕 In Mandarin, Taiwanese with Chinese & English subtitles
面對十惡不赦的殺人兇手，我們有足夠的同理心去了解他們背後的故事嗎？三個被判死刑的犯人，三宗冷血兇案——一個殺友勒索、另一位則以百刀弒父、還有一宗轟動全台灣的隨機殺人事件。從媒體報道中聽來的故事，都很難令人對他們有任何憐憫之心。但導演李家驊則嘗試從近距離的角度去展示三個死刑犯的另一面。本片的訪問人物，包括律師、法官、反死刑倡導者、獄警、甚至犯人⋯⋯各人的切身體驗，令觀眾可以看到「怪物」背後的社會悲劇。旨不在博取同情，但凝視人性最黑暗的深淵，是了解至親痛苦的開端。
Do we have the empathy to listen to the story behind unforgivable killers? Three death row inmates, three chilling murder cases—one kills his friend and asks for ransom, the other stabs his father over a hundred times, and lastly a shocking mass killer on a rampage. When we hear these stories on the news, it is difficult to muster any sympathy for the culprits. Yet director Lee Chia-Hua attempts to show us different sides of these three death row inmates from an intimate distance. The film features interviews of attorneys, judges, anti-death penalty advocates, correctional officers, and even the inmates…. Their varying perspectives and experiences give audience a chance to understand the far-reaching tragedy that is behind these “monsters.” The film does not aim to elicit sympathy. But to gaze at the darkest void of human nature is the beginning of empathizing with the family’s pain.
導演介紹 Director Biography
李家驊 LEE Chia Hua
1978年出生台北，政治大學廣告學系畢業，國立臺南藝術大學藝術創作與理論博士；現為朝陽科技大學傳播藝術系助理教授。2003年，以個人生命經驗為題的《25歲，國小二年級》榮獲山形紀錄片影展亞洲單元特別賞、台北電影節最佳紀錄片獎。2011年，作品《起點》描述了殺人犯與被害者母親之間取得和解的故事，導演由此對司法題材展現濃厚興趣，在兩年後又推出了記錄短片《我無罪，我是鄭性澤》，對當時仍在受刑的死囚鄭性澤表示聲援。2014年，他參與了紀錄318學運的《太陽，不遠》的紀錄片計畫，執導其中的《看不見太陽的那幾天》，入選台灣國際紀錄片雙年展與山形紀錄片影展。2016，延續李中旺導演作品《夢想無限》的續作《夢想續航》上映，獲得好評。李家驊的影像語言平易近人，多部作品皆充分展現出他的人道主義關懷與深刻自省。
Born in 1978 in Taipei, Lee Chia-hua graduated from the Department of Advertising at the National Chengchi University and from the Graduate Institute of the Tainan National University of Arts. Lee now works as an assistant professor of communications arts at the Chaoyang University of Technology. In 2003, the Spirit of 8, a documentary inspired by his life experience, was awarded with Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival Special Mentions and Taipei Film Festival's Best Documentary. Another film, Qi Dian (2011) illustrates the reconciliation between a murderer and his mother, which also alludes to the director’s keen interest in judiciary and justice. Two years later a short documentary, I am innocent , I am CHENG Hsing Tse was released to express support to the Death-row prisoner Cheng Hsing Tse. Lee further contributes to Sunflower Occupation documenting the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014, among which the unit he directed, 24 Days Without Sunlight was selected by the Taiwan International Documentary Festival and Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. In 2016, he directs the celebrated For More Sun II as a legacy to Lee Jong-wang’s preceding work. Lee presents his graphic image amicably, with an extra hint on his humanitarian, thought-provoking reflection.
