My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes 《單車英雄》
VIEW EVENT DETAILSThe 16th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
The 16th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival Screening
Screening: 7:00pm
My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes
《單車英雄》
Directed By Oren Jacoby
92 mins | USA | 2014 | Documentary | English, Italian with English subtitles
Would you risk your life to save a stranger? This is the story of sports idol Gino Bartali and other courageous Italians who carried out ingenious schemes to rescue Jews, partisans and refugees from Nazi-occupied Italy. Bartali, a Tour de France champion, smuggled fake identify documents in the frame of his bicycle. Dr. Giovanni Borromeo invented a fictitious disease to scare the SS away from the hospital where he was hiding Jews. Oscar-nominated director Oren Jacoby reveals the dramatic stories of a secret underground that has remained largely unknown until now.
你會鋌而走險去營救一個素未謀面的陌生人嗎? 《單車英雄》就正正是這樣的一個故事。
巴達利是個單車傳奇,曾在環法單車比賽掛冠。不過在納粹年頭,巴達利最讓人稱頌的卻不是他的運動才能,而是他的無私。足智多謀的他與地下組織合作,用盡千方百計,向極權政府隱瞞,秘密收容被逼迫的猶太人、異見人士和難民,讓超過八成的受害者得以在意大利免於種族屠殺之厄運,應記一功。
戰後這群無名英雄並不戀掌聲,安靜地回歸平淡生活,而他們的事蹟,亦因而鮮被提及。為了讓後人不至於遺忘他們,曾獲奧斯卡提名的導演雅各比將此事搬上螢幕,利用細緻的刻畫、生動的敘事手法,再次向英雄們致敬。
AWARDS:
Rome International Film Festival: Official Selection
Hamptons International Film Festival: Official Selection
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