director:: karol ngan
hong kong │ 2000
color │ video │ 16min.
awards & screenings
- 第六屆香港獨立短片及錄像比賽青少年組銀獎 Silver Award, Youth Category, The 6 th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Award (IFVA)
- 第二十五屆香港國際電影節，香港短片新世紀 (一)放映作品 The 25 th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong Shorts
- Youth Days, i-GENERATIONs 2001 (Hong Kong)
- The 3 rd Seoul International Youth Video Festival 2001 (Korea)
- Kyoto International Student Film & Video Festival 2001 (Japan)
- Planet Osaka 2002 (Japan)
story
人魚的故事從來都是悲劇。
傳說，王子在海邊救了美麗的人魚。
傳說，人魚、王子、公主陷入了三角關係。
傳說，人魚化為薔薇泡沫，王子便會回到公主身邊。
結果，什麼都變了。
然後，公主化成人魚，游到彼岸，尋找另一個王子。
The story of mermaid is always a tragedy.
In the fairy tale, the prince saved the mermaid from the coast. Then the mermaid, the prince and the princess lapsed into a tangled relationship. The princess believed the prince's love would be back to her after the mermaid left.
Actually, everything was changed.
Then another story started, the princess became a mermaid and look for another prince.
director's note
總是難以忘記《人魚公主》的結局，人魚化為薔薇泡沫飄逝的一幕，死得如此詩意，叫人感慨。
我也想說一個故事，故事裡沒有童話、沒有人魚、沒有王子、沒有公主，只有我們的笑與淚，我們的感情；但仍希望令人感到詩意，輕淡，也深刻。
一對青梅竹馬，女孩一直以為他們會一起長大、讀書、戀愛、結婚、生子，平平淡淡的過一生。他們像是兄妹，又像是朋友。直到他在大海救了那個女人，他才忽然感覺到愛情。
我並不奢望如童話般流傳千古，我求的，只是一剎那的感動，就如愛情。
The ending oflingers. The death of the mermaid was always the beginning of something else, just like poetry, emotional and profound.
But the story I want to tell is not legend. There is no mermaid, no prince and no princess but a touch of sorrow, a bit of joy.
A girl believes she would be with her Boy for her life. They grow and study together, fall in love, would get married and have their children. The Boy often feels they were like brother and sister, or friends, until one day when he saves a woman from the sea. Love seems to mean something new…
The story has no magic, but perhaps a stir of emotions, like being in love.
credits
cast:: yvonne lam │ kowloon tong │ april ip │tim ng│ 歐瑞蘭
assistant director & makeup:: sherona chan
DOP:: maible tsui
sound & editing:: sand leung
lighting:: daphen li
art direction:: karol ngan │ maible tsui
music:: joy ho
crew:: siu ching │ terrix yeung │ ross yip │ stepky poon
consultant:: ann hui