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 在德国一座中世纪大学城的植物园中，一棵古老的银杏树静静矗立，见证着三个时代中人与自然之间的深层联结。1908年，大学首位女性学生透过摄影镜头，在植物的微观结构中发现宇宙的神圣秩序；1972年，一位沉默的青年在观察天竺葵的过程中，悄然改变了对世界的感知；2020年，一位来自香港的神经科学家在研究婴儿意识的同时，与这棵树展开一场意想不到的实验。

　　一个叫做哈立德的年轻叙利亚难民几乎失去了所有的家人。近乎偶然之下，他藏在一艘运煤船里流落到赫尔辛基成了一个偷渡客，并在当地寻求政治庇护。维克斯特伦是一个旅行推销员，他在牌桌上赢了一大笔钱之后在赫尔辛基的一条后街买了一家不赚钱的餐馆。在当地政府作出要将哈立德遣返回阿勒颇的判决后，他决定非法留在这个国家。最终，维克斯特伦发现哈立德睡在他餐馆的内院里，并聘请他到自己餐馆里做清洁工和洗碗工。生活会短暂地向我们展示它光明的一面，然而命运很快就会插手其中。

　　姚芊芊腹中的孩子即将足月，为了让大家相信孩子是太子的，郑贵妃命她带兰心去郊外寺庙进香，自己则安排手下装作歹徒袭击二人，让姚芊芊有理由“受惊早产”，并想伺机除掉兰心。谁知，姚芊芊真的受惊动了胎气，幸有兰心全力相助，这才九死一生，在途中产下一子。从此，姚芊芊视兰心为生死之交，王恭妃见状，却误以为兰心被郑贵妃收买。王恭妃明白梅儿和兰心情同手足，为防止梅儿随兰心一同倒戈，她开始用各种方式离间两人的关系 。　　梅儿原是上官大人与歌女李月棠之女，实为兰心之妹。

　　Following her mother’s death, manga artist Soriya travels to her ancestral home in Phnom Penh, with hopes of reconnecting with her distant family and using the visit as inspiration for her work. All goes well initially. Renting an apartment in Metta, a rundown Khmer Rouge-era housing complex, her visit to her maternal relatives finds her welcomed with open arms. But Soriya’s waking hours in the apartment and its surroundings are punctuated by terrifying, bloody visions, almost as though she were a conduit for horrors of the past wanting to seep into the present.　　Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea’s blood-chilling psychological horror explores a personal and political past through the present, transforming a characterful space into an insidious environment. Surrounded by modern high-rises, this decrepit structure, with its brutalist architecture and peeling surfaces, is a relic from a dark period in history whose painful memories it has absorbed. In tracing Soriya’s ominous journey back to her roots, Tenement hints at a necessary reckoning with Cambodia’s political past without overplaying its historical dimension. It’s an impressive work from a woefully underrepresented national cinema.