Three ... Nightmares
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Three ... Nightmares |
| Original title | Chinese 三更 , Pinyin sān gēng , Cantonese Saam gaang |
| Country of production | South Korea , Thailand , Hong Kong |
| original language | Korean , Thai , Cantonese |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 123 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Kim Ji-woon , Nonsi Nimibut , Peter Chan |
| script |
Kim Ji-woon , Nitas Singhamat , Matt Chow & Jo Jo Hui Yuet-chun |
| music |
Lee Byung-woo , Sinnapa Sarasas & Apisit Wongchoti, Jo Sung-woo & Peter Kam |
| camera |
Hong Kyung-pyo , Nattawut Kittikhun , Christopher Doyle |
| cut | Jeong Yun-cheol, Nonsi Nimibut Kwong Chi-leung |
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Three… Nightmares ( Chinese 三更 , Pinyin sān gēng , Cantonese Saam gaang ) is a horror film project that was created in 2002 in collaboration with the production company BOM Film Productions Co. (South Korea), Cinemasia (Thailand) and Applause Pictures (Hong Kong) originated. Under the guise of the episode film , the production combines a short film directed by an aspiring filmmaker from the respective country.
The international production tells three completely different, self-contained and incoherent stories. The project was continued in 2004 with the East Asian film production Three… Extremes .
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Episode 1 - "Memories" (in German: "memories" )
- Written and directed by Kim Ji-woon
The married family man Sung-min suffers from sudden memory loss , important personal events have been taken from him. Therefore, he can no longer remember when and under what circumstances his wife left him. The wife seems to have disappeared without a trace. The man is therefore utterly desperate. He is plagued by eerie visions that, on the verge of nervous breakdown , make him fear that something terrible must have happened.
At the same time, the missing woman wakes up on a deserted street in the New Town housing estate . She also lacks any memory. Therefore, she wanders around in search of her apartment and plagued by cruel daydreams. Little by little, she manages to collect and sort the fragments of her memories. Their visions finally lead them to their supposed apartment door. Here the young woman realizes that she was once killed and dismembered by her jealous husband when she wanted to break away from him. In her surreal vision, in reality she is long dead, she relives the murder.
At the end of this episode, Sung-min notices the body of his murdered wife in a large bag. In the last shot, the murderer travels away with his "cargo" with an unknown destination.
Episode 2 - "The Wheel" (in German: "The Wheel" )
- Book : Nitas Singhamat; Director : Nonsi Nimibut
For generations the hun lakorn lek , the traditional Thai master puppeteers , have led a privileged existence with their stylistically more interesting presentation of their arts. Their social status brings a lot of prestige, but at the same time stoking envy and resentment, especially among the poor Khon -Tänzern also artistically active showmen. In order to protect the puppeteers from attacks, according to an old tradition, their puppets are protected by a mysterious curse that is said to lead to the death of an illegitimate owner.
The elderly and respected puppeteer, Tao, who made wealth through his artistic skills, is sick. The old man believes that his precious dolls are cursed and therefore orders his wife to sink them in an adjacent river. Student Gaan, like his master, is also convinced of the curse, but initially condemned to watch. The old man's family does not believe in the mystical and deadly powers of the dolls, which inevitably leads to the death of Tao and individual members of the clan.
One day, Khon master Tong, who lives in poor conditions with his less recognized art form, comes into possession of the dolls that have washed ashore. Tong plans, despite Gaan's urgent admonition, to try himself as a puppeteer with his own performance. His greed, ignorance and the desire to escape his social class ultimately lead to the fact that he continues to cling to the murderous dolls, despite the mysterious demise of his friends.
Episode 3 - "Going Home" (in German: "Heimgang" )
- Book : Matt Chow and Jo Jo Hui Yuet-chun ; Director : Peter Chan
The single police officer Wai moves with his young son Cheung into a dilapidated, multi-storey and almost deserted apartment building. The frightened child does not like the new home because it causes anxiety in him, but Wai admonishes his offspring to be “manly courageous”. The boy is particularly afraid of the eccentric Yu's daughter from the apartment opposite.
One day when his son disappears without a trace, Wai looks for him all over the skyscraper. He also asks the extremely obscure Yu about Cheung's whereabouts, since he suspects it to be with his young daughter. To Wai's astonishment, he replies that he has no children at all. From then on, Wai suspiciously suspects his headstrong neighbor. In his absence, he breaks into Yu's apartment, where he surprisingly discovers the body of a preserved woman who Yu killed three years ago and has cared for with devotion ever since. A short time later, the intruder is knocked down by the returned neighbor.
When Wai wakes up, he is tied up in the hands of Yu, who, like his late wife, has devoted himself to traditional Chinese medicine and vehemently rejects conventional Western treatments. The peculiar doctor tells his hostage about a special method that can awaken the lifeless body , which has been healed from liver cancer, to new life. However, this perennial process requires all his attention so that he leads an isolated life far away from human society and devotes himself exclusively to caring for his wife. According to the eccentric's wish, the unbelieving policeman should attend the impending moment tied up so that the event cannot be thwarted in the last three days.
Meanwhile, the search for the missing Cheung becomes irrelevant, although Yu continues to search without result. Unfortunately, on the predicted day of the resurrection, the police raid Yu's home and rescue the handcuffed Wai. The arrested Yu dies a few moments later while trying to escape as a result of a car accident. Hai'er's preserved corpse is said to have mysterious regenerative abilities. Wai began to doubt Yu's thesis. During his further investigation, the shocked policeman comes across a video recording of Hai'er. Here you can see how the young doctor devotedly cared for her friend Yu, who was also suffering from cancer, for three years so that he would do the same for her out of love. But with Yu's death both are doomed to dwell in the realm of the dead. At the end of the film you see the young Cheung in excellent health. What happened to him in the meantime or what happens to Wai, the film leaves to the interpretation of the viewer.
Awards
- 2003: Honorable Mention to Peter Chan for the episode Going Home
- 2002: Golden Horse Award in the “Best Actor” category for Leon Lai
- 2002: Golden Horse Award in the “Best Camera” category for Christopher Doyle
- 2002: Nomination in the category “Best Production Design” for Art Director Chung Man Yee
- 2002: Nomination in the category “Best Costume Design & Make-up Design” for Dora Ng
- 2002: Nomination in the category “Best Director” for Peter Chan
- 2002: Nomination in the “Best Editing” category for Kwong Chi-leung
- 2002: Nomination in the category “Best Film” for the episode Going Home
- 2003: Winner in the “Best Young Actor” category: Eugenia Yuan
- 2003: Nomination in the “Best Actor” category: Leon Lai
- 2003: Nomination in the “Best Production Design” category: Chung Man Yee
- 2003: Nomination in the “Best Cinematography” category: Christopher Doyle
- 2003: Nomination in the category “Best Director”: Peter Chan
- 2003: Nomination in the “Best Editing” category: Kwong Chi-leung
- 2003: Nomination in the “Best Music” category: Jo Sung-woo and Peter Kam
- 2003: Nomination in the category “Best Film”: for the episode Going Home
- 2003: Nomination in the “Best Screenplay” category: Matt Chow and Jo Jo Hui Yuet-chun
- 2003: Nomination in the “Best Sound” category: Sunit Asyinikul
- 2003: Nomination in the category “Best Supporting Actress”: Eugenia Yuan
- Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
- 2003: HKFCS Award in the “Best Director” category for Peter Chan
Web links
- Three ... Nightmares in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Three… Nightmares in the online film database