Emmanuel

　　In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont (Romain Duris), traumatised by the horrific trench warfar, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa into the vast territories of Upper Volta in the company of Diofo, artist and also survivor of the Great War. From village to village, Georges uses Diofo's talents as a griot to recruit the villagers as labour for plantations in Ghana.　　But his adventure leads him to a dead-end, and he comes back to Paris where is brother Marcel (Grégory Gadebois), a war invalid, lives with their mother's. After the war in Europe, life went out without him.　　Georges will desperately try to find his place, with the help of Hélène (Céline Salette), a sign language teacher with whom he will have a tumultuous relationship, and his family, that he selfishly left behind.　　He will finally attempt to heal their wounds, and his.

　　刚果穷小子自力更生，拿一把斧头走入丛林，以过人意志，独力砍大树，土法制木炭。辛苦都不怕，他梦想活得好一点，可以亲手为妻子及女儿造个安乐窝。只有一辆单车，载满一袋袋沉甸甸的木炭，他一个人推着上路，长途跋涉，期望送到镇上能卖个好价钱。公路旅程却多险阻，有人拦路「收陀地」，顾客压价佔便宜。人情凉薄，向上天祷告可会有奇迹出现？摄影师出身的嘉哈，以出色影像与纪实目光，近距离捕捉这段犹如薛西弗斯推石上山的卖炭人生。夺第70届戛纳电影节影评人周大奖。

　　大半生在银幕上历遍人间生离，年逾古稀却怎也无法在镜头前演出死别一刻。趁剧组停拍，资深演员到蔚蓝海岸探望故友。来到荒废大宅，偶遇拿着摄影机拍鬼片的孩童，唤起《四百击》（1959）男孩与电影初邂逅的情缘；梦回与貌美如昔的情人灵魂相遇，重拾一生铭记的爱恋。生命将尽之际，终领悟怎样与死亡共存。诹访敦彦给法国新浪潮的情书，让特吕弗与戈达尔爱将让-皮埃尔·利奥德，将前世今生铭刻于光影里。且唱一阕狮子的挽歌，化作生命礼赞，伴随梦去。