Amegalithrisesfromasandydesert–orrather,ascalemodelofsuchalandscape.“Iamthearchive”,saysayoungfemalevoicewhileominousstringmusicnailsviewerstotheirseats.ThisopeningsetsthestageforthenarrativeandfigurativelanguageofRithyPanh’sdensemnemonicessaywhichusesstunningdioramastotellatwenty-firstcenturydystopianstory.Afteracenturyofgenocidalideologiesanddestructivespeciesism,animalshaveenslavedhumansandtakenovertheworld.Inawaveofhope,thestatuesofthepasthavebeenremovedbutnewonesarebeingerectedtosuppressthewillofthepeople.Thisisnowaplanetofapes,boarsandlions,andazoologicalrevolutionisreversingandrecreatingtheatrocitiesofthe20thcentury.Asanimalfigureswatchthefilmarchivesofourworld,itfeelsasifLumièrehasbeentransportedintoafilmbyMélièsorWillisH.O’Brien.Weareallwellawarethathistoryrepeatsitselffirstastragedy,thenasafarce.Thetimehasnowcomeforthisfarce,inwhich“politicallanguageinhabitsourdreamsandconsumesus”,toallowthepossibilityofa“gracefulandtenderinsubordination”toemerge.

AllFilipinoeroticamoviesfromthepasttothepresenthavealmostalwaystakentheirstorypremiseandplotfrom’ScorpioNights’,PequeGallaga’smasterpieceofpoverty,love,andunquenchablelibido.ThemovietellsthesexualadventuresofDanny(DanielFernando),ayouthwhocannotseemtocontrolhisurges.Dannyservedaspeepingtomtoachildlesscouplejustbelowhisrentedapartment.Whenheaccidentallyenteredthecouple’sroom,hewasmistakenbythewifeashisownhusbandandshewillinglyhadsexwithhim.Thesteamyaffairhadturnedintoanobsessionwhichledtothedemiseofalltheleadcharacters.WhatmadethefilmgoodwasitevokedthepainfulrealitiesoflivingbelowtheaverageclassduringPhilippineMartialLawera,totheextentthatpeoplefindotherwaystopleasurethemselves.Also,thefilmsuccessfullypresentedanegativeconsequenceofovertsexualobsession.NeverhadthePhilippineseverproducedanindie-likeclassicsuchasthis.Allothereroticmoviesmadeafter’ScorpioNights’werecheapimitations.Evenitssuccessor,’ScorpioNights2’(withadifferentdirector)failedtoomuchtoliveuptoitspredecessor.ScorpioNightswaslaterremadeintoaKoreanfilmcalledSummertimedirectedbyJae-hoPark.Awardsfor:BestCinematography(ManunuringPelikulangPilipino),BestSound(MPP,PhilippineMoviePressClub),BestProductionDesign(PMPC),BestMusic(MPP,PMPC);Nominationsfor:BestScreenplay(PMPC),BestCinematography(PMPC),BestEditing(MPP,PMPC),BestProductionDesign(MPP),BestActorandBestNewActorforDanielFernando(PMPC),BestSupportingActorforEugeneEnriquez(PMPC)

法国巴黎，孤独的小男孩帕斯克（Pascal Lamorisse 帕斯克?拉莫里斯 饰）独自走在上学的路上，他无意中捡到一只红气球。红气球仿佛一个淘气却又乖巧的孩子一般，紧紧跟随着小男孩去学校、坐车、上教堂。它为帕斯克带来了莫大的快乐，但是一群坏孩子嫉妒帕斯克有这么神奇的红气球，他们偷偷尾随，试图将气球打破…… 　　本片荣获1957年奥斯卡最佳原创剧本奖项、英国电影和电视艺术学院特别奖、1956年戛纳国际电影节金棕榈最佳短片奖、1956年路易德吕克奖。

一个年轻的记者和他的侄女发现了一个美丽迷人的动物，他们相信这是真正的美人鱼……