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马诺哈拉·K在13岁时就凭借在影片《铁路少年》中的出色表演荣获印度国家电影奖最佳儿童演员奖。如今，二十出头的马诺哈拉初执导筒，将女作家索尼娅·S的获奖自传小说搬上银幕，讲述了一个白化病女孩的成长之路。片中，来自贫困家庭的索尼娅因为白化病在学校受到歧视和敌意，父亲置若罔闻、母亲有心但无力，她只能依靠自己。导演并没有向索尼娅投去同情目光，而是带着一定距离感去呈现她的处境，成功塑造了一个勇敢、乐天的女孩如何接纳自己并让白化病这个“缺点”成为特点。

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　　在《吸血鬼德古拉》小说原作者布莱姆·斯托克笔下的一章“船长日志”中，“得墨忒尔”是把德古拉从特兰西瓦尼亚运到伦敦的船的名字——这艘俄国帆船运送着50个没有标记的大木箱出发，而此后在英国海岸线上搁浅，破破烂烂，全船仅存一个疯癫的幸存者。本片的故事将详细聚焦得墨忒耳号的那趟可怕旅程：某神秘的乘客把船员们一个接一个屠杀。

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.