銀幕上的青春季 年北京國際電影節佳片推薦1

International movie festivals usually draw crowds of film buffs, hoping to see the latest cinematic marvels to hit the big screen.

國際電影節總能吸引不少電影發燒友，他們希望見證新晉影史傳奇在大銀幕上的風光。

This year’s Beijing International Film Festival, which runs from April 16 to 23, offers a long lineup of critically acclaimed films, many of which dissect the trials of youth. These films forgo the themes typically associated with young people – treacly romance, everlasting friendship–in favor of more complex meditations on life. Their protagonists, young as they are, confront invisible forces far greater than themselves, pressures and anxieties that stretch back for generations.

今年的北京國際電影節於4月16日至23日舉辦，屆時將展映大批口碑極佳的電影，其中不乏剖析、審視青年人的佳作。這些電影通過融合常與年輕人聯繫在一起的兩大主題——甜蜜的愛情和永恆的友誼，突出了對生活的多重反思。電影中年輕的主人公們要面對自己難以克服的無形力量，他們面臨着幾代人共有的壓力和焦慮。

The Intern, for instance, depicts a young entrepreneur striving to balance her career and family. Another anglophone film, Brooklyn, transports viewers from a small Irish town to New York City, where its heroine learns to thrive in a growing Irish immigrant community. A third English-language film, Straight Outta Compton, dramatizes the real-life ascent of a group of young rappers who take music as a platform to denounce racial injustice.

以電影《實習生》爲例，它講述了一個年輕企業家試圖平衡事業和家庭的故事。另外一部英語電影《布魯克林》則把觀衆從一個愛爾蘭小鎮帶到了紐約，電影的女主人公必須學習如何在快速壯大的愛爾蘭移民團體中成長。第三部英文電影《衝出康普頓》則改編自一羣年輕說唱歌手真實的勵志故事，他們以音樂爲平臺，譴責種族歧視。

There are also stories that reinterpret the meaning of family and emphasize the weight increasingly placed on young shoulders. Our Little Sister explores what happens when three young women adopt their stepsister, while the immigration drama Dheepan presents a family bound not by blood, but by necessity.

還有影片重新詮釋了家庭的意義，聚焦年輕人肩上越來越沉重的責任。《海街日記》探討了三姐妹接納同父異母的妹妹之後會發生什麼，而移民電影《流浪的迪潘》則展現了一個不以血緣而以需求爲紐帶的家庭。

Each of these films showcases what it means to be young–and all the uncertainties that entails. They’re sure to leave you inspired, as you walk out of the cinema.

每部電影都向我們展示了年輕意味着什麼，以及它包含的所有不確定性。當你走出電影院，它們一定會讓你有所感悟。

Brooklyn

《布魯克林》

Directed by John Crowley Ireland/UK

導演：約翰•克勞利 愛爾蘭/英國

Brooklyn is a film about a young Irish girl who must choose between two lovers and two countries at the same time.

電影《布魯克林》講述了一個年輕愛爾蘭女孩必須同時在兩個愛人和兩個國家之間做出選擇的故事。

Adapted from Irish novelist Colm Toibin’s best selling novel, Brooklyn is set in both Ireland and US, the two countries that the protagonist Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) calls home. In her native Ireland, Eilis had few prospects, an underpaid job and a grim future in a small town. When she immigrates to the US, she feels homesick but nevertheless finds her niche. She starts to attend night school in accounting, has a promising career and finds love with a handsome Italian-American named Tony (Emory Cohen).

電影改編自愛爾蘭作家科爾姆•託賓的暢銷小說，《布魯克林》的背景設定在愛爾蘭和美國，這兩個國家都是主人公艾莉絲（西爾莎•羅南飾）口中的家鄉。在出生地愛爾蘭，艾莉絲在一個小鎮裏過着毫無希望的生活，幹着收入微薄的工作，面臨着殘酷的未來。當移民到美國後，她開始思念故鄉，儘管如此，她還是找到了自己的位置。她開始上夜校學習會計，找到了一份前途大好的工作，還和意大利帥哥託尼（艾莫里•科恩飾）墜入愛河。

Complications arise when Eilis returns to Ireland for her sister’s funeral. During her brief stay, she becomes more in demand than she’d ever imagined. She gets a job as an accountant and attracts the attention of a desirable local bachelor, Jim Farrell (Domhnall Gleeson).

當艾莉絲返回愛爾蘭參加姐姐的葬禮時，新的狀況出現了。在愛爾蘭的短暫停留，她發現自己變得比想象中更受歡迎。她找到了一份會計的工作，還受到了當地優質單身漢吉姆•法雷爾（多姆納爾•格里森飾）的青睞。

Like many young people, Eilis stands at a crossroad. The decisions she makes will ultimately determine whom she spends the rest of her life with, where she lives and what career she pursues. Eilis’ struggles in the US have transformed her from a fearful girl into a confident, self-reliant woman, and it is her newfound insight into her own character that allows her to make the fateful choice.

和許多年輕人一樣，艾莉絲站在了人生的十字路口。她的選擇將決定她將和誰共度一生，在哪裏生活，追求怎樣的事業。在美國奮鬥的經歷讓這個曾經恐懼不安的女孩成爲了自信、獨立的女人，也正是她新發現的自己個性中的洞察力，讓她能夠做出命運的選擇。

For over a century, American cinema has explored the immigrant experience, and an array of movies have depicted the struggles of migrants coming to the US. What makes Brooklyn fresh is its small town story and empowered female protagonist who feels torn between different worlds. “In Ireland, Eilis is a daughter with a history; in America she is a woman with a future; in both she is filled with displaced longing,” Guardian movie critic Mark Kermode wrote.

一個多世紀以來，美國電影一直在探究移民的經歷，不少影片描繪了初來美國的移民的艱難奮鬥。而讓《布魯克林》與衆不同的則是它講述的小鎮故事和它賦予女主人公選擇兩個不同世界的權利，這個抉擇讓她心痛。英國《衛報》電影評論員馬克•柯默德寫道：“在愛爾蘭，艾莉絲是個有故事的女兒；而在美國她是一個有未來的女性；而無論哪個選擇都讓她有背井離鄉的感覺。”