總有一段“芳華”刻骨銘心

Chinese movie theaters are never running short on youth films. So Young, Fleet of Time and Yesterday Once More are just a few that hit the big screen in recent years.

中國(guó)影院從來(lái)都不乏青春片。《致我們終將逝去的青春》(2013)、《匆匆那年》(2014)以及《誰(shuí)的青春不迷?！?2016)都是近年來(lái)登陸大銀幕的幾部作品。

Here comes another one – Youth by director Feng Xiaogang, which was released on Dec 15. But this one is a bit different: It’s dedicated to the youth of our parents’ generation.

今年12月15日上映的馮小剛新片《芳華》也是一部青春題材的電影，但這部電影卻有些不同：它講述的是我們父母那代人的青春。

Set in the 1970s, the story begins in a military arts troupe, in which the soldiers’ duties are to sing, dance and promote culture. He Xiaoping is a newcomer and a talented dancer. With a painful childhood, she wants to make a fresh start in the troupe, yet her family’s background makes her the laughing stock among the other girls. The only person who’s nice to her is Liu Feng, a kind and selfless man.

電影的背景設(shè)定在上世紀(jì)70年代，故事在一個(gè)部隊(duì)文工團(tuán)中展開。在文工團(tuán)中，唱歌跳舞、做文藝宣傳工作是士兵們的職責(zé)。新來(lái)的何小萍是位極具才華的文藝女兵。她有著一段痛苦的童年經(jīng)歷，希望在文工團(tuán)中開始新生活，但她的家庭背景卻在女孩之中成為了笑柄。而善良無(wú)私的劉峰是唯一對(duì)她好的人。

In most youth films, the characters’ life paths are only influenced by their individual choices. However, the young people in Youth are also a part of “the whirlwind of historical change”, as film critic Justin Chang wrote in the Los Angeles Times. In a time span of more than 30 years, they have to experience the “cultural revolution” (1966-76) and the Sino-Vietnamese conflict (1978-79), during which Liu Feng loses an arm and He Xiaoping suffers from a mental illness. The disbandment of the troupe also tears them away from the life and people they’re so familiar with, throwing them into a new life they knew nothing about.

在大多數(shù)青春片中，角色的人生道路往往只受到個(gè)人選擇的影響。然而，正如影評(píng)人Justin Chang在《洛杉磯時(shí)報(bào)》上所寫的那樣，《芳華》中的年輕人也處在“歷史變遷的旋風(fēng)”中。在30多年的時(shí)間中，他們經(jīng)歷了“文化大革命”(1966-1976)以及對(duì)越自衛(wèi)反擊戰(zhàn)(1978-79)，在這期間，劉峰失去了一條胳膊，而何小萍飽受精神疾病的折磨。文工團(tuán)的解散也令他們不得不離開自己熟悉的生活和人，投入到一無(wú)所知的新生活中去。

They all have to learn to “make peace with the past and [make] the most of the present”, wrote reporter Giovanna Fulvi on the website Tiff.net.

所有人都要學(xué)著“與過(guò)去和解，充分利用好現(xiàn)在，”記者Giovanna Fulvi在Tiff.net上寫道。

But there’s still something that never changes about youth. No matter what time of history it is, people share the same longing for love and beauty. Sunshine, laughter and swimming pools – these typical images of youth are all well kept by Feng in his new film.

但青春中仍有些事物從未改變。不論何時(shí)，人們都對(duì)愛與美有著同樣的追求。陽(yáng)光、歡笑以及游泳池 —— 這些青春的經(jīng)典影象都在馮導(dǎo)的這部新片中被完好無(wú)損地保存了下來(lái)。

According to iFeng News, Youth is actually a nostalgic and personal work that Feng dedicates to his own experiences of working in a troupe.

據(jù)鳳凰新聞報(bào)道，《芳華》實(shí)際上是一部懷舊的個(gè)人作品，馮小剛將此片獻(xiàn)給了自己在文工團(tuán)工作的經(jīng)歷。

“When I look back in time, everything else in my life seems to be black and white,” he said. “The days in the troupe are the only part of my memory that always remains colorful.”

“現(xiàn)在回憶往事時(shí)，很多記憶都是黑白的，”他說(shuō)道。“唯獨(dú)部隊(duì)文工團(tuán)的生活是腦海里一個(gè)有色彩的記憶。”