Take dementia - a truly horrific mental condition which affects millions of people worldwide. An important TOPic, for sure, but not necessarily the kind of thing youd choose to watch a movie about after a hard day at work.

老年痴呆症这一影响着全球百万人群,让人闻之色变的可怕精神疾病,无疑是一要紧的课题,当然,它更不是你会在辛勤工作了一天想要回家打开的电影题材。

故事的主人公,80岁的老爸爸(由影帝安东尼霍普金斯扮演),一个人一人居住在伦敦Maida Vale的一间豪华公寓里,他的女儿安妮(由影后奥利维娅科尔曼扮演)善良,可亲,对家人充满了关心,会按期来探望他。

所有看起来都是安然无恙的样子。

但下一秒,你会发现事情没那样简单:有一天,当打开公寓的女儿变了模样,大家疑惑了:安妮如何不是之前的样子了?仿佛家的墙纸、家具也发生了微妙的变化?

Its confusing. You wonder if youve missed something. You cant keep track of whos who, or whats what. Names and faces get mixed up. The timeline is unclear.

你乱了,你在想是否自己又错过了什么重点信息,你甚至分不清哪个是哪个,这个和那个。名字和脸开始对不上号,时间线也像一团乱麻。

But, of course, this is precisely1 the point of The Father. Anthonys worsening dementia means that he cant get a grasp on whats going on around him.

这其实就是《困在时间里的爸爸》拍摄的初衷。你跟随的是安东尼的视线,患有痴呆症的安东尼开始搞不清周围都出了什么事。

导演兼编剧Florian Zeller表示:

What I wanted to do was not tell the story from the outside, but the inside, and put the audience in an active position, as if they were in the main characters head,

我不是想从旁观者的角度讲述故事,而是进入到病人的脑子里,让观众体验病人的世界,就仿佛他们在病人的脑子里一样。

I wanted The Father to be a bit more than a story, but like an experience, as if you [the viewer] were the one losing your bearings.

我期望《困在时间里的爸爸》不是一个故事这么简单,它更像是一种体验,观众身临其中,领会(病人)那种不知所措的感觉。

83岁的安东尼霍普金斯在片中扮演患有痴呆症的老爸爸安东尼,在读完《困在时间中的爸爸》剧本后,他表示非常开心,感觉到自己要饰演这一角色的热情高涨:

It was so powerful, and so simple, so direct, so concise2, so compact, he says. Ive been fortunate, in the last few years Ive been involved with some wonderful films, but this was really unique.

它是那样的充满力量,简单,直接,简明,紧凑,近几年来我参与了很多非常出色的电影的拍摄,非常幸运能有这次机会,由于这一次(的角色)是那样的与众不同。

各家媒体人对安东尼的表演也是赞不绝口:

Owen Gleiberman of Variety: Hopkins is flat-out stunning3. He acts, for a while, with grizzled charm and roaring certainty, but the quality that holds his performance together, is a cosplaymic confusion laced with terror. Anthony is losing more than his memory - hes losing himself.

《综艺》杂志的Owen Gleiberman评价:霍普金斯直接的表演直击人心。片中有一段,他表现出灰白头发的年长魔力与气定神闲的自信。然而,真的将他的表演融合为一体的是那个恐惧与混乱交织的世界。安东尼失去的不止是他的记忆,他在失去他一个人。

老戏骨安东尼霍普金斯第三为大家献上的这部出色影片,不只引起了大众对老年痴呆的第三注目,也让大家看到了宝刀未老的出色演技。