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The best films of 2024
2024年最佳電影
Not the same old stories
不是那些老故事
The highlights of the big screen feature nuns and cardinals, robots and strippers.
大熒幕佳作的主要角色有修女和主教，機器人和脫衣舞娘。
“All of Us Strangers”
《都是陌生人》
In the year’s most tender and intimate film, a lonely screenwriter (Andrew Scott) visits his childhood home and meets the ghosts of his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell).
在今年最溫柔、最私密的電影中，一位孤獨的編劇（安德魯·斯科特飾）回到兒時的家，遇到了父母（克萊爾·芙伊和杰米·貝爾飾）的魂靈。
They were killed when he was a boy, but now he has one last chance to talk to them about their brief time together.
父母在他還是個孩子的時候就意外去世了，但現在他有最后一次機會與父母聊一聊他們重聚的短暫時光。
“All We Imagine as Light”
《想象之光》
A sensitive study of three women (Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam) who work together in a bustling Mumbai hospital.
這是對三個女人（卡尼·庫斯魯蒂、迪維亞·普拉巴、查亞·卡達姆飾）的情感非常細膩的研究，她們在孟買的一所繁忙醫院里共事。
By night, the city offers enchanting glimmers of freedom, but the reality of life with little money or independence returns in the morning.
在夜晚，這座城市閃爍著迷人的自由之光，但到了早晨，生活拮據或生活缺乏獨立性的現實又回來了。
“Anora”
《阿諾拉》
A frenzied farce about a dancer in a strip club (Mikey Madison) who is paid to be the girlfriend of a Russian oligarch’s brattish son.
這部瘋狂的鬧劇講述了脫衣舞俱樂部的一名舞者（米奇·麥迪森飾）受雇成為某俄羅斯寡頭的混蛋兒子的女朋友的故事。
The winner of the Palme d’Or, the top prize at Cannes Film Festival, this is a more complex “Pretty Woman” for a new generation.
這部電影獲得金棕櫚獎（戛納電影節的最高獎項），是為新一代觀眾準備的更復雜的《風月俏佳人》。
“Babygirl”
《小心肝兒》
A married boss of a robotics firm (Nicole Kidman, at her daring best) has an affair with a manipulative young intern (Harris Dickinson).
一家機器人技術公司的已婚老板（妮可·基德曼飾，展現了她最大膽、精彩的一面）與一個善于操縱人心的年輕實習生（哈里斯·迪金森飾）有了外遇。
It could be the premise of a glossy erotic thriller, but “Babygirl” is an edgier proposition, which pays more attention to raw emotion than naked flesh.
這句話可以是一部華麗色情驚悚片的故事前提，但《小心肝兒》的命題更加前衛，它更關注原始情感而非赤裸肉體。
“La Chimera”
《奇美拉》
A rumpled English archaeologist (Josh O’Connor) slouches around Tuscany in the 1980s, dreaming of being reunited with a lost love.
一位落拓的英國考古學家（喬什·奧康納飾）在20世紀80年代在意大利托斯卡納游蕩，夢想著與失去的愛人重聚。
He helps a rollicking band of grave robbers unearth Etruscan artefacts to sell on the black market.
他幫助一群喧鬧的盜墓者挖掘伊特魯里亞文物，然后在黑市上出售。
But should some treasures—and some relationships—be left in the past?
但有些珍寶——以及有些戀情——是否應該被留在過去呢？
“Conclave”
《秘密會議》
Adapted from Robert Harris’s novel, this superbly controlled and slyly funny thriller stars Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal overseeing the election of a new pope.
這部驚悚電影改編自羅伯特·哈里斯的小說，各方面把控非常到位，還帶有一些狡黠的幽默，拉爾夫·費因斯主演一位監督新教皇選舉的紅衣主教。
He soon learns that the front-runners have more secrets than he bargained for.
他很快就了解到，排名領先的候選人有著比他預想中更多的秘密。
“Green Border”
《綠色邊境》
Belarus has lured refugees onto its territory, pretending to offer an easy route into the European Union.
白俄羅斯引誘難民進入了其領土，假裝提供進入歐盟的容易路線。
Polish border guards bar the way; Belarusian guards will not let the migrants turn back.
波蘭邊防警衛隊封鎖了道路，而白俄羅斯警衛隊不讓移民原路返回。
A touching, infuriating tale of how families seeking a better life become pawns of a despot.
這是一個令人感動又令人憤怒的故事，講述了尋求更好生活的家庭如何成為暴君的棋子。
“Immaculate”
《無瑕修女》
An American nun (Sydney Sweeney) moves to an Italian convent, only to find that a geneticist-turned-priest is planning to clone Jesus Christ.
一位美國修女（西德妮·斯維尼飾）搬到了意大利的一個修道院，卻發現一位從遺傳學轉行的牧師正計劃克隆耶穌基督。
As exploitative as it sounds, “Immaculate” is one of the most beautifully shot and cleverly constructed horror films in years.
盡管聽起來剝削性很強，但《無暇修女》是多年來攝影最美、結構最巧妙的恐怖電影之一。
“Love Lies Bleeding”
《血愛成河》
Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian play a small-town gym manager and a bodybuilder who team up against a murderous gun-runner (Ed Harris).
克里斯汀·斯圖爾特和凱蒂·奧布萊恩分別飾演小鎮健身房經理和健美運動員，她們聯手對抗一個兇殘的槍支販子（艾德·哈里斯飾）。
This darkly comic crime thriller gets more and more violent, hallucinatory and sensual as it goes along.
這部黑色喜劇犯罪驚悚片隨著劇情的發展，變得越來越暴力、迷幻和性感。
Be warned, however: it is not for the faint-hearted.
然而要注意：膽小者勿入。
“Monster”
《怪物》
A Japanese widow (Ando Sakura) is frightened by the strange behaviour of her son (Kurokawa Soya).
一位日本寡婦（安藤櫻飾）被她兒子（黑川想矢飾）的奇怪行為嚇壞了。
His actions are explained from three angles in three sections, the first a mystery, the second a satirical farce and the third a wistful drama.
他的行為從三個角度在三個部分中得到解釋，第一部分是懸疑片，第二部分是諷刺鬧劇，第三部分是傷感劇情片。
A deeply humane film.
這是一部極具人文關懷的電影。
“Nickel Boys”
《五分錢男孩》
A dreamlike, impressionistic account of two boys (Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson) experiencing a brutally racist reform school in Florida in the 1960s and the aftermath.
這是一個夢幻般的、印象派的故事，講述了兩個男孩（伊桑·赫里斯、布蘭登·威爾遜）在20世紀60年代的佛羅里達州在一所殘酷的種族主義改造學校的經歷以及之后的事情。
The period drama is adapted from the Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by Colson Whitehead, which is based on real events.
這部年代劇改編自科爾森·懷特黑德獲得了普利策獎的小說，該小說基于真實事件。
“Perfect Days”
《完美的日子》
Wim Wenders’s lyrical drama chronicles a few days in the life of Hirayama (Yakusho Koji), a loner who cleans public toilets in Tokyo.
維姆·文德斯的這部抒情劇情片記錄了平山（役所廣司飾）生活中的幾天，平山是一個在東京打掃公共廁所的獨行者。
As modest as his life might be, Hirayama approaches his work and his hobbies with such dedication that his days do seem close to perfect.
他的生活或許很簡樸，但他對待工作和愛好的態度是如此投入，以至于他的生活似乎臻于完美。
“Robot Dreams”
《機器人之夢》
This adaptation of Sara Varon’s graphic novel is set in New York in the 1980s, where an anthropomorphised dog befriends a rusty robot.
這部改編自薩拉·瓦倫的圖像小說的電影設定在20世紀80年代的紐約，講述了一只擬人化的小狗與一個生銹的機器人成為朋友的故事。
Every frame is crammed with ingenious jokes, but the film does not have a word of dialogue.
每一個畫面都塞滿了巧妙的笑話，但是整部電影沒有一句對話。
Insightful and heartrending.
這是一部富有洞察力且令人心碎的電影。
“Sasquatch Sunset”
《大腳野人日落》
Four shaggy Bigfoots roam around a seemingly unspoilt wilderness.
四只毛茸茸的大腳野人在一片看似未受破壞的荒野中漫步。
The actors (including Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough) are unrecognisable, but the creatures are distinctive, lovable characters all the same.
演員們（包括杰西·艾森伯格和麗莉·吉歐）面目難辨，但這些野人仍然是獨特而可愛的角色。
Both a wonderfully inventive comedy and a haunting eco-fable.
既是一部極具創意的喜劇，也是一個令人難以忘懷的生態寓言。
“The Substance”
《某種物質》
A Hollywood has-been (Demi Moore) pays to have herself cloned, so that her younger, perkier self (Margaret Qualley) can relive her glory days.
一位好萊塢過氣女星（黛米·摩爾飾）花錢克隆了自己，以便讓更年輕、更活潑的自己（瑪格麗特·庫里飾）重現她的光輝歲月。
A colourful lampoon of sexism and ageism in the entertainment industry that mutates into an uproariously gory monster movie.
這是一部對娛樂行業中的性別歧視和年齡歧視進行諷刺的色彩鮮艷的電影，后來變成了喧鬧、血腥的怪獸電影。
