Shoplifters is a film by Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda. AFP

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The Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival is one of the highest prizes in the film industry, so winning one is never easy.

戛納電影節(jié)的金棕櫚獎(jiǎng)是電影界的最高榮譽(yù)之一，獲獎(jiǎng)也絕非易事。

“The Palme d’Or: It has to be something where all the elements come together, where the acting is extraordinary, the direction is extraordinary, where the mise-en-scene is profound and deep,” said Australian actress Cate Blanchett, president of the jury of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, at a news conference.

“金棕櫚獎(jiǎng)：獲獎(jiǎng)影片需要將所有元素結(jié)合在一起，要有精湛的表演、杰出的導(dǎo)演、巧妙又有深度的布景道具，”澳大利亞女演員、今年戛納電影節(jié)評(píng)委會(huì)主席凱特·布蘭切特在一場新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上說道。

This makes it all the more necessary for us to take a look at Shoplifters, the winner of this year’s Palme d’Or on May 19. Let’s have a look.

這么一來，我們就更有必要看看于5月19日摘得今年金棕櫚獎(jiǎng)的影片《小偷家族》了。讓我們一睹為快。

Unlike much of the Western world, theft is so uncommon in Japan that people often leave their bicycles parked unlocked. Culturally speaking, it suggests just how ashamed a family of thieves in Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda’s Shoplifters must feel.

和西方世界大多數(shù)國家不同，偷竊在日本并不常見，人們常常不鎖自行車。從文化上來說，這意味著在日本導(dǎo)演是枝裕和的影片《小偷家族》中，一家人都是小偷是件相當(dāng)丟人的事兒。

The film follows Osamu, the father of the family, who comes across a little girl who is struggling to survive in the cold. He’s able to convince his wife to take care of the child. It’s not an easy decision because of the family’s lack of money. And beyond having another mouth to feed, the relationship between the family’s members is tested after an unexpected event that reveals a series of big secrets.

影片中，作為一家之主的治，路遇一名被凍僵的小女孩。他說服妻子照顧這個(gè)孩子。對(duì)于缺錢的一家子而言，這并非是個(gè)容易的決定。而除了家里多了一口人外，一場意外泄露了一系列驚天秘密，家族成員們之間的關(guān)系也經(jīng)受著考驗(yàn)。

Koreeda, who’s famous for his humanist stories, has won over 40 awards for direction and screenwriting at major film festivals. But Shoplifters is considered to be his best, which is both familiar and inventive.

以拍攝關(guān)注人性故事影片見長的是枝裕和在各大電影節(jié)中已經(jīng)獲得40多項(xiàng)導(dǎo)演及劇本的大獎(jiǎng)。但《小偷家族》被認(rèn)為是他的最佳作品，令人感到熟悉而又別出心裁。

Blanchett called awarding the film a difficult decision, but the right choice for the Palme d’Or. “We were completely bowled over by Shoplifters … [and] how intermeshed the performances were with the directorial vision,” she said.

布蘭切特表示為電影頒獎(jiǎng)是個(gè)艱難的決定，但金棕櫚獎(jiǎng)的選擇是正確的?！拔覀兺耆弧缎⊥导易濉匪鄯硌莺蛯?dǎo)演視角是如此地緊密結(jié)合，”她說道。

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