鍾孟宏新作《瀑布》代表台灣角逐奧斯卡最佳外語片 “The Falls” compete at 2022 Oscars

“The Falls,” the latest feature film of Taiwanese director Chung Mong-hong’s (鍾孟宏) will represent Taiwan in the Best International Feature Film category at the 94th Academy Awards. It is the third time Chung’s film has been selected.

The film is lauded for its accurate and deep portrayal of reality, with vivid depiction of human relations. The story follows a daughter and a mother quarantined and isolated in their apartment and their relationship starts to fray with time.

“The Falls” has also received 11 nominations at the 58th Golden Horse Awards, including Best Feature Film.

The previous two films of Chung’s selected to represent Taiwan at the Oscars were “The Soul” (2013) and “A Sun” (2019).

　

友善讓你懂 │ 解說：

　
台灣導演鍾孟宏的最新作品瀑布，近期被選為2022年奧斯卡最佳外語片的台灣代表，這是鍾孟宏的作品第三度獲選。

文化部指出，瀑布現實的描繪既精準又深刻，也生動得描寫人與人之間的關係。瀑布的故事關於一對母女，因為疫情被隔離在家中，彼此的關係也隨著時間起了微妙的變化。

瀑布評價不俗，已經獲得第58屆金馬獎11項大獎提名，包括最佳劇情片，兩位女主角也皆入圍家女主角提名。

鍾孟宏前兩部代表參獎的作品是2013年的失魂與2019年的陽光普照，但兩部片最終都沒有獲得奧斯卡提名。

　

輕鬆帶著走 │ 學習：

　
Fray原意是「磨損（邊緣）」，例如：Constant rubbing had frayed his shirt cuffs. 不斷的磨擦磨破了他的襯衣袖口。

但也可以引申為「緊張、惱火」，可以是及物或不及物動詞，

例句：
Those screaming children are fraying her nerves. 那些尖叫的孩子折磨著她的神經。

His temper was starting to fray. 她的脾氣開始暴躁

　

本篇其他相關單字，介紹如下：

• feature film (n.) 劇情片
• select (v.) 挑選、選拔
• laud (v.) 讚賞
• accurate (adj.) 精準的
• portrayal (n.) 描繪