Shoplifters is a film by Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda. AFP
戛纳电影节的金棕榈奖是电影界的最高荣誉之一，获奖也绝非易事。
“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.
“金棕榈奖：获奖影片需要将所有元素结合在一起，要有精湛的表演、杰出的导演、巧妙又有深度的布景道具，”澳大利亚女演员、今年戛纳电影节评委会主席凯特·布兰切特在一场新闻发布会上说道。
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.
这么一来，我们就更有必要看看于5月19日摘得今年金棕榈奖的影片《小偷家族》了。让我们一睹为快。
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.
和西方世界大多数国家不同，偷窃在日本并不常见，人们常常不锁自行车。从文化上来说，这意味着在日本导演是枝裕和的影片《小偷家族》中，一家人都是小偷是件相当丢人的事儿。
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，作为一家之主的治，路遇一名被冻僵的小女孩。他说服妻子照顾这个孩子。对于缺钱的一家子而言，这并非是个容易的决定。而除了家里多了一口人外，一场意外泄露了一系列惊天秘密，家族成员们之间的关系也经受着考验。
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.
以拍摄关注人性故事影片见长的是枝裕和在各大电影节中已经获得40多项导演及剧本的大奖。但《小偷家族》被认为是他的最佳作品，令人感到熟悉而又别出心裁。
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.
布兰切特表示为电影颁奖是个艰难的决定，但金棕榈奖的选择是正确的。“我们完全被《小偷家族》所折服……表演和导演视角是如此地紧密结合，”她说道。
