《失戀33天》告訴我們愛情並非盲目

After hearing the saying “Love is blind” millions of times we maythink for a second that it’s an ultimate truth. Well, the newhomegrown romantic comedy Love Is Not Blind sets out toprove the old saying is wrong.

在無數次聽到“愛情是盲目的”這句話之後，我們可能會不假思索便把它當做是絕對真理。然而，新上映的國產愛情喜劇《失戀33天》（英文名稱：Love Is NotBlind）卻證明了這句俗語並不成立。

Based on the popular novel of the same name, the film charts the events of a 33-day periodbetween two colleagues and friends–Huang Xiaoxian (Bai Baihe) and Wang Xiaojian (Wen Zhang),after Huang breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years. They work together in a weddingplanning company.

影片改編自同名人氣小說，講述了黃小仙（白百合飾）和王小賤（文章飾）這對同事兼好友在黃小仙與相戀7年的男友分手後33天裏所經歷的事情。他們在同一家婚禮策劃公司工作。

Even if you’re not interested in the “let’s talk about love” or “how to deal with a breakup” angle,you will be impressed by the funny lines and amusing moments in the film.

即使你對“讓我們來談談愛情吧”或“如何處理失戀”這類視角不感冒，也會被片中幽默的臺詞和滑稽的場面所吸引。

Of course, most of those don’t come from the character of Huang, whose story of a youngwoman falling out of love is nothing new. Instead, what makes the film memorable is Wang, a typeof character audiences don’t see much in past Chinese films.

當然這些很大程度上並非黃小仙這個角色的功勞，像她這樣的女青年孩失戀的故事已毫無新意。相反，該片真正令人難忘的是王小賤，觀衆們很少能在之前的國產電影中看到這樣類型的角色。

Wen Zhang’s performance as Wang is undoubtedly the biggest surprise of the film. Wang is a thinand slightly effeminate young man in his mid-twenties, who is devoted to the finer things in life.

文章對於王小賤一角的詮釋無疑是該片最大的亮點。王小賤正值25歲左右的年紀，身材瘦削，有點缺乏男子氣概，極力追求生活中美好的事物。

His gestures–the way he walks or holds a bag, uses hand cream and applies lip balm–reveal hisprissy nature. In a voiceover at the beginning of the film Huang remarks on Wang’s unclearsexuality identity.

他走路、提包、塗護手霜、擦脣膏的姿勢都將他過分講究的特質表露無遺。在影片開頭的畫外音裏，黃小仙就評價王小賤稱其性取向不明。

The plot of the movie revolves around the relationship between the two characters. Wang helpsHuang through a wedding planning job because she’s in no mood to finish it. Wang embarrassesHuang’s ex-boyfriend in public to get back at him for her. Wang also slaps Huang to bring her toher senses when she chases her ex’s car. Finally, Huang and Wang move in together asroommates.

影片的情節圍繞着這兩個人物角色的關係展開。在黃小仙沒有心情完成一項婚禮策劃工作時，王小賤幫她攻克難關。王小賤當衆讓黃小仙前男友下不來臺，替黃小仙成功完成報復。在黃小仙追趕前男友的車時，是王小賤狠狠地給了她一巴掌，讓她做回自己。最終，黃小仙和王小賤成爲了同居密友。

However, an ending with the two falling in love would be such a cliché – and that’s where the film issmart. Instead of focusing on their growing feelings for each other (if there are any), it comes backto Huang’s state of mind.

而讓兩人墜入愛河這樣的結局顯然會有些庸俗老套，而在這方面，這部影片處理得十分巧妙。影片沒有將所有精力放在講述他們之間日益升溫的情感（如果存在的話）上，相反故事最終迴歸到黃小仙的心境上。

After planning weddings for so many couples, Huang takes time to analyze what went wrong withher former relationship and how she should move on. More importantly, she’s not alone.

在爲衆多情侶策劃婚禮之後，黃小仙開始分析自己之前的戀情到底問題出在哪裏，而自己又該如何前行。更重要的是，她不再孤單。

At the end of the film, Wang lights up the neon sign across the office building so that Huang can“have something to look at when standing at the window”, and sends her a text message saying“I’ll always be by your side”. At this point, you might not see it as a love confession, but a flash ofwhat “Love is not blind” means.

在影片結尾處，爲了讓黃小仙“站在窗戶前時能看到些什麼”，王小賤點亮了辦公大樓對面的霓虹燈併發信息告訴她“我會一直陪在你身邊。”演到這裏，你可能不會將這看作是一次愛的表白，這其實對“愛情不是盲目的”這句話靈光一現的詮釋。

Maybe love is not blind, as long as you open your eyes and see what really matters. Maybe love isnot blind, as long as there’s someone, like Wang, who always lights up a light for you.

愛情並非盲目的，只要你睜開雙眼，看清什麼纔是最重要的。愛情並非盲目的，只要身邊有個像王小賤那樣的人，能夠永遠爲你點亮一盞燈。