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2021年1月22日发(作者：pathway)
读：改编自安妮宝贝同名小说的电影《七月与安生》近期正在热映。电影中，两个性格截然不同
的女孩结为挚友，她们的人生相互交错，也折射出了每个人灵魂中的两面。

For the last couple of years, young adult romance films, adapted from online fiction by mainland
producers/directors, have become a *synonym for poor quality. Soulmate (
《七月与安生》
), which hit
cinemas on Sept 15, however, is trying to change all this.
Soulmate is based on best-selling coming-of-
age story of the same name by novelist Li Jie, who’s better
known by her pen name Anni Baobei. It revolves around the relationship between two girls, *rebellious
and *erratic Li Ansheng (Zhou Dongyu) and disciplined goody two-shoes Lin Qiyue (Ma Sichun). They
have been best friends since they were 13 but their friendship is put to the test when a man bursts into
their lives and changes everything.
As of Sept 19, the film has *garnered a very respectable 7.7 points out of 10 at review site ,
which is by far the highest score a domestic film has managed this year.
The *premise of a love triangle sounds like just another tired Chinese youth film. But Soulmate decides
to *ditch the done-to-death plotlines, instead of focusing on something that it hopes will offer better
resonance with its target audience.
The movie centers around the two girls’ intense friendship with one another. While Li’s w
orks are
famous for being filled with *rhetorical flourishes, the film is brimming with small details which help
bring the story to life and make it more relatable to a female audience.
Ansheng and Qiyue sleep in the same bed, take a bath in the same tub, they are even familiar with each
other’s bra size. They know each other inside out and are willing to do anything for one another. But at
the same time they find themselves forced to choose between what matters the most
–
their long-
standing friendship or their newly found romance. The man whom the two girls fall in love with acts
more like a *catalyst for the *deterioration and restoration of their friendship.
Producer Peter Chan (
陈可辛
) calls Derek Tsang (
曾国祥
) “a director who best understands females,”
and whoever has watched the film would agree.
More than simply trying to move the audience with *nuanced *sentiments, Soulmate is also thought
provoking. Ansheng and Qiyue live completely *intertwined lives
–they are the same person’s left hand
and right hand
–
as one online commenter puts it
–
but they still yearn for a deeper love outside of their
friendship. The original novel which the movie is based upon ends seemingly positively: The “good” girl
settles down into a “good” life with her first love. But the film totally twists the pair’s stories. The
beautifully composed closing scene of the film shows viewers a more complex side to Ansheng and
Qiyue and even provokes viewers to question themselves, asking: Who actually are we and who do we
want to be?
Modest megastar
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