前陣子看的一部電影。那天心情不算是很好,偶然看了這部電影,看到了結尾,突然讓我覺得很安慰,好像冥冥之中,突然收到一個安慰的訊息。
這部由吉卜力工作室出品的電影,改編自英國作家Joan G.Robinson的同名作品When Marnie Was There,描述一位內向害羞的少女杏奈,不知是否因為親生父母提早過世的經歷,又或者是和養母的相處不算融洽,以及患有氣喘的緣故,平日她總覺得自己和人格格不入,也很不喜歡自己。後來她來到養母親戚所住的鄉間養病,卻意外發現海邊的一棟破舊大宅,和一名神秘的金髮少女瑪妮。杏奈對瑪妮充滿了好奇、崇敬、以及感激,她覺得瑪妮擁有許多美好的特質,而瑪妮願意接納她,也讓她很開心。不過慢慢地,杏奈也感覺得到某些不尋常之處,到最後瑪妮的真正身分和秘密終於揭開,杏奈的人生也在這過程中,經歷了些許變化,她不再那樣討厭自己,而她也交到了朋友。
電影中對於杏奈和瑪妮的關係處理,的確是讓人覺得有些同性情愫摻雜其中,然而也可以說瑪妮是杏奈想要追尋的「更好的自己」,但是到最後,杏奈可以坦然面對自己與他人,接受她自己的面貌,原來覺得自己很糟糕的感受,就跟著煙消雲散了。
電影的主題曲Fine on the Outside是由一位歌手Priscilla Ahn所演唱,非常感人的一首歌曲。好像不管是哪個年紀、甚麼時候,歌詞中的感覺,我們都曾經歷過,也能深深體會。這首溫柔的歌,以及故事的結尾帶來的淡淡驚喜,都像是一個溫柔的安慰,讓我原本處在風暴之中的心情,平復了下來。
Fine On The Outside/Priscilla Ahn
I never had that many friends growing up
So I learned to be okay with just me
Just me, just me, just me
And I’ll be fine on the outside
I like to eat in school by myself anyway
So I’ll just stay right here
Right here, right here, right here
And I’ll be fine on the outside
So I just sit in my room after hours with the moon
And think of who knows my name
Would you cry if I died
Would you remember my face?
So I left home I packed up and l moved far away
From my past one day and I laugh
I laugh, I laugh, I laugh, I sound fine on the outside
Sometimes I feel lost, sometimes I’m confused
Sometimes I find that I am not alright
And I cry, and I cry and I cry
So I just sit in my room after hours with the moon
And think of who knows my name
Would you cry if I died
Would you remember my face?