The best films of 2024, as chosen by The Economist
2024 年由《經濟學人》選出的最佳電影

“All of Us Strangers”
我們所有人都是陌生人
In the year’s most tender and intimate film, a lonely screenwriter (Andrew Scott) visits his childhood home and meets the ghosts of his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell). They were killed when he was a boy, but now he has one last chance to talk to them about their brief time together.
在這部年度最溫柔親密的電影中，一位孤獨的編劇（安德魯・史考特飾）回到他的童年家園，並遇見了他父母的幽靈（克萊爾・芬妮和傑米・貝爾飾）。他們在他還是個男孩時被殺害，但現在他有最後一次機會與他們談談他們短暫在一起的時光。

“All We Imagine as Light”
"All We Imagine as Light"
A sensitive study of three women (Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam) who work together in a bustling Mumbai hospital. By night, the city offers enchanting glimmers of freedom, but the reality of life with little money or independence returns in the morning.
一部敏感的研究，講述三位女性（Kani Kusruti、Divya Prabha、Chhaya Kadam）在繁忙的孟買醫院共事。夜晚，這座城市散發著迷人的自由光芒，但清晨現實的生活，缺乏金錢和獨立，又再次降臨。

“Anora”  "Anora"
A frenzied farce about a dancer in a strip club (Mikey Madison) who is paid to be the girlfriend of a Russian oligarch’s brattish son. The winner of the Palme d’Or, the top prize at Cannes Film Festival, this is a more complex “Pretty Woman” for a new generation.
一部關於一名在脫衣舞俱樂部的舞者（Mikey Madison）的瘋狂鬧劇，她被俄羅斯寡頭的嬌生慣養的兒子聘請當女友。坎城影展最高獎金棕櫚獎得主，這是一部更複雜的「華麗的外表」，適合新一代觀眾。

“Babygirl” 寶貝女孩
A married boss of a robotics firm (Nicole Kidman, at her daring best) has an affair with a manipulative young intern (Harris Dickinson). It could be the premise of a glossy erotic thriller, but “Babygirl” is an edgier proposition, which pays more attention to raw emotion than naked flesh.
一家機器人公司的已婚老闆（妮可・基德曼飾演，展現她大膽的一面）與一位操控性強的年輕實習生（哈里斯・狄金森飾演）發生了一段外遇。這可能是一部光鮮亮麗的色情驚悚片的前提，但《Babygirl》是一個更具邊緣性質的提案，更關注原始情感而非裸露的肉體。

“La Chimera” "La Chimera"
A rumpled English archaeologist (Josh O’Connor) slouches around Tuscany in the 1980s, dreaming of being reunited with a lost love. He helps a rollicking band of grave robbers unearth Etruscan artefacts to sell on the black market. But should some treasures—and some relationships—be left in the past?
一位皺巴巴的英國考古學家（喬許・奧康納飾）在 1980 年代四處遊蕩托斯卡納，夢想與失去的愛人重逢。他幫助一群狂歡的盜墓賊挖掘出來的故事，以在黑市上出售。但是，有些寶藏和一些關係應該留在過去嗎？

“Conclave”
Adapted from Robert Harris’s novel, this superbly controlled and slyly funny thriller stars Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal overseeing the election of a new pope. He soon learns that the front-runners have more secrets than he bargained for.
改編自羅伯特・哈里斯的小說，這部極具控制力和狡黠幽默的驚悚片由拉爾夫・費因斯主演，飾演一位監督新教宗選舉的樞機主教。他很快就發現，這些領先者擁有比他預料的更多秘密。

“Green Border”  綠邊
Belarus has lured refugees onto its territory, pretending to offer an easy route into the European Union. Polish border guards bar the way; Belarusian guards will not let the migrants turn back. A touching, infuriating tale of how families seeking a better life become pawns of a despot.
白俄羅斯誘使難民進入其領土，假裝提供進入歐盟的簡單途徑。波蘭邊境警衛擋住了去路；白俄羅斯警衛不讓移民回頭。一個觸動人心、令人憤怒的故事，講述尋求更好生活的家庭如何成為一個暴君的棋子。

“Immaculate” 純潔
An American nun (Sydney Sweeney) moves to an Italian convent, only to find that a geneticist-turned-priest is planning to clone Jesus Christ. As exploitative as it sounds, “Immaculate” is one of the most beautifully shot and cleverly constructed horror films in years.
一位美國修女（雪莉・斯溫尼 飾）搬到一個意大利修道院，卻發現一位基因學家轉行為神父，計劃複製耶穌基督。盡管聽起來很具剝削性，“Immaculate” 是多年來拍攝最美麗且巧妙構思的恐怖電影之一。

“Love Lies Bleeding” 愛情的血淚
Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian play a small-town gym manager and a bodybuilder who team up against a murderous gun-runner (Ed Harris). This darkly comic crime thriller gets more and more violent, hallucinatory and sensual as it goes along. Be warned, however: it is not for the faint-hearted.
克里斯汀・史都華和凱蒂・奧布萊恩飾演一位小鎮健身房經理和一位健美運動員，他們聯手對抗一名槍手（艾德・哈里斯）。這部黑暗喜劇犯罪驚悚片隨著劇情的發展變得越來越暴力、幻覺和感官刺激。然而，請注意：這部影片不適合心軟的觀眾。

“Monster” 怪獸
A Japanese widow (Ando Sakura) is frightened by the strange behaviour of her son (Kurokawa Soya). His actions are explained from three angles in three sections, the first a mystery, the second a satirical farce and the third a wistful drama. A deeply humane film.
一位日本寡婦（安藤櫻）對她兒子（黑川宗也）奇怪的行為感到害怕。他的行為從三個角度在三個部分中解釋，第一部分是一個神秘，第二部分是一個諷刺的鬧劇，第三部分是一個懷舊的戲劇。一部深具人道主義的電影。

“Nickel Boys” "Nickel Boys"
A dreamlike, impressionistic account of two boys (Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson) experiencing a brutally racist reform school in Florida in the 1960s and the aftermath. The period drama is adapted from the Pulitzer-prizewinning novel by Colson Whitehead, which is based on real events.
一部關於兩個男孩（伊桑・赫里斯，布蘭登・威爾遜）在 1960 年代佛羅里達州一所充滿種族主義的改革學校經歷的夢幻般、印象派的敘述，以及其後的影響。這部時代劇改編自柯爾森・懷特黑德（Colson Whitehead）的普利策獎得主小說，該小說基於真實事件。

“Perfect Days” "完美的日子"
Wim Wenders’s lyrical drama chronicles a few days in the life of Hirayama (Yakusho Koji), a loner who cleans public toilets in Tokyo. As modest as his life might be, Hirayama approaches his work and his hobbies with such dedication that his days do seem close to perfect.
溫德斯的抒情劇情記錄了平山（役所廣司飾）在東京清潔公共廁所的幾天生活。儘管他的生活可能很平凡，但平山對工作和愛好的投入讓他的日子看起來幾乎完美。

“Robot Dreams” "Robot Dreams"
This adaptation of Sara Varon’s graphic novel is set in New York in the 1980s, where an anthropomorphised dog befriends a rusty robot. Every frame is crammed with ingenious jokes, but the film does not have a word of dialogue. Insightful and heartrending.
這部根據莎拉・瓦隆（Sara Varon）的圖像小說改編，設定在 1980 年代的紐約，一隻拟人化的狗與一個生鏽的機器人交友。每一幀都充滿了巧妙的笑話，但電影沒有一句對白。富有洞察力且令人心碎。

“Sasquatch Sunset” "Sasquatch Sunset"
Four shaggy Bigfoots roam around a seemingly unspoilt wilderness. The actors (including Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough) are unrecognisable, but the creatures are distinctive, lovable characters all the same. Both a wonderfully inventive comedy and a haunting eco-fable.
四隻毛茸茸的大腳怪在一片看似未受破壞的荒野中漫遊。演員（包括傑西・艾森伯格和萊利・基奧）難以辨認，但這些生物卻是獨特且可愛的角色。這部作品既是一部極具創意的喜劇，也是一部令人難忘的生態寓言。

“The Substance”  "物質"
A Hollywood has-been (Demi Moore) pays to have herself cloned, so that her younger, perkier self (Margaret Qualley) can relive her glory days. A colourful lampoon of sexism and ageism in the entertainment industry that mutates into an uproariously gory monster movie. ■
一位好落幕的好萊塢明星（黛咪・摩爾）付錢讓自己克隆，以便她更年輕、更有活力的自己（瑪格麗特・考利）可以重溫她的輝煌時光。這是一部對娛樂業中的性別歧視和年齡歧視進行了生動諷刺的電影，最終變成了一部令人捧腹大笑的血腥怪物電影。 ■