《游泳者》

游泳者 Swimmer (2005)

Swimmer 导演: Doug Sadler

编剧: Doug Sadler

主演: Sarah Paulson / Tara Devon Gallagher / Cherry Jones

类型: 剧情

制片国家/地区: 美国

语言: 英语

上映日期: 2005-08-05

片长: 90 分钟

IMDb链接: tt0384573

游泳者的剧情简介

　　An eleven-year-old girl awakens to the turbulence below the tranquil surface of her family and their Maryland maritime community.

　　When an acute ear condition strikes young Emma, sidelining her from swimming and damaging her hearing, her other senses kick into overdrive. Allowing the audience to look at Emma’s family and its challenges from her perspective, we soon realize that this is a special, sensitive young girl - but her imaginative interior life cannot protect her from life’s complexities. A special friendship develops between Emma and an emotionally unstable young woman (Sarah Paulson) who returns to their small town and subsequently reignites a dormant rivalry between Emma’s brothers (Shawn Hatosy and Michael Mosley). Emma’s father Will (Robert Knott) has always supported the family as a waterman, hauling Chesapeake shellfish. It’s a tough way of making a living, and his love of the drink is beginning to take its toll. Emma’s mother, Julia (the always understated but powerful Cherry Jones) is the quiet, strong matriarch keeping the family together as the financial pressures of Emma’s impending surgery and Will’s meltdown take their insidious toll on the family - and their community.

电影名叫“游泳者”，却不是单纯的关于游泳者与泳池或大海的关系。有泳池，却是同一社区里刚搬回的女人的已经荒废的泳池；有大海，却不是泳者如鸟翱翔的天空，而是以牡蛎和螃蟹支撑一个家庭、又因为撞船而险些毁掉一个家庭的环境。所以，片名“游泳者”是复数形式，很显然所指的是一个家庭在生活中的泅渡了。11岁的爱玛游泳时一只耳朵致病需要大笔钱做手术，爸爸和大哥只是每天开船出海赚辛苦钱的人，二哥是憨厚的年轻警察，母亲只是没收入的家庭主妇。当爱玛的父亲因醉驾经历又撞坏了船而失业、情感脆弱到有了外遇，当爱玛的两个哥哥因为一个女人而大打出手，是爱玛的妈妈这个绝望主妇苦撑到筹足了手术费用，带全家人一起泅过苦海抵达岸边。很结实的生活片，但爱玛新朋友的设定太刻意了，她对性的态度和她母亲自杀的故事像这片海的故事外独立的两个岛