母女双双走上好莱坞红地毯

汤建驰

在西方讲述中国人海外创业的故事，讓更多的西方人了解中国文化。由定居澳洲的浙江人陈静和女儿阿黛尔合作拍摄的纪录片《空隙》入围中美电影节——

由定居澳洲的浙江人陈静制片，其女儿阿黛尔导演拍摄的纪录片《空隙》，入围2017年第十三届中美电影节，获最佳纪录片奖提名，2017年11月1日，母女双双应邀赴洛杉矶走进好莱坞红地毯，参加电影节开幕式。

纪录片《空隙》是第一部以澳大利亚出生的华人视角拍摄的纪录片，讲述了杭州人董芳为了满足家庭的需求移民澳大利亚的故事。董芳原本在杭州拥有富足的生活，家庭幸福，家务有保姆打理，出门有司机开车。2011年，28岁的她在婆婆的请求下，只身到澳大利亚打拼，从此和丈夫隔洋分居。当董芳在墨尔本生下第二个女儿时，她意识到自己没法接受和丈夫分居的生活状态。为了和家人早日团聚，她决心从零开始学做生意。融入澳洲社会后，她敏锐地觉察到房地产开发是一个不错的行业，于是逐渐有意识地建立人脉关系。通过多年的酝酿准备，最终董芳成功了！进入房地产领域后，她努力经营项目，并赚到了人生第一桶金。为了证明自己的成功，她为丈夫买了一辆法拉利轿车，这让丈夫刮目相看。过去董芳只感受到丈夫的疼爱，如今又感受到丈夫对自己的欣赏！这让董芳获得了从未有过的存在感和人生价值！纪录片从董芳的故事，提出了一个值得探讨的人性话题：移民国外后，如何改变一个人根深蒂固的观念？什么样的人生观能给我们带来最大的幸福感？这是纪录片《空隙》带给我们的思考。

说起为什么要拍摄纪录片《空隙》，陈静告诉我，她上世纪90年代初赴澳大利亚留学，后从浙江湖州移民澳洲，目前担任全澳26个社团的澳大利亚浙江侨团联合会会长、第三届大洋洲文联主席，致力于中澳文化交流，被澳洲政府授予“太平绅士”称号。她觉得有责任去记录华人在澳洲求学、创业的踪迹。陈静在国内当过播音员、记者、主持人，出国后入皇家理工大学攻读传媒硕士学位，创办过《亚太经济导报》。在澳洲，她花了近20年时间，投入大量资金，成立陈静工作室，先后跟踪拍摄了8集电视纪实片《少年留学走天涯》和20集电视纪实片《陈静日记——澳洲移民的故事》、10集电视纪录片《陈静日记第二季——那段纠结的移民梦》。

《陈静日记第二季——那段纠结的移民梦》在2016年年底完成后，她就让女儿阿黛尔来翻译英语，争取在澳洲播出。阿黛尔出生在澳洲，8岁时在中国留学一年，毕业于墨尔本大学传媒专业，后去纽约大学帝势（Tisch）艺术学院学习影视导演，曾任《陈静日记第二季》的制片人。让陈静想不到的是女儿迟迟不给予翻译。

一天，陈静找女儿交流，问及为啥不翻译？阿黛尔说：“妈妈，你拍摄的角度和方法，适合于中国人的观看习惯，没有顾及西方人的看点。西方人的欣赏习惯和感兴趣的点和中国人是不一样的。”《陈静日记第二季》拍摄的就是董芳等四个中国女性在澳洲各自打拼的故事。阿黛尔认为，西方人觉得中国人在国外为生存打拼挣钱可以夫妻两地分居，金钱高于家庭，这让西方人感到不可思议。

“妈妈，你从小给我讲过牛郎织女的故事。在中国文化中，这是一个追求美好爱情的故事。现在我们也要深挖纪录片主角的故事，让外国人明白，中国人夫妻分居两地，一方到国外打拼，表面上是为了挣钱，实质上是为了家庭生活更美好，让子女有更好的教育。”阿黛尔的话让陈静心中一亮：“女儿说得对，过去中国男人到海外挖金矿，挣了钱带回家光宗耀祖。我们拍的纪录片必须让西方人了解中国的文化，从而理解中国的文化。让西方人从不可思议到理解。这样西方人才会接受你拍的纪录片。”

于是母女两人决定重拍一部纪录片，陈静让女儿担任导演，自己担任制片人。纪录片的题材就从《陈静日记第二季》四个女性的故事中选，其中杭州人董芳的故事最为典型，在征得董芳同意后，母女重新拍摄名为《LACUNA（空隙）》的纪录片。

《空隙》站在西方人看点——对中国文化不了解的角度，来解答他们心中的疑问，阿黛尔在剧中出镜采访，并担任画外音，拍摄很顺利，中英双语、影视双用的纪录片《空隙》于2017年春天封镜。

不久，电影版本的纪录片《空隙》，参加了2017年5月到10月中国视协城市电视台工作委员会主办的《人文中国第六季家园》纪录片、专题片推选活动，获得纪录片二等奖。由于题材内容形式都很独特，被推选参加2017年第十三届中美电影节。

让陈静母女想不到的是，她们在墨尔本很快收到了第十三届中美电影节主委会发来的《空隙》入围2017年第十三届中美电影节最佳纪录片奖提名的通知，并邀请陈静、阿黛尔参加在好莱坞举行的电影节开幕式。

中美电影节由美国鹰龙传媒公司主办，联合美国多家媒体娱乐机构参与，并获得了中国国家广电总局和美国电影协会的支持。第十三届中美电影节于2017年10月29日至11月30日在美国洛杉矶、旧金山等全美各地举办。

陈静说，参加中美电影节角逐各项奖项的故事片、纪录片等共有500多部，其中纪录片共有60多部，《空隙》代表中国纪录片入围10部最佳纪录片奖提名。

说起纪录片《空隙》为什么能入围中美电影节，陈静说，原因有二：一是拍摄的角度从文化上契合了西方人的看点；二是《空隙》是第一部以澳大利亚出生的华人视角拍摄的纪录片。

2017年11月1日，陈静、阿黛尔分别着红黑礼服，出现在好莱坞红地毯上，作为母女双双应邀参加中美电影节，陈静、阿黛尔是第一对，在签上自己的名字后，母女接受了主持人的采访。无数中外记者的摄像镜头对准了这对颜值颇高的母女“姐妹花”。

在电影节上，陈静、阿黛尔和中外电影大牌明星一起交流，收获颇多。有的导演还向具有东方女性气质美丽端庄的阿黛尔伸出橄榄枝，建议她当演员。但是阿黛尔一一谢绝，她说，我的兴趣是当导演，在幕后工作。endprint

陈静说：“在这次中美电影节上，獲最佳纪录片奖的是著名导演陆川拍了三年半的纪录片《Born in China》，尽管《空隙》最后得的是入围奖，但是对陈静工作室来说，这已是一个莫大的鼓励！我们一定要在澳洲继续拍出更好的纪录片，在西方讲述中国人在海外的故事，让更多的西方人了解中国文化，爱上中国。”

（本文照片由作者提供）

Documentary Tells

a Unique China Story

By Tang Jianchi

， a documentary directed by Scarlett Adele and jointly produced Scarlett Adele and her mother Chen Jing， gives an inside look at wealthy Chinese families forced to live apart. It was first screened in China and won some awards and then it was selected for screening at 2017 Chinese American Film Festival， an annual exchange event founded in 2004.

Scarlett Adele is an Australian born Chinese woman. Her mother Chen Jing came from China to Australia in the 1990s and is famous in China for directing and producing an 8-episode television documentary featuring how young Chinese students lived and studied in Australia and a 20-episode television documentary featuring how Chinese emigrants try to settle down and make it in Australia. Toward the end of 2016， Chen Jing concluded the 10-episode second season in Chinese about Chinese emigrants in Australia. The new season focuses upon four Chinese women entrepreneurs living and working in Australia while their husbands remained in China. The mother asked the daughter to translate the documentary into English so that it could be screened in Australia.

The daughter had studied media in an Australia college and then studied film and television direction at NYU Tisch School of the Arts before she worked as a producer for her mothers latest documentary. More knowledgeable about the west， Adele demurred. She didnt want to take the translation task on the grounds that the 10 episodes， originally meant for Chinese audience， took some Chinese ideas and practices for granted and presented them in the traditional Chinese way. The daughter explained such ideas and practices would be confusing at best to the western audience if they were incorrectly interpreted and presented.

The mother-daughter team decided to make a new documentary to explain to the west why some wealthy Chinese women are living and working for most of the year outside of Chinas borders， why this choice is often at the cost of their own marriages and family contentment， and how Chinese people understand this issue. And the mother and the daughter decided to focus on Dong Fang， one of the four women in the 10-episode documentary and Hangzhou native who made it in real estate in Australia. Dong Fang found the idea agreeable.endprint

Scarlett Adele exchanged her job with her mothers in this new documentary. She served as the director and producer and her mother worked as a co-producer. Adele also provided English voiceover in the documentary. In the spring of 2017， ， made in both English and Chinese for both film and television screening， was completed. The film version made its debut at a documentary event held from May to October 2017 by China Video Association. It won a second prize and was selected for the 13th Chinese American Film Festival for its unique presentation of a compelling subject matter， its well written and sensitive approach to cross cultural and gender issues and beautiful real life visuals.

Unexpectedly， Chen Jing and her daughter soon received a letter from the organizers of the Chinese American Film Festival notifying them that had been nominated for the Best Documentary Prize of the festival and both of them were invited to attend the opening ceremony.

In the documentary category， about 60 bid for the best documentary prize. was shortlisted into the top ten and eventually won the nomination prize. Chen Jing understood why stood out： the approach appealed to the west audience and the presentation provided a perspective of an Australia-born Chinese woman.

On November 1， 2017， the mother and the daughter dressed up and walked the red carpet at the opening ceremony. Adele received many job offers and cooperation proposals. She wanted to remain as a documentary maker.

Chen Jing found the nomination prize gratifying. “Though we received only a nomination prize， it is really a boost for Chen Jing Studio. We will continue to produce more and better documentaries and tell China stories so that the west audiences can better understand China stories and better appreciate China，” Chen Jing enthused.endprint