年度二十部电影佳作 很可能有一半你没听过

5. 'Silence'
《沉默》

Martin Scorsese's passion project (in development since 1990) follows two Portuguese Jesuits (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) to 17th-century Japan, where they search for their mentor priest (Liam Neeson) and risk torture and death for preaching Christianity. Matters of faith and its meaning in a material world have long obsessed Scorsese. Silence is alternately brutal and cerebral. Some may balk at grappling with moral ambiguity for two and a half hours. Who needs them. Scorsese has crafted a film of potent provocation and fervent heart.
马丁•斯科塞斯这部充满激情的作品（1990年开始筹备）讲述的故事发生在17世纪的日本。两个葡萄牙耶稣会会士（安德鲁•加菲尔德、亚当•德赖弗饰）在寻找恩师（连姆•尼森）的途中经历折磨和死亡的威胁，但仍不放弃追求基督教义的信仰。信念及其在世俗中的意义长期困扰着斯科塞斯。《沉默》是一部残忍与现实交织的电影，也许有人在观影的两个半小时里会不认同片中的道德模糊感。谁管得了他们呢？斯科塞斯造就了一部充满挑衅意味，让人血脉贲张的电影。

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徐习之：关于信仰的故事，不在沉默中爆发，就在沉默中灭亡。

Todd：这是场苦行，要你全身心投入不克分身，却麻痹情感和知觉……苦行是境遇驱使的求生本能，苦行的价值在于尘埃落定后的推想与重构。