大辮子的誘惑 – The Bewitching Braid

大辮子的誘惑 – The Bewitching Braid

導演．Dir: 蔡元元．Cai Yuanyuan 114’ / 1995

蔡元元在中國曾執導多部電影, 『大辮子的誘惑』改編自澳門士生小說家飛曆奇的同名小說, 講述三十年代澳門葡人飛曆奇與梳著又粗又黑大辮子的漂亮華人姑娘阿玲的愛情故事。其跨越種族, 階級及文化的愛情而產生的結晶就是目前澳門的土生群體的反照。電影中飾演阿玲的寧靜當年還剛初露鋒芒，她與主角葡人阿托欣在到華人居住區“雀仔園”相遇， 於是愛情就在大環境的衝擊下載浮載沉，最後他們的混血兒在一個風雨交加的夜晚來到世上而結束。

《大辮子的誘惑》在中國獲得第十九屆大眾電影百花奬“最佳合拍奬”，女演員寧靜獲第四屆北京大學生電影節“最佳女演員奬”，在葡萄牙第廿五屆費格拉達福茲國際電影節上獲特別大奬及由記者團評定的“最受歡迎的影片”奬，該片還在美國費城國際電影節獲榮譽奬。

導演

蔡元元，1941年生於四川， 1961年考入北京電影學院導演系學習，畢業後來到長影，不久即遇到史無前例的文化大革命，全家一起挨批挨整。 八十年代初，中國面臨改革開放，電影事業大發展，他和哥哥蔡安安一起停薪留職，正式成立了蔡氏兄弟影業公司，大本營設在珠海。之後，公司引進外資，和內蒙台合作，成功地把張恨水先生的《啼笑姻緣》搬上了螢屏，並與澳門合拍了第一部電影《夜盜珍妃墓（上下）》，該部影片由蔡元元指導，集娛樂、驚險、奇特于一體，創造了89年第2位元的銷售記錄，賣出拷貝300多個，一直傳為佳話。95年中國電影誕生90周年之際，蔡元元又以導演的身份出現在北京人民大會堂，之後作品《大辮子的誘惑是一部反映澳門本土文化的影片，填補了澳門電影業的空白

Cai Yuanyuan has directed a number of films in China. The Bewitching Braid is an adaptation from a novel of the same title by a Macanese writer, Henrique de Senna Fernandes. It talks about the love story between Adozindo, a Portuguese man living in Macau in the 30’s , and A-Leng, a pretty Chinese young lady wearing a thick, black braid. The union of their love bridging the differences in race, social ranks and culture symbolizes the birth of the Macanese community in Macau.

Ning Jing made her early appearance in the movie industry by playing the character of A-Ling. A-Ling meets her lover, Adozindo, in Cheok Chai Un, a Chinese residential area in Macau. Their love buoys and ebbs with the social environment at that time. The movie ends with the birth of their hybrid child on a stormy night.

The movie was awarded the Best Co-operated Film in the 19th Hundred Flowers Awards and a special award in the 25th Portuguese International Film Festival and was selected the‘Most Popular Film’by the Reporters Jury. An honour award was also acquired in the Philadelphia International Film Festival in the USA . Ning Jing won the Best Actress in the 4th Beijing University Students Film Festival.