《我的姐姐》:“通俗剧”与“开放式”结局的不可能

Sister: Melodramas and the Impossibility of an Open Ending

《我的姐姐》引人关注的首先是一种由"重男轻女"倾向而导致的具有冲突性的家庭伦理叙事。影片意图揭示一些严肃的社会问题,但又以一种"通俗剧"的方式在爱恨交织中构建了"我是姐姐"和"我的姐姐"这两个充满主体性裂痕的世界。当情感叙事压倒伦理叙事,你无法指望影片以通俗剧的方式去讨论复杂的命运和伦理问题,给出一个如编导所言的"开放式"结局。作为这种叙事的必然结果,影片结局正意味着对这个世界尚存的一种"平庸之恶"的再度臣服。

Sister focuses on a conflicting family ethical narrative caused by a tendency to value males and belittle females. The film intends to shed light on serious social issues, but in a melodrama way it constructs two worlds, "I am the sister" and "my sister ", in a love-hate relationship. When the emotional narrative overwhelms the ethical narrative, one cannot expect to discuss the complexities of fate and ethics in a melodrama, nor can one offer a truly open-ended ending.