Life of Pi is an American 3D adventurous drama film directed by Ann Lee, a Taiwanese-born American film director. He wins the Academy Award for Best Director again for this film. He first won this awards for Brokeback Mountain and his another famous film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
《少年派的奇幻漂流》是一部3D美国冒险电影,由著名的台湾导演李安执导,他凭借该电影再一次获得奥斯卡最佳导演的殊荣。此前,他曾凭借《断背山》收获奥斯卡最佳导演奖。他的另一部电影《卧虎藏龙》曾获得奥斯卡最佳外语片奖。
Life of Pi is adapted from a famous novel in the same name, written by Yann Martel. The storyline revolves around a 17-year old boy, Piscine Molitor'Pi' Patel’s adventurous journey on Pacific Ocean. He survives a shipwreck in which his family dies, and is stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. When Pi’s family move to Canada, the cargo ship sunk in the midway and his families died in the accident. In the first three days on the life boat, the surviving hyena killed the zebra and the orangutan, and then Richard Parker killed the hyena. Then, the story between Pi and the tiger began. Finally, Pi was rescued but Richard Parker leaved.
《少年派的奇幻漂流》改编自扬·马特尔著名的同名小说,小说主线描写了17岁少年派在太平洋上的冒险旅程。在一次海难中,他的家人全部遇难,只有派幸存下来,与一只孟加拉虎被困在救生艇上。派的家人想移民到加拿大开始新生活,但他们的货船却在途中沉没。在救生艇上的最初三天,鬣狗咬死了斑马和猩猩,理查德·帕克又杀死了鬣狗。接着,少年派和理查德•帕克之间的故事便开始了。最后,派获救了,而理查德·帕克则远远地消失了。
Audiences argue greatly heat about the ending of the film, and everyone wants to the truly ending but Ann Lee doesn’t give a clear answer but says he leaves the ending to audiences. Life of Pi became a critical and commercial success, earning over 583 million dollars worldwide. At the 85th Academy Awards, it wins four awards from eleven nominations, including Best Director.
关于电影的结尾,观众的争论很激烈,每个人都想知道真正的结局是什么,但导演李安却含糊其辞,只说把结局留给观众。在争论中,《少年派的奇幻漂流》获得了巨大成功,在全球范围内获得5.83亿美元的票房。在第85届奥斯卡颁奖礼上,《少年派的奇幻漂流》获得了包括最佳导演在内的四项大奖。