暴风雨中的孤儿

《暴风雨中的孤儿》和同期多数历史默片不同：格里菲斯没有沉迷于宏大战争堆砌，而是把镜头死死钉在丽莲·吉许那双眼——她找妹妹时瞳孔里颤抖的光，比任何断头台特写都更揪心。影片前半段用细腻的室内景捕捉丽莲·吉许的隐忍与多萝西·吉许盲女身姿的脆弱，后半段则转向宏大的广场调度——攻打巴士底狱的群众场面以大量中远景呈现，个体在涌动的人群中被吞没，又与断头台前的特写形成强烈反差。剧情嘛，姐妹俩被阶级碾来碾去，好几次以为要团圆了又硬生生拆开，气得你想拍桌子。剧情其实简单，可当你跟着两姐妹熬过瘟疫、阴谋、暴民暴动，最后在断头台前被救下时，那种劫后余生的酸楚会从胸口涌上来。本以为会闷，没想到全程揪心——丽莲·吉许演盲女那段，她用手指摸索着辨认亲人的脸，特写镜头里那种克制又颤抖的微表情，比现在很多嚎啕大哭的表演更戳人。影片叙事很“笨拙”，慢悠悠铺垫日常温情，然后革命风暴突然砸下来，断头台的阴影一路追着两姐妹跑。

　　Henriette and Louise, a foundling, are raised together as sisters. When Louise goes blind, Henriette swears to take care of her forever. They go to Paris to see if Louise's blindness can be cured, but are separated when an aristocrat lusts after Henriette and abducts her. Only Chevalier de Vaudrey is kind to her, and they fall in love. The French Revolution replaces the corrupt Aristocracy with the equally corrupt Robespierre. De Vaudrey, who has always been good to peasants, is condemned to death for being an aristocrat, and Henriette for harboring him. Will revolutionary hero Danton, the only voice for mercy in the new regime, be able to save them from the guillotine?

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