法兰基，我的爱

我喜欢片子里面的每一个人，当然最后的那个爸爸除外。亲爱的，小法兰基，性情是乐观的，DEAF不是DEF，聋子又如何？我是足球白痴又怎样。小法兰基是勇敢的，为了妈妈，我会主动地邀请小姑娘的。小法兰基是平和的，爸爸走了，妈妈会难过的，希望她能过得好。充当假爸爸的那个陌生人，我们可以做朋友的，你会喜欢我的海马的。
还有那勇敢的，害羞的妈妈。爱护着外孙和女儿的外婆。那个硬朗，温情却陌生的戴维，那个邻居那个歌手。。。
所有的一切都是平静的，心里泛起的是轻轻的涟漪。

虽然晚了这么久才在房东的推荐下看到，但有些电影是不会随时间流逝而褪色的，什么时候看也不算晚——亲爱的Frankie，我们用尽一生所追逐和保护的，不正是为亲爱之人所做的无怨无悔么，不正是这温暖而宽广的共渡之时光么。

I decided to borrow this DVD when I was in uni lib this morning, cause I forget Ive watched it. However, its proved to watch it again is the best choice Ive made. Because of Emily Mortimer, my beloved actress from newsroom; because of Gerard Butler, the guy who was in 300, Phantom of the opera, and how to train ur dragon; because of the familiar and friendly Scottish accent; because the story happened in Glasgow; because of the sea, sailing and navigation stuff; because it's a simple but perfectly moving story.

By the way, I really enjoy Scottish people's preference toward "wee" and "cheers" now, see, everything changes.

Notes:
He is a smart wee cookie. ( Ive heard this sentence twice, very impressive

He is a champion lip-reader

take a seat

When I was at your age, I lived so close to the sea that I could taste it

cheeky wee devil ( The librarian doesn't know Frankie is deaf, and was so annoyed by this boy, soooo funny lol

I will move mountains to get if for you

We crossed the equator

Sorry I havent written for a few days, things have been very busy here

-Everything OK for you?
-Everything is fine, absolutely fine

purse

mermaid

You wanna know, but u dont wanna know, tricky

I was a betting man, but Im not

Half now, half later 先给一半，事成之后再给一半

Its a bumpy skimmer, get a flat one, so it skims

at the quay

Blood is sticky than water, he is your flesh and blood after all

Take it or leave it

He was not born deaf, its a present from his father

Id be honored to take it

Ill check it for you, just to be on the right side

Time is a great healer

Its a blessing in disguise

這部是英國女導演Shona Auerbach的首部劇情長片，製片Caroline Wood和編劇Andrea Gibb都是女性。向來喜歡女性導演的手筆，女性的細膩和含蓄，在處理細節時常能別具一格。三個女性聯手，竟就拍出這樣好極了的電影。

這部電影真是無一處不好，劇情、節奏、畫面、剪接、配樂、演員、色調、張力、後勁，樣樣讓人滿心歡喜。

在蘇格蘭海邊的一個小城市，一個陌生人的善意，一個期待父愛的孩子，一個深愛兒子的母親，這三個孤獨的人，用謊言小心翼翼的给予彼此愛。Lizzie為了要逃離丈夫的家暴，帶著Frankie不斷搬家。為了要給失聰兒子不虞匱乏的父愛，Lizzie虛擬了一個航海家父親和兒子通信。那些信是一個母親和孩子最私密愛的語言。真相大白後，Lizzie和Frankie並肩坐在海邊，那個景象有一種樸素的靜好。像一日的開始，天剛濛濛亮，一切無法言說，卻自有生命的力道。

那些人跟人之間的善意，那些濃得化不開的母愛，不用靠煽情的劇情和演技，就能讓人熱淚盈眶。喜歡Shona Auerbach這種說故事的方式，好像什麼都沒說明白，但就是讓你感覺到了。－－「感覺到了」，是一個很微妙的點，是一種自然而然讓人情緒飽和的魔術。

這部電影台灣沒上映，我英聽不行，英文字幕看得也吃力，是為一憾事。不知道該怪片商還是怪自己不爭氣。就怪片商好了。：(