BUT ALWAYS
《一生一世》
Opens on Friday
周五（9月5日——译注）上映
Directed by Snow Zou
导演：邹佡
In Mandarin, with English subtitles
中文对白，英文字幕
1 hour 46 minutes; not rated
1小时46分；未分级

“But Always” follows two friends and later lovers, Anran (Gao Yuanyuan) and Zhao Yongyuan (Nicholas Tse), as they meet in childhood in Beijing in 1982, repeatedly separate without goodbyes, reunite or fail to rendezvous in assorted torrential downpours and pine for each other at their favorite bus stop.
《一生一世》讲述了青梅竹马的恋人安然（高圆圆饰）和赵永远（谢霆锋饰）的爱情故事。1982年，他们于幼年在北京相识，而后多次不辞而别。他们有时重逢，或者因为倾盆大雨而未能抵达约会地点，于是在他们最喜欢的公交车站里彼此思念。
Because the movie’s opening sequence is set in New York in 2001 — and prominently features shots of the twin towers — “But Always,” told in flashback, leaves little doubt about how it will end. Watching it means waiting for the other shoe to drop: anticipating the moment when this already tacky weepie will resolve itself in horrific, exploitative fashion.
《一生一世》的开场设定在2001年的纽约，双子塔的镜头十分醒目；电影以倒叙手法讲述，几乎没有给观众留下猜测结局的空间。观看这部电影就像等着另一只鞋子落下：期待着这个已经够俗套的催泪片以可怕又滥情的方式自我消解的那一刻。
Along the way, the film offers faint allusions to economic change in China. Anran is a medical student who travels abroad to study at Columbia. Zhao Yongyuan, imprisoned after a brawl, makes a fortune in international clothing sales.
通过这部片子，也能隐约看到中国的经济变化。安然是在哥伦比亚大学就读的医科留学生。赵永远因斗殴入狱，后来靠进出口服装发了财。
But social shifts come second to melodrama. As if there weren’t already enough tragedy involved, Anran’s mother dies in an earthquake rescue in 1976. The movie even resorts to that old standby from “An Affair to Remember,” the car accident.
但是在这部剧情片中，社会变迁是次要的。好像嫌片中的悲剧还不够，安然的妈妈也在1976年的地震救援中丧生。这部影片甚至借用了《金玉盟》(An Affair to Remember)中的老套桥段——车祸。
Bathed in golden sunlight and often accompanied by a treacly piano score, Anran and Zhao Yongyuan make eyes longingly, but they don’t connect in anything but the most superficial way. In the movie’s scheme, the fact that at least one will die on Sept. 11 is just fate’s way of trampling on an attractive couple’s plans.
安然和赵永远沐浴在金色的阳光中，爱慕地相互凝视，往往还伴随着甜蜜的钢琴曲。但他们仅以最为肤浅的方式联系在一起。根据影片的安排，他俩至少有一个会死于911袭击，这不过是命运对这对漂亮情侣人生规划的践踏。