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救救菜英文,看電影名稱總讓我想到蔡英文@@

這樣的名稱實在提不起太大的興趣.

沒想到,是一部很好看的印度電影.

女主角莎希的英文很菜,她的丈夫,女兒在言談間,行為上總流露出看不起她的意味.

覺得她只是會做"Ladoo小圓仔"的家庭主婦,難登大雅之堂.

事實上莎希長的美麗,盡心盡力照顧子女及丈夫,小圓仔也為她賺進私房錢.但先生卻不看重,還取笑她說她生來就只為了做小圓仔.

女兒覺得媽媽不會說英文令她丟臉,不想讓她出現在她同學老師面前.

老公也不和她談心,覺得她什麼都不懂.

這樣的環境下,莎希心中雖然介意卻也無力去改變什麼.

直到她被迫自行一個人到紐約幫她姐姐籌辦姐姐女兒的婚禮.

點餐時因為不懂英文受到店員當眾羞辱,促使她發憤報名四週學會英文的速成班.

片中不是看女主角如何在四週內速學英文,

而是如何在學習英文中找回自己的尊嚴.

莎希失去家庭成員對她的尊重,只因為她不懂英文,

英文代表的是知識.

在現實生活中,我們也常常對親近的人嚴苛而無情,

陌生人不懂英文我們不會覺得丟臉,但家人不懂英文,就會讓我們覺得丟臉了,帶不出去.

(以上英文可自行轉換任何事物)

莎希在英文補習班中,遇到了一位對她著迷的法國男人,

老公小孩不重視她,這位法國男人卻亳無保留的表達了對莎希的欣賞,

讓莎希在他的眼中慢慢找回自己.脫離老婆老媽的身份,單純以一個女人,以自身去贏得他人的欣賞.

法國男人懂得欣賞她,也不吝嗇開口讚美.

莎希: 男人做飯是藝術，女人做飯是日常生活中的責任！

法國廚師: 不對，做飯要有愛，你用愛做飯，就會很好吃，你讓大家都開心，你就是藝術家！

Laurent: Your food...

[good]

Laurent: .

Shashi Godbole: No no no. You cooking hotel expert. I'm... in house cooking, very small.

Laurent: No. Not small, not small. Food is... eh... food is art.

Shashi Godbole: [In Hindi] When a man cooks, it's art... When a woman cooks, it's her duty.

Laurent: What did you say?

Shashi Godbole: I'm sorry. Man cooking... art. Lady cooking... daily job, duty!

Laurent: No. No no. Food is... love. You cooking with love, good food. You make people happy. You artiste! Not small not small.

她和法國男人常常是用各自的語言在聊天的,

當她女兒從印度打來,因為找不到東西,罵她幹嘛動她的東西時,

這畫面好似曾相似,小時候似乎也為了爸媽亂動自己的東西而發過牌氣.

莎希說:"小孩有什麼權利能這樣對待爸媽,他們連尊重是什麼都不懂,當我是垃圾桶,隨便他們倒什麼都行."

莎希非常難過,她不知怎麼教會女兒尊重,體貼別人.

讓我想起小時候,年幼時總是不懂控制自己情緒,而任意傷害了最愛你的父母.

這段話她用印度話跟法國人聊天,卻也能彼此溝通,

怪不得她說:兩個人用著不同的語言自在的聊天、還聊得很開心，這不是天堂是什麼？

溝通,重要的是心,不是語言.

當然,四週的時間還不足以使莎希拋下老公小孩跟法國男人譜出戀曲,

但法國男人給她的肯定,讓她得以重新看待自己.

所以最後她跟法國男人說:

謝謝你，你的出現讓我學會了愛我自己，尊重我自己。 

Thank you... I have some thing for you!

 When you don't like yourself, you tend to dislike everything connected to you.

 New things seem to be more attractive.

 When you learn to love yourself, then the same old life starts looking new, starts looking nice.

 Thank you for teaching me how to love myself!

 Thank you for making me feel good about myself!

 Thank you so much!

片中想表達的很多,英文只是個媒介.

尊重,是女主角最想要的,也是最容易輕忽的,一不小心就變成傲慢.

如同莎希在辦護照時,承辦人員問她:

如果你不會說英語，那要去美國幹什麼？

旁邊的同事回他一句：就像你在印度，也不會說印度話一樣

導演想表達的不只是夫妻之間,父母子女之間,不同文化,不同人種,所有的差異都需要尊重.

如同補習班老師,大衛和男友分手，班上同學說: 同性戀分手有什麼好傷心的？丟了一個再找另一個就是！

莎希說:"你不能夠這樣批評別人，或許在你眼中他們很不一樣，但是在他們眼中我們也不一樣，可是心痛是一樣的" 

Yu Son: You hear? Sir David and boyfriend break up! Sir David very sad.

Eva: I know.

Salman Khan: Nothing sad about gay. People breaking up... drop one and pick another!

Shashi Godbole: Salman... don't say that. No making fun... We are all different from each other. For you... David Sir may not be 'normal'... For David Sir... you may not be 'normal'... but feelings are all the same... and pain is pain...

結尾莎希以一席英文演講重新取回了老公,小孩對她的尊重.

要人尊重,必得先自己尊重自己,愛自己.

莎希獲得尊重不是英文本身,而是為了爭取尊重,找回自我所做的努力與改變,讓他人看到了.

引述導演葛莉辛德的說法：「這部片的靈感來自於我媽媽，它展示了女人的蛻變，我希望透過這部片向媽媽說聲『謝謝』和『對不起』，亦希望把這部電影獻給所有女性。」

最後,以莎希的演講內文總結:

Meera, Kevin. This marriage is a beautiful thing.

It is the most special friendship of two people who are equal.

Life is a long journey. Meera, sometimes you will feel you are less. Kevin, sometimes you will also feel you are less than Meera.

Try to help each other to feel equal. It will be nice.

Sometimes, married couple don't even know how the other is feeling. So, how they will help the other?

It means marriage is finished? No. That is the time you have to help yourself.

Nobody can help you better than you. If you do that, you will return back feeling equal. Your friendship will return back.

Your life will be beautiful.

Meera, Kevin, maybe you'll very busy, but have family -- son, daughter -- in this big world, or your small little world. It will make you feel so good.

Family can never be judgemental!

Family will never put you down, will never make you feel small.

Family is the only one who will never laugh at your weaknesses.

Family is the only place where you will always get love and respect.

That's all Meera and Kevin.

I wish you all the best.

Thank you.

 ps.片中的歌曲也很好聽:「It's all about English Vinglish」、「Manhattan English Vinglish」

出品國：India

出品：Curbside Films

發行商：甲上

導演、編劇：Gauri Shinde (葛莉辛德)

演員：Sridevi(絲麗戴瑋阿雅潘)、阿迪爾胡賽恩、Mehdi Nebbou、Priya Anand

片長：134分

上映日期：2013/12/20