10月29日，第十九屆東京電影節落下帷幕。中國新銳導演呂樂執導的《十三棵泡桐》獲第十九屆東京電影節評委會特別獎，而“亞洲之風”單元影片、香港導演譚家明執導的《父子》則獲得了最佳藝術貢獻獎。歐美影片壟斷了本屆東京電影節的許多獎項，法國影片《OSS117之開羅諜影》獲得了本屆電影節的最高大獎金麒麟獎。

Two Chinese movies, "Thirteen princess trees" and "After this our exile" won awards on Sunday at the 19th Tokyo International Film Festival."Thirteen princess trees," directed by the young generation Chinese director Lu Yue, won "The Special Jury Prize."   He Xin, the leading actress in the film, said at the ceremony, "I am very happy that the first time I act in a movie, I can enter a film festival and win a prize." The movie tells the story of growing pains of troubled youth at a high school in southwestern China, with shocking honesty and tenderness. "After this our exile" was directed by Hong Kong director Patrick Tam and features well-known actor Aaron Kwok and actress Charlie Young. The movie, which was originally in the festival unit of "Winds of Asia," was selected for the competition unit in the final stage and received the award for "Best Artistic Contribution." French movie "OSS 117, Cairo nest of spies" grabbed the top prize "Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix." The U.S. movie "Little Miss Sunshine" received two awards, "Best Director" and "Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role." Roy Dupuis, leading actor of "The Rocket" was awarded the "Best Leading Actor." (China Daily)

Vocabulary:

Thirteen princess trees: 《十三棵泡桐》，根據何大草小說《刀子和刀子》改編，記載叛逆的青春時代。有影評人在猜測電影名字和含義時認為，“十三”可能是借指學生無處歸依的青春，因為在基督教里“十三”代表叛逆和格格不入。“泡桐樹”充滿生命力，也讓人聯想到年輕人。 （英語點津陳蓓編輯）