《星空》：一個關于成長的故事

On Christmas Eve， a girl stands in front of her bedroom window， watching children from the choir come and go. In a window across the street， a boy plays the flute， echoing the choir’s songs.

From there， the story of Starry Starry Night begins.

平安夜里，一位少女站在臥室的窗前，看著唱詩班的孩子來來回回。在街對面的一扇窗戶里，一位少年吹著長笛，附和著唱詩班的歌聲。

《星空》的故事就從那里開始了。

Adapted from well-known Taiwanese illustrator Jimmy Liao’s picture book of the same title， it tells of Mei （Xu Jiao）， a 13-year-old girl’s beauty and inner pain， through her adventures.

Mei is an only child whose stable， middle-class family life is torn apart as her parents careen toward divorce. Luckily she has a doting grandfather who fuels her unwieldy dreams.

When grandpa falls ill， all seems lost for Mei–only for a new boy at school， Jay （Eric Lin）， to capture her attention. Soon enough the two lonely souls find one another and， looking for a way to escape their real-world troubles， embark on a fantasy-fuelled journey.

影片改編自臺灣著名漫畫家幾米·廖的同名繪本，講述的是13歲的少女小美（徐嬌飾）在自己的歷險旅行中表現出那份美麗與內心的痛苦。

小美是位出生于穩定中產家庭的獨生女，而隨著父母婚姻瀕臨破碎，她的生活也變得四分五裂。慶幸的是她還有寵愛著她的爺爺，支持著她那不太現實的美夢。

爺爺病倒后，小美似乎失去了一切。只有學校里轉校生小杰（林暉閔飾）的到來引起了她的關注。很快，這兩個孤獨的靈魂找到彼此，并試圖尋找逃離現實世界煩惱的方法，從而踏上了一次幻想之旅。

What director Tom Lin has done great here is balancing the real and the fantastical， with beautifully made computer-generated effects that whisk audiences away on adventures of childish innocence and imagination.

He also grounds the drama in a recognizable reality. Mei is forced to deal with the loss of her grandpa as well as her parents’ divorce. Meanwhile Jay struggles to fit in with the other boys at school， and he isn’t up for the physical challenge of being bullied.

而林書宇導演最完美的處理要數出色地用電腦特效找到了現實與夢幻的平衡點，帶領觀眾踏上孩子般天真夢幻的冒險之旅。

他同時也將劇情設置在一個可辨的現實之中。小美不得不同時面對爺爺去世和父母離婚這兩個現實。小杰也努力試圖在學校同其他男生打成一片，而當被人欺負時，他還沒做好打架的準備。

With each other， however， Mei and Jay find peace and happiness.

Starry Starry Night is as much about children coping with family issues， as it is a coming-of-age story for its young protagonists.

Mei and Jay are both 13 and there is an obscure hormonal undercurrent also at work here. The summer will not only bring heartache and adventure for these young adolescents， but also their first taste of love.

然而，有了各自的陪伴，小美和小杰找到了平靜和快樂。

《星空》在講述孩子們如何應對家庭問題的同時，還是一個講述小主人公長大成人的故事。

小美和小杰都是13歲的年紀，男女間朦朧的異性相吸之情也在他們之間悄然展開。那個夏天帶給這些少年的不只是悲傷和冒險，還有愛的初體驗。

The film comes with a touching epilogue that at first feels unnecessary， but completely sells itself in the film’s final moments. It punctuates the film perfectly and ensures audiences leave with a warm fuzzy feeling burning inside of them.

Starry Starry Night is a tender， heartfelt treat about the end of childhood and the loss of innocence and a flight of fancy well worth taking.

影片以感人結尾收場。起先這個結尾會讓人感到有些多余，但在全片最后時刻它卻成功俘虜了觀眾的心。它給這部電影畫上了完美的句點，并讓觀眾離席時內心泛起一股暖流。

《星空》溫柔而真誠地探討了告別童年和純真時代的話題，以及值得擁有的那些天馬行空的幻想。