Who Is Jia Ling?賈玲是誰？

伊萊恩·邱（音譯）

Hi， Mom actress and filmmaker who made Chinese box office history during the Lunar New Year holiday has a sad family story.電影《你好，李煥英》的主演兼導演賈玲在今年春節期間創造了中國電影票房的歷史，但這背后的故事令人心酸。

Hi， Mom is the sleeper hit1 of this Lunar New Year holiday in Chinese cinemas. As of March 15， it has taken 5.26 billion yuan （US$808 million） at the domestic box office.

While Detective Chinatown 3 was the top draw2 during the first few days of the holiday， Hi， Moms good reviews （it was rated 8.1 out of 10 on Douban， Chinas equivalent of IMDB3） and word of mouth helped it overtake the franchise film on February 16 to become the box office champion.

As a result， its star， director and co-writer Jia Ling now owns the highest-grossing Chinese film directed by a woman， surpassing4 the 1.3 billion yuan earned in 2018 by René Lius directorial debut5 Us and Them.

Jia， 39， graduated from Beijings Central Academy of Drama 20 years ago and started her show business career as a crosstalk comedian. Crosstalk， or xiangsheng， is a traditional， rapid-fire comedic act starring two people who strive to outwit6 each other verbally.

In the past， she has talked about how she had to live rough and work odd jobs to continue in the male-dominated crosstalk industry. In 2008， she saw a surge of interest in her work thanks to Lunpengdou， a crosstalk stand-up comedy starring her and Bai Kainan， which ran for more than 80 sold-out performances in Beijing.

Jia went on to star in numerous comedies on television and on the big screen， which helped cement7 her status as one of the top woman comedians in China. In 2016， she set up Big Bowl Entertainment， and the production companys first work was the short play Hi Mom， from which her movie was adapted.

Her career， though， belies8 a personal life thats been filled with grief since her mother died in 2001. Hi， Mom， her directorial debut， is based on the real-life stories of Jia and her mother， and was made to express her longing and regret at failing to see her mother before she died.

In a recent interview with The Beijing News， Jia said her bubbly9 persona10 hides a melancholic11 streak12. “I am a crybaby，” she said. “I have quite big emotional swings. I love puppies. I like to share short videos about pets. Every time I watch videos about stray dogs， I burst out crying easily.”

Asked if she wants to move beyond comedic roles， Jia said she is not afraid of being typecast13. “For the moment， I dont have the desire to star in non-comedy works. For an actor， [a] performance should come from their heart. Besides being filled with emotions， I dont have other big talents. I can only display my raw emotions in front of the audience.”

She bares14 her emotions in Hi， Mom， a time-travel comedy in which Jia （playing herself） is transported back to 1981， before an accident that kills her mother （played by Zhang Xiaofei）.

On a talk show in 2016， Jia said her mum， a chemical factory worker， died after a fall while working on a farm. “She was clearing straw on the fields with Dad. Maybe the straw was heaped too high—she fell [onto the ground] when Dad was driving. She hit her head， and died [instantly]. I rushed back home， but she was already in the crematorium15. I couldnt believe she had left for good16.”

In the movie， Jia becomes friends with her mum， Li Huanying （her mothers real name）， a young woman working in a factory. When Li is hurt in a car crash， Jia stays by her side until she dies. The film has been praised by critics for its heartfelt emotions and authentic17 portrayal18 of Jias hometown of Xiangyang， in Hubei province， in the 1980s.

Audiences， who have only recently started returning to cinemas in large numbers since the pandemic， have been drawn to the story of family loss， and the identity of women as mothers.

On microblogging platform， Weibo， one hashtag19 relating to the movie had been viewed more than 1.67bn times， and reposted more than 580，000 times.

“The movie is telling a story of cherishing family and the awakening of contemporary womens consciousness，” wrote one audience member on Douban. “Instead of advocating for childbearing and marriage， the movie shows us that before any woman becomes a mother， her first identity is herself.”

Director Jia told Chinese media she had been tormented after the death of her mother， but hoped audience would enjoy the spirit and optimism on display in the film， rather than focus on the sadness.

“Our mums love for us is like air—it is there since we were born， so we often ignore it，” Jia told state TV. “But when we lose it， we experience a sense of suffocation and helplessness.”20

During her interview with The Beijing News， Jia said she worked on the script for more than three years. “After I finished， I opened a very expensive bottle of wine with the crew which I originally reserved for my wedding. I want to show the audience the happy days I spent with my mum. Those are the most precious days in my life.

“If the audience want to call their mothers after seeing the film， I am satisfied.”? ? ? ? ? ? ■

《你好，李煥英》絕對算是這個春節檔中國電影院線的一匹黑馬，截至3月15日，國內票房已達到52.6億元（相當于8.08億美元）。

同期上映的《唐人街探案3》最初幾日居于票房榜首，但是《你好，李煥英》收獲的好評（在相當于中國IMDB的豆瓣網上，它的評分為8.1）和口碑最終使之于2月16日超過《唐探3》，一舉成為票房冠軍。

《你好，李煥英》已打破劉若英2018年的處女作《后來的我們》13億票房的紀錄，賈玲作為《你好，李煥英》的主演、導演和編劇，成為了中國影史上票房最高的女導演。

賈玲今年39歲，2001年畢業于中央戲劇學院，以相聲演員的身份開始了她的演藝生涯。相聲是中國的一種傳統喜劇表演形式，兩個演員一捧一逗，語速很快，相互辯駁斗智抖包袱。

在以前的訪談中，賈玲曾提到自己當年為了在以男性為主的相聲行業中待下去，只能打零工，過苦日子。2008年，她憑借與白凱南搭檔的相聲《論捧逗》迅速躥紅，這段相聲在北京連演80多場，場場爆滿。

此后，賈玲又參演了眾多影視喜劇作品，這也在一定程度上鞏固了她作為國內一線喜劇女演員的地位。2016年，賈玲成立大碗娛樂公司，公司成立后推出的第一個作品是小品《你好，李煥英》，電影《你好，李煥英》就是由這個同名小品改編而來。

可是，雖然賈玲在臺上一直都釋放著快樂的能量，但生活中的她自2001年母親離世后一直難以走出喪母之痛。《你好，李煥英》是賈玲執導的首部影片，根據她和母親的真實經歷而創作，以寄托她對母親的思念，彌補她未能在母親去世前見她最后一面的遺憾。

最近接受《新京報》記者采訪時，賈玲說自己開心快樂的外表之下其實是悲傷體質。“我太愛哭了，”她說，“情感波動比較大，特別情緒化。舉個例子，我喜歡小狗，短視頻里就推薦很多寵物相關的內容，比如有流浪狗之類的，（我就不敢看又忍不住想看，）每次看到就容易哭。”

當被問及是否渴望去做其他類型的電影時，賈玲表示自己不怕被定型：“暫時還沒有這種欲望，我的作品必須要發自內心。其實我沒有什么才華，也沒有天大的本事，我的才華就在于情感濃度比較高，能夠把自己的情感很順暢地表達給觀眾，我只能做到這一步。”

賈玲在《你好，李煥英》中，將自己的情感展露給觀眾看。在這部喜劇中，賈玲（飾演自己）穿越回1981年，和發生車禍去世以前的媽媽（張小斐飾）相遇。

賈玲在2016年的一次訪談節目中提到，她的母親是化工廠職工，干農活時失足摔落，不幸身亡。她說：“當時她和我爸在田里收稻草。我爸開的拖拉機，她在上面壓著稻草，可能是稻草堆得太高了，她從上面掉下來，摔到了頭，[立刻]就不行了。我趕回來以后，她已經被送到火葬場了。我沒法相信她已經不在了。”

在影片中，賈玲和年輕時代在工廠上班的媽媽李煥英（賈玲母親的真實姓名）成了朋友，母親遭遇車禍后，賈玲一直陪在她身邊，直到她去世。不少影評人稱贊說，這部影片表達了真情實感，也真實再現了賈玲家鄉湖北襄陽20世紀80年代的面貌。

這部影片所講述的痛失至親的故事，及其對女性母職身份的探討，深深吸引了觀眾。這也是新冠疫情暴發以來，觀眾首次大規模重回影院。

微博上一條有關這部電影的話題，瀏覽量已經超過了16.7億次，轉發量超過了58萬次。

有觀眾在豆瓣上這樣留言：“這部電影講述了一個珍惜家庭和當代女性意識覺醒的故事。影片的著眼點并非育兒和婚姻，而是告訴世人，任何女性在成為母親之前首先是她自己。”

導演賈玲接受中國媒體采訪時說，母親去世后她感到很煎熬，但希望觀眾也不要因此就只關注影片悲情的部分，而是去盡情感受影片展現的歡樂精神和積極態度。

“媽媽對我們的愛，（就像我們剛被生出來那一剎那，）她的愛就像空氣一樣，你又經常忽略它，因為你一生下來它就已經在那了，”賈玲接受總臺央視記者專訪時說，“失去時就會感到窒息和無助。”

賈玲接受《新京報》采訪時說，自己花了三年多的時間來打磨劇本。“拍完以后，我和團隊開了一瓶很貴的酒，本來這是我打算結婚時才喝的。我也想把我和母親以前的（相處方式與）快樂時光告訴大家，那是我最珍惜的日子。

“如果觀眾看完電影能想著給自己媽媽打個電話，我就滿足了。”? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? □

（譯者為“《英語世界》杯”翻譯大賽獲獎者;單位：南京信息工程大學文學院）

1 sleeper hit意想不到的佳作，黑馬。? 2 draw有吸引力的人（或事物）。? 3 = Internet Movie Database互聯網電影數據庫。? 4 surpass超過。? 5 debut處女作。

6 outwit比……更機靈。? 7 cement鞏固。? 8 belie給人以假象。

9 bubbly快活熱情的。? 10 persona表面形象。? 11 melancholic憂郁的。? 12 streak（常指不好的）特點，個性特征。? 13 typecast擔任特定類型角色。? 14 bare暴露。? 15 crematorium火葬場。

16 for good永遠。? 17 authentic可信的。? 18 portrayal呈現，刻畫。? 19 hashtag在社交媒體上發文時用來描述主題的#號。

20此處對應的采訪原話是：“但是當你失去她的時候，你才知道那種窒息感，那種無助感，是你這輩子都不愿意去體驗的那種痛苦。”