剧情简介
【沉寂之桥】Marg Duffield (Lee Remick) is the Maine wife of Al (Joseph Sommer) whose daughter Peg (Marlee Matlin) is deaf. Peg's husband is killed in a car accident on the way to visit the Maine house, and the Duffield's take in Peg's six year old daughter, Lisa, while Peg recovers. Since Lisa is a speaking child, Marg thinks of her the way she wanted Peg to be, and seeks guardian custody. Remick's role is secondary to Matlin's, though she is presented as a tragic figure, particularly as Al refuses to help her plan to gain Lisa. Peg's deafness is said to be from a childhood case of spinal meningitis, and the teleplay by Louisa Burns-Bisogno, with story by Louisa and Tom Bisogno, reduces Remick to a textbook mother who is self-hating from guilt and therefore cannot love her own daughter. In a memorable scene, Peg angrily signs her exit to Marg, since Marg has refused to learn sign language, though Peg has learned to speak for her mother. The treatment uses the Tennesee Williams play, The Glass Menagerie, for therapy, to help Peg overcome her grief and also Marg `lose her unicorn horn' and embrace her daughter. Whilst Peg choosing to act in this play may seem an odd choice for someone grieving, what is more noticable is that Matlin is far too more glamourous to be believable as Laura. The Bisogno's include Michael O'Keefe as Dan, Peg's deceased husband's best friend and director of Actors Theatre for the Deaf, to offer Peg a new romantic interest, and thankfully she rebukes his protestations of love. Although his opinion may be influenced by his `crush', Dan tells Peg that being different is better than being normal, since the normal ones are as `common as weeds'. This philosophy reads as rather Nietzschean, on the level of artists not being restricted to the common moral code. Director Karen Arthur either has those signing also speaking or those signing being translated for the audience, though in one scene the sound of lapping waves drowns out the dialogue between Dan and Peg. She also gives Matlin some good moments, one being her scream of horror when she hears the news of the death of her husband, and another when she chases Remick down a flight of steps, hitting her.
《沉寂之桥》是Karen,Arthur于1989年创作的一部经典剧情片作品， 由Lee,Remick,Marlee,Matlin,Michael,O'Keefe等主演，在美国播出后引发了不少观众的讨论和好评。 影片通过Marg Duffield (Lee Remick) is the Maine wife of Al (Joseph Sommer) whose daughter Peg (Marlee Matlin) is deaf. Peg's husband is killed in a car accident on the way to visit the Maine house, and the Duffield's take in Peg's six year old daughter, Lisa, whi…， 展现了创作者对于现实生活与情感世界的观察，因此常被不少观众称为“值得二刷、三刷”的剧情片。
很多影迷之所以推荐《沉寂之桥》， 是因为片中无论是故事线的推进，还是演员之间的对手戏，都有着比较强的张力和代入感。 当你跟随剧情慢慢深入时，会发现每个角色的选择背后都有其不得不如此的原因， 这也让整部作品在娱乐性之外，多了一层对现实与人性的思考空间。
从类型角度来看，《沉寂之桥》既保留了剧情片应有的节奏和看点， 又在细节上做了不少打磨：节奏方面尽量避免无意义的拖沓桥段，人物塑造上也不简单脸谱化， 而是通过多场戏份逐步丰富角色背景，让观众在追看的过程中逐渐理解他们的选择与矛盾， 从而对这部作品产生更深层次的情感共鸣。
如果你正在寻找一部既有故事性，又具备一定思考深度的剧情片， 那么《沉寂之桥》会是一个不错的选择。 无论是想在闲暇时间放松心情，还是希望通过剧情获得一些情绪上的共鸣与释放， 这部作品都能够在不同程度上满足你的观看需求。
