BBC新剧《The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister》(暂译:安妮 李斯特的秘密日记)
《The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister》(暂译作:安妮 李斯特的秘密日记)是一部大胆并且充满热情的新电视剧,该剧由Jane English编写、James Kent执导,Maxine Peake担当主演并将在BBC2台播出。
Anne Lister(1791年—1840年)是约克郡的一个地主、企业家、旅行家和日记作者。同时她还是一个女同性恋。尽管当时的社会需要她最大限度地保守这个秘密,而她则以与同性爱人同居的方式来反抗社会传统观念。
Anne用一本四百万字的日记,事无巨细地记载了她的生活、爱情和情感,字里行间充满了吸引力和令人心痛的真诚。日记中相当大的一部分都是用密码记录的,最近对这部日记的解密工作让人们在惊讶之余进一步了解这位号称英国现代女同性恋第一人的她。
Anne Lister那非凡的日记和她那真实却又不同寻常的生活,奠定了《The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister》(安妮 李斯特的秘密日记)这部影视作品的基础。
这部只有一集,时长90分钟的剧集汇集了众多闪耀的明星,包括Anna Madeley;Susan Lynch;Christine Bottomley;Gemma Jones;Dean Lennox Kelly和Tina O’Brien。
与此片同步推出的纪录片由喜剧作家兼推广人的Sue Perkins向我们讲述Anne Lister的故事,并跟我们解密她的日记。
BBC2台的管理员Janice Hadlow是这么说的:“它就像是Brontes姐妹(注:英国著名是三姐妹作家,和Anne Lister是同一个时代的人)的世界一样,不过和人们所想的不同,带着点扭曲的意味。这些非凡的日记向我们展示了19世纪约克郡的生活与爱情,比起你所读到过的名著小说,它更加非同一般,更加惊人。”
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In 2013, an Australian man a few months shy of turning 60 decided to walk the Camino de Santiago – an 800km pilgrimage trail across the top of Spain. He had no known religion, and absolutely no idea why he felt so deeply compelled to do this torturous walk.
But compelled, he was.
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