土匪女皇

　　This is a remarkable movie. "The Bandit Queen" is a powerful and repugnant portrayal of a modern real-life Indian outlaw, Phoolan Devi ("Goddess of Flowers"). The movie opens at the point at which the 11 year-old Phoolan is sold as a bride to a middle-aged man. The marital rape and abuse that follows drives her away and eventually, as an outcast, into a life of brigandage.


　　What I found most striking in this movie is that it does not portray the heroine merely as a "wronged woman" but as a woman with deep psychological problems -- to me she frequently appeared to be downright psychotic. There are several scenes of unbridled, I might say X-rated, violence in which Phoolan is seen to gradually wind up from anger to viciousness. In one of these scenes she beats her former husband with a rifle butt. It was -- and I think it was meant to be -- sickening.


　　"The Bandit Queen" was very controversial in India. It was widely thought to be Oscar material, though apparently did not make the list due to political infighting within the Indian movie-making community. Its well worth the viewing. But I only recommend it for people with strong stomachs. Its a true story (the real-life Phoolan Devi went on to marry above her caste and became the first Untouchable to serve in the Indian Parliament) but its a story without a happy ending.

制作层面没太多可挑的，然而论故事本身，问题就比较多了，虽然片名是《土匪女皇》，但这位女皇几乎全片都在被男人驱赶、被男人接纳、被男人侮辱、被男人拯救，也就临近高潮和片尾享受了几许女王的高光时刻

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勉强拖着看完了，好可怕，对女的那么残忍，印度女人都过的什么日子啊。想到我们酒店曾经来了一对印度清洁工，男的什么都不干就看着他老婆干活儿，这都什么臭狗屎男人，都移民了还他妈骑在女人头上作威作福。

这样的电影在九十年代的印度是非常敏感的，所以列为禁片，但是，这部影片，和九十年代的霸王别姬，黄土地那样，及时很多年过去，依旧针砭时弊，依旧一针见血。更关键的是，这部影片对于真人真事的艺术化处理是十分到位的。目前国内只能看到英文字幕，所以打分的人很少，实在是可惜。

歌舞喜剧片几乎是很多人对印度电影的刻板印象，而强盗皇后却以近乎“肮脏”的写实风格反映了上世纪印度社会的顽疴-种姓制度，以及对女性的严重歧视，当然现在还是比较严重。毕竟种姓制度是印度社会几千年的产物，根深蒂固，但与现代社会的碰撞冲突也越来越激烈。强盗皇后虽然最后被政府招安，但底层人民的万岁欢呼与支持无疑给这位草莽皇后带上了最耀眼的皇冠！

印度这个国度，女性能活着已是莫大的勇气，更何况是反抗。普兰当之无愧的女皇，可惜印度还是那个印度。

印度的等级制度下男人很容易成为强奸犯，次等级的妇女等同于牲口

虽然这是一部根据真实事件改编的电影，，可是导演却并没有得到女主现实中的帮助，甚至于女主因为电影后来被杀害了，更精彩的故事在电影之外。电影一直在灰蒙蒙的环境中进行，那种环境更能显示人的动物性吧

卡普尔用特写来表现普兰的情感特质，特写的运用是为了将普兰与其它人物区分开来。为了让故事叙述具有史诗的感觉，卡普尔最大程度的诉诸于远景—普兰与丈夫走过一座桥，她在山多荒芜的强盗窝里。这些图像为普兰的生活背景增加了一种形式感，这个背景是印度次大陆的南部，一个广阔的、人们会迷失的地方。

优酷英文字幕，语言听着怪怪的，快进了：印度女性难得这么牛叉一回