落番金門首映 鄉親感動落淚

"The Quest"-a documentary film produced and funded by the administration office of Kinmen National Park on Kinmenese overseas immigrants in Malaysia made its debut (1) on May 6th in Kinmen. Director Peter Tang depicted (2) and reminisced (3) the hardship-stricken (4) past of Kinmen ancestors in Southeast Asia through various scenes and photographs. He managed to vividly present the history of travail (5) and struggle of the Kinmenese to an audience of Kinmen fellows who were deeply moved and many brought to tears after watching this movie.
由金門國家公園管理處出資拍攝的劇情紀錄片「落番─金門海外移民記馬來西亞篇」，6日在金門辦首映會，導演唐振瑜透過鏡頭，重現金門先民下南洋打拚的艱辛往事，將金門人落番的血淚史呈現在觀眾的眼前，讓鄉親看完都忍不住熱淚盈眶，大受感動。

When giving his speech, the Governor of Fujian Provincial Government Xue, Cheng-Tai stated that almost all Kinmenese have relatives who had been through such an arduous (6) past. He believed the commitment made by those overseas fellows to give feedback to their homeland may arouse the empathy (7) of the 23 million Taiwanese. Director Peter Tang commented that when "The Quest" had premiered (8) in Malaysia in March, it had aroused the empathy of overseas Chinese. Local Chinese newspapers there continually presented a special report on the documentary for over a month, and Chinese TV stations featured special reports for over two weeks. Such a bang (9) showed how apparent and impactful overseas Chinese's effect on Southeast Asian societies can be.
福建省政府主席薛承泰在致詞時表示，金門幾乎家家戶戶都有親人落番打拚的艱苦往事，他認為，鄉僑回饋家鄉的精神，可讓台灣2300萬同胞有所啟發。
導演唐振瑜表示，「落番」3月間在馬來西亞首映，引起華人世界的共鳴，當地的華文報紙連續1個多月的專題報導，華文電視媒體也連續半個多月專題報導，造成撼動，說明華人在東南亞社會的能見度及影響力。

This documentary was accompanied by a musical piece, "Fan Shu Qing" by Kinmenese musician Li, Zi-Heng. "The Quest" was nominated for Documentary of the Year when the Taipei Film Awards were announced in the Taipei 2011 Film Festival on May 4th.
本部影片以縣籍音樂家李子恆作詞作曲：「番薯情」貫穿全場。2011台北電影節5月4日公佈「台北電影獎」入選影片時，「落番」也入圍最佳紀錄片。

【註解】
●1. debut-(n)初次登台；首次露面。
●2. depict-(vt)描繪；描寫。
●3. reminisce-(vt)追憶、回想。
●4. -stricken-(adj) 通常前面加上名詞，指被～侵襲的。此處是指遭遇「困難、艱困」打擊的。
●5. travail-(n)艱難、痛苦；或指分娩時的陣痛。
●6. arduous-(adj)艱鉅、費力、困難的；（山勢）陡峭的。
●7. empathy-(n)移情；同理心。
●8. premiere-(vt)首映。
●9. bang-(n)原來是擬聲字，指撞擊、敲擊後的聲響。此處指巨大影響、轟動。

本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2011年5月7日報導