A year in hospital and 90% lung damage: how Andrey Zvyagintsev came back from Covid to Cannes
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Acclaimed Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev, whose films have long been regarded as searing allegories of civic passivity under authoritarian rule, is set to premiere a new work at Cannes.
備受推崇的俄羅斯導演安德烈·薩金塞夫，其電影長期以來被視為威權統治下公民被動性的深刻寓言，他即將在坎城首映一部新作品。
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The film, entitled Minotaur, marks his first cinematic release in nine years and arrives after a harrowing battle with COVID-19 that nearly claimed his life.
這部名為《米諾陶》的電影，標誌著他九年來首部發行的電影作品，並在他與差點奪走其性命的新冠肺炎進行一場慘烈的搏鬥後問世。
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Had it not been for intensive medical intervention at a clinic in Hanover, Germany, the director might never have returned to filmmaking.
若非在德國漢諾威的一家診所接受了密集的醫療干預，這位導演可能永遠無法重返電影製作領域。
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In late 2021, Zvyagintsev contracted a severe case of COVID-19 that left him with approximately 90% lung damage.
在 2021 年底，薩金塞夫感染了嚴重的新冠肺炎，導致他大約 90% 的肺部受損。
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For several months, the filmmaker was unable to move his limbs or perform basic tasks such as holding a spoon.
好幾個月的時間，這位電影製片人無法移動肢體，也無法執行如拿湯匙這類的基本任務。
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He spent a total of eleven months in various hospitals, during which time Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
他在各家醫院共待了十一個月，在此期間，俄羅斯於 2022 年 2 月發動了對烏克蘭的全規模入侵。
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It was precisely this devastating convergence of personal and geopolitical crises that plunged the director into what he described as immense pain and deep despair.
正是這種個人與地緣政治危機的毀滅性交匯，將這位安德烈·薩金塞夫導演推入了其所描述的巨大痛苦與深沉絕望之中。
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Against all odds, the COVID recovery proved successful, and Zvyagintsev gradually relearned fundamental motor skills before channeling his anguish into creative work.
儘管困難重重，新冠肺炎的康復過程證明是成功的，薩金塞夫在將他的痛苦轉化為創作之前，逐漸重新學會了基本的運動技能。
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Minotaur is an adaptation of Claude Chabrol's 1969 French thriller The Unfaithful Wife, transposed to a provincial Russian town.
《米諾陶》改編自克勞德·夏布洛 1969 年的法國驚悚片《不忠之妻》，背景被移至一座俄羅斯外省小鎮。
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The narrative follows a business executive on the verge of laying off his workforce who simultaneously discovers his wife's infidelity.
故事敘述一位處於裁員邊緣的企業主管，同時發現了妻子的不忠。
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Critics have already drawn parallels between the protagonist's crumbling domestic world and the broader disintegration of societal norms in Russian cinema.
影評人已經在主角崩潰的家庭世界與俄羅斯電影中更廣泛的社會規範瓦解之間畫出了平行線。
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Zvyagintsev's reputation was cemented at Cannes in 2014 with the premiere of Leviathan, a crime drama of extraordinary moral gravity.
薩金塞夫的聲譽於 2014 年在坎城憑藉《纏繞之蛇》的首映而奠定，這是一部具有非凡道德分量的犯罪劇情片。
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The film earned him the best screenplay award and established him as arguably the most significant voice in contemporary Russian cinema.
這部電影為他贏得了最佳劇本獎，並使他被公認為當代俄羅斯電影界最重要的聲音。
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Should Minotaur receive comparable critical acclaim, it would represent one of the most remarkable comebacks in recent cinematic history.
若《米諾陶》能獲得相當的影評讚譽，這將代表近代電影史上最非凡的復出之一。
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Having chosen France as his country of exile, Zvyagintsev emphasized that this premiere carries profound personal significance beyond mere professional achievement.
選擇了法國作為他的流亡國家後，薩金塞夫強調這次首映除了純粹的專業成就外，還具有深遠的個人意義。