主演:DanielWu/FrankKelly/PaddyC.Courtnccc
导演:DanielO'Hara
语言:英语/爱尔兰语/汉语普通话
地区:爱尔兰
编剧:DanielO'Hara
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上映时间:2003
别名:YuMingisAinmDom
用户标签:爱尔兰,短片,老外拍的中国人在海外的电影,爱尔兰语,喜剧,2000s,2003,Gaelic
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imdb编号:tt0410939
2003年爱尔兰出品的爱尔兰语电影小品,全长13分钟,叙述一位中国人因为日子闲得发慌,决定学习爱尔兰语然后到爱尔兰旅行,到了之后却发现当地爱尔兰人却听不懂这种爱尔兰的官方语言,反映出爱尔兰盖尔语发展的窘境。
BoredwithhislifeinChina,shopworkerYuMingdecidestovisitarandomcountryandpicksIrelandbyspinningaglobe.HegoestothelibrarywhereanatlasinformshimthattheofficiallanguageofIrelandis"Gaelic".ConsequentlyhelearnsandbecomesperfectlyfluentinIrishbeforehistrip.
ThefilmfollowshisadventuresintryingtobeunderstoodinDublin,wheremostofthepopulationhaslittleornograspofthelanguage.Forexample,whenhearrivesataDublinhostel,YuMingsays,"Bamhaithliomleabaanseo"("Iwouldlikeabedhere").TheAustralianreceptionistassumesthatYuMingisspeakingChinese,andexplainsthathedoesn'tunderstand.
YuMingthenheadstoabarinordertoseekworkandagainhisIrishletshimdown.Heasksthebarman,"Táimaglorgoibre"("Iamlookingforwork")andthebarmanstaresblanklyathim,notunderstandingaword.AnelderlyIrish-speakerattheendofthebarlistensinaweastheChinesemancanspeakthemothertongueIrishfluently,andheinviteshimforadrinkandexplainsthemisunderstanding.
YuMingislatershownworkingasabartenderintheIrish-speakingConnemara.
Aphrasethatrecursthroughoutthefilmis"Anbhfuiltusaaglabhairtliomsa?"("Areyoutalkingtome?").