在这部特莉萨娜剧情片中,影片是英国作家哈代的《德伯家的苔丝》的印度现代社会改编版，讲述了女主人公的生活和爱情被周围的环境所毁灭的故事，哈代在小说的副标题中称女主人公为“一个纯洁的女人”，公开地向维多利亚时代虚伪的社会道德挑战。特丽莎娜（芙蕾达平托）遇到了一名富有的英国商人杰（利兹阿迈德饰演），后者是在英国出生和长大的印度移民，回到印度来经营他父亲的酒店事业。在特丽莎娜的父亲遭遇车祸之后，她来到酒店工作，并与杰接坠入爱河，然而他们却无法逃脱周围人评判的眼光。在这个经历着工业化的巨大冲击但思想尚未完全解放的印度社会，特丽莎娜这样受过教育，有着自己的理想却不能去追求的女性成为了牺牲品。
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英国导演迈克尔·温特伯顿将把托马斯·哈代的《德伯家的苔丝》搬到印度社会中，并由《四头狮子》的里兹·阿迈德和《贫民窟的百万富翁》之后片约不断的芙蕾达·平托主演。温特伯顿曾执导《无名的裘德》和《雪岭传奇》，这已经是他第三次指导翻拍哈代的名著。影片2011年初在印度的斋浦尔和孟买两地拍摄，当年9月在加拿大多伦多电影节上首映。
Based on Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles, 'Trishna' tells the story of one woman whose life is destroyed by a combination of love and circumstances. Set in contemporary Rajasthan, Trishna (Freida Pinto) meets a wealthy young British businessman Jay Singh (Riz Ahmed) who has come to India to work in his father's hotel business. After an accident destroys her father's Jeep, Trishna goes to work for Jay, and they fall in love. But despite their feelings for each other, they cannot escape the conflicting pressures of a rural society which is changing rapidly through industrialisation, urbanisation and, above all, education. Trishna's tragedy is that she is torn between the traditions of her family life and the dreams and ambitions that her education has given her.
一切的不经意。一无是处。啥叫后殖民。《特莉萨娜》。性虐待是一個牛角尖。
