Three moments in “Lost in Translation”

X="Lost in Translation"

Y=Moments when Charlotte feels lonely

1.      It is four o’clock in the morning, Charlotte sits on the windowsill and keeps awake while her husband John sleeps like a log. Then Charlotte lies beside John and whispers to John, asking whether he is awake. John embraces Charlotte but falls into sleep very quickly. For a short moment, Charlotte feels good but she still cannot fall asleep. Then Charlotte sits up in the bed and the night scene outside the window sets off Charlotte’s sleeplessness and loneliness.

2.      In order to fit in the unfamiliar country, Charlotte takes the subway to the shrine, hoping to find comfort there. In the shrine, some monks are chanting but Charlotte does not find anything that makes her comfortable. However, she feels even more upset. Coming back to the hotel, Charlotte calls her mother. She tells her mom that she goes to the shrine but she feels nothing, and she also tries ikebana but nothing makes her feel at home. Then she cries to say that she does not know who she married. The call is disrupt because Charlotte’s mom gets another call. When her mother comes back to talk, Charlotte does not want to talk and she says she will call later. After hanging up the phone, Charlotte sobs, curling up in the chair in front of the window.

3.      Charlotte and John walk in the hall and suddenly John meets a friend. She is a movie star and comes to Japan to promote for her action movie. The girl is very excited to meet John. When John and the girl are talking, Charlotte stands by John and looks up and down the active girl in front of her. The girl asks John and Charlotte to go out for a drink and call her alias—Evelyn Waugh. After the girl leaves, Charlotte smiles slightly and says that Evelyn Waugh is a man’s name. John seems to be unhappy to Charlotte and says that girl is nice because not everybody goes to Yale. Smile in Charlotte’s face freezes and she thinks John is defends the girl. Then both of them walk away unhappily.