In Spielberg's war classic "Schindler's List", a girl in red walked impressively on the scene of the black and white massacre, like an indomitable flower of life, which stung the hearts of countless audiences, and now, similar pictures appear in the war movie "Ballet in the Fire" produced by Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov and directed by Dong Yachun, in the northeast of the 1940s, the Japanese army is planning the final madness, the Chinese and Russian peoples swear to fight back, the wind and snow roar, and the pine forest stands tall. A young girl dressed in red danced ballet, and in the war-torn landlord, she showed the tenacity of life, the firmness of emotion, the aesthetics of the war between China and Russia, and in her dance steps, flashed dazzling sparks.
Set against the backdrop of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the film kicks off in an unnamed border city in Heilongjiang, where a young girl and goose inadvertently rescue a wounded Russian soldier, and since then the family has paid a terrible price to protect this war ally, and at the same time, a love that has sprung up across countries. The film's image style is soothing but not powerful, the rhythm is fast and strong, from the tense suspense of the Japanese army search, to the storm of assassinating the Japanese dispatcher, the fierceness of the Chinese detonating the train, the brutality of the Japanese officers shooting boys and poisoning Chinese workers, the tragic front-line firefight, and the thrilling atmosphere of the war film, making the love in this war more elegant and precious.
In the War of Resistance Against Japan, Tohoku was the region occupied by Japan for the longest time, and with its unique strategic position, it once left countless stories to sing and cry. The film uses an affectionate and full narrative to depict the feelings of home and country in the northeast land, and shows the magnificent and humane folk customs of the northeast on the snow where the flames are flying and the blood is flowing. The cozy wooden house in the snowstorm, the small barn with cabbage, the coal stove with strong fireworks, the children playing the game of putting iron nails on the rails, pulling the speeding climbing plow, playing with the indigenous darts, the custom of killing pigs during the New Year, and the dumplings of the big Chinese New Year's Eve wrapped in a steel hammer. What is rare is that the traditional elements with strong customs are not simply displayed, but as vivid plot props, closely linked, and powerfully connect the process of the story, without any estrangement of age and region. As an inseparable part of the northeast culture, the use of Russian elements in the film is also refreshing, including the fragrant big Lieba bread, the kind and strong Russian boss lady, and the ballet "Swan Lake", which fascinates the young girls, which are all beautiful symbols and contrast with the gun gas and murderous bayonets of the Japanese army.
The performance of the stars is also worth paying attention to, the female number one Cao Shuci herself is a northeast girl, but also the most famous ballet dancer in the male, has won the gold medal of the women's adult group of the National Ballet Competition, the northeast dialect and dance are particularly authentic, the quiet beauty of a plain face, it shows the elegance of art in the simplicity, and the male number one Kareskov Igor looks explosive, the super CP effect is amazing, in addition, Du Yuan, Chen Jin, Hou Tianlai and other drama bones are also full of profound skills, deep in the soul.
"Ballet in the Fire" brings together the gold medal team in front of and behind the stage in China and Russia, director Dong Yachun has filmed "Rushing Out of the Amazon", "Eighth Route Army", "Love in the War", "Zhou Enlai in Chongqing" and other outstanding works, the Feitian Award for Excellent Director Award and the Golden Rooster Award for Best Cinematography and many other awards, the supervising producer Mikhalkov is even more thunderous, the 1991 Venice Award "Mongolian Spirit", the 1995 Oscar Best Foreign Language Film "Burning Heart" are all from his handwriting, in addition, "No Witness" "Black Eyes" and "12 Angry Men" are also immortal classics that shake the ancient and modern. The classic elements of Russian war aesthetics can be seen everywhere in the film, "Here the Dawn Is Quiet" a group of female soldiers with unrestrained personality, "Zoya", "Defend Moscow" heroine Zoya, "Forty-first" sad goddess gunner, and "Battlefield Romance" and "Wild Goose Nanfei" those little cute girls, touched generations of fans, and for domestic war films, female images have actually been the weakness, either superficial symbols, or become male appendages, Even in "Wise And Mighty Mountain", which has just undergone modern thinking, the little white pigeon is only superficial. From this point of view, Mikhalkov not only brings the scene scheduling and audiovisual impact of Russian war films, but also the depth of creation, "Ballet in the Fire of War" re-examines war from the perspective of a northeastern girl, through the perception of growth and death, love and hatred, re-combing the scars left by frequent wars, sin and resistance, killing and saving, interweaving a different war film experience.
The cooperation between the two masters of China and Russia, "Ballet in the Fire of War" restores the past of the war of that year, embeds the original ecological northeast style, the tragic war in the wind and snow, and the vivid character group portraits into it, forming an epic picture, and spraying huge dramatic energy in the silence of oil painting, which can be called a passionate outbreak in the history of domestic war films.