Speaking of the directors who make "literary and artistic genre" films among young Chinese directors, there are really not many, and Pengfei is one.
Director Peng Fei is born in 1982, graduated from the Directing Department of the French International Academy of Image and Sound, and his representative works include "Underground Incense", "The Taste of Rice Blossoms" and "See Nara Again".
Peng fei's films always have a little bit of poetry, whether it is the title of the film or the film shots. The story is very profound, focusing on marginalized groups, the film is introverted and meticulous, but not entirely tragic.
The movie "The Taste of Rice Blossoms" reflects the theme of left-behind children in Yunnan on the border between China and Myanmar. The plot itself is tragic, but the director shoots it beautifully. The scenery of Yunnan is beautiful, and the children and mothers in the film are also beautiful.
The movie "See Nara Again" reflects the problem of Japan's post-war death, and uses a special "family search" trip to show the scenery of Nara and the protagonist's wishes. Let the audience see that the story behind the war has been another side of the people after the war.
Director Pengfei will adapt and direct Shuang Xuetao's "The Aviator", which will start filming in the northeast next year, and I am looking forward to what kind of northeast story director Pengfei will present. Another film adaptation of Shuang Xuetao is "Flames on the Plain" starring Liu Haoran and Zhou Dongyu.
Director Pengfei's works are all self-written and self-directed, and the dialogue between the characters in the film is not much, but it is enough to see the warmth. The picture is very beautiful, but the theme of the reaction is very profound, a bit like "boiled frog in warm water", slowly integrating into the story and empathizing with the characters.
"The Taste of Rice Blossoms" is a 2018 film, "See Nara Again" is a 2021 film, I have not seen such a clear style and poetic director's work for a long time, or in these two years, the film is in the era of big production, big flow and big publicity. More diverse film works will have a longer development.