Many viewers have the impression of Zhou Yemang as a veteran drama actor active on the stage of shanghai drama art center, a magnetic and warm dubbing in various film and television works, and some still stay in the classic interpretation of "Lin Jiaotou" in the CCTV version of "Water Margin". When Zhou Yemang speaks Shanghainese and appears in the new film "Love Myth" as a fashionable "uncle", it feels both kind and surprising. In this "Ben Gang" movie full of Shanghainese, Zhou Yemang and Xu Zheng, Ma Yili, Ni Hongjie, Wu Yue and others staged a mature love story that happened in the streets and alleys and was contaminated with the smell of fireworks.
The film is the feature film debut of shao Yihui, a young director after the 90s. She is not a Native of Shanghai, but because she has lived and worked in Shanghai for many years, she has developed a deep affection for the city and the Haipai culture behind it, and created this film based on the inspiration of several friends around her. "Love Myth" is also one of the few films in recent years that adopts the Shanghai dialect entirely. Several of the protagonists in the film are Shanghainese, and the actors are mostly Shanghainese. Among them, Miss Li, played by Ma Yili, lives a single life with her daughter; Bei Bei, played by Wu Yue, is keen to dance tango after divorce; Gloria, played by Ni Hongjie, has a rich and idle husband who disappears. The three women intersect because of Lao Bai, played by Xu Zheng. Shanghai's uncle Lao Bai called himself a miscellaneous family, and lived a relatively moist life by collecting rent and teaching the elderly to paint. A few meals made the living room of the old white family a meeting point for everyone. In the modern capital of Shanghai, men and women use wisdom and humor to depict a variety of fireworks in the city.
When Shao Yihui, the director of "Love Myth", found Zhou Yemang, one was to see his many years of acting experience, and the second was that he had no problem saying Shanghainese lines. "This script is very playful, it looks like it is rambling, the preface is not the end, but in fact, several scenes are cleverly put together like building blocks, piecing together a very interesting stream of life." Zhou Yemang commented that the film is like a light and flexible little song, in which the smell of life flowing can be sung to people's hearts.
In the film, Lao Wu, played by Zhou Yemang, and Lao Bai, played by Xu Zheng, are friends for many years, Lao Wu talks funny, pursues romance all his life, although he occasionally loves to brag, but he can insert a knife into two ribs for Lao Bai. In addition to fighting righteousness, Lao Wu also has a proud thing, that is, he claims to have a relationship with a famous Italian movie star. "I'm far away from Old Mrs." Zhou Ye mang laughed and said that he felt that Lao Wu was a kind and enthusiastic person who loved Zhang Luo, and was particularly concerned about Lao Bai's affairs, but even if he was a friend, it was not so easy to enter the other party's heart, "Lao Bai is more like an artist, Lao Wu is still more civilian and secular, but fun is fun here, friends do not need all the problems to think together, like-minded, similar personality can be, the relationship between Lao Bai and Lao Wu is a very interesting combination." ”
Although Zhou Yemang and Xu Zheng collaborated for the first time in "Love Myth", the two have known each other for a long time and have always admired each other. "This time I feel very happy, I can finally 'do' with Xu Zheng." Zhou Yemang smiled, at first the two of them did not know how the final performance effect was, but when the two met, they felt very tacit understanding, "Together can look at each other, his words do not need to say much, as soon as I hand it over, I can catch it, and this routine feels as if it has been cooperating for many years, especially natural!" ”
There is a long shot at the end of the film, Lao Wu told the story of his first love with the first movie star in front of these old friends, everyone listened to it, and he was also very emotional. Zhou Yemang recalled that in the script, Lao Wu was more excited about this scene, "There are many ways to get excited, I think Lao Wu was very touched at the end, and the tears naturally flowed down." "As for whether Lao Wu's story is true or not, Zhou Yemang doesn't think there's any need to investigate deeply." The myth of "Love Myth" is embodied in Lao Wu here, the myth does not exist, it is a wish, Lao Wu has always said that he has a German girlfriend, a Ukrainian girlfriend, but we do not see him around the woman, in the movie, Sophia Roland is a symbol in his heart, a kind of talk to the idol. As long as this confession moves you, it doesn't matter whether it's true or not, what matters is the feelings you feel in Lao Wu's narrative, which is where this movie is advanced. It is reported that "Love Myth" has been released on December 24.