At this year's 54th Golden Horse Awards ceremony, an old man, a snoozing kung fu, defeated Huang Bo and Jin Chengwu, won the crown of the film emperor, and became the focus of the audience.
This person is the Mongolian and Han professional households - Tu Men, and the movie that sent him to the throne of the film emperor is the "Old Beast" that is being released.
The story takes place in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, between 2007 and 10 years, the city was prosperous, at that time, coal prices rose, the stock market was red, some people could earn a Q7 overnight, and real estate companies were everywhere.
However, the good times did not last long, and after a few years, the tide of wealth receded, leaving behind a cold rotten building and countless debt disputes.
Old Yang, who was in his twilight years, was one of those who was pitted after the tide receded.
He played mahjong with his friends and said to his card friends: You owe other people money, I owe me money, this is called bad luck!
When Old Yang used to have money, others called him Boss Yang, but now he is broken, and he has become an old bastard.
How mixed?
His wife was paralyzed in bed, he ignored it, played mahjong all night, mahjong was not clean, sneaky cards.
In addition to gambling, he was also. When he was old, he loved to go to the bathing center to find a lady, and he also wrapped a second milk that was more than 30 years younger than him, and he remembered to buy meat and clothes for others.
But Old Yang Li couldn't do it, and in that matter, it wouldn't work in a few seconds.
This bed scene with the second mother was also jokingly called the fastest domestic movie by the audience, faster than Feng Xiaogang...
Because there were too many deeds of the bastard, the children hated him so much that they itched their teeth, and finally cleaned him up when his mother's operating expenses were stolen by Lao Yang again.
Lao Yang was angry, and shouted at them one by one to "beg for food ghosts" and "beg for food", and finally sued his son and son-in-law in court.
Director Zhou Ziyang once said that he likes films such as "Graduation Examination" and "A Parting" that focus on morality and human nature and revolve around the family. And "The Old Beast" also expresses the estrangement, contradictions, and real humanity in the face of embarrassment in the modern family between children and fathers.
When the mother was hospitalized, none of the children wanted to pay for the hospitalization, and only wanted to blame their father.
But once when Old Yang became rich overnight and called for the wind and rain, the son-in-law's work was done by him, the house of the third daughter was bought by him, and the wife of the eldest son was helped by him, but now the children only remember his current mixing, and forget the original grace.
This phenomenon echoes the old saying: only cruel children have no cruel fathers.
In the film, although Lao Yang is a bastard, there are also sad and respectable places.
He stole his wife's surgery fees in order to buy a cow and repay the generosity of his old friend.
He had also taken care of his wife for seven or eight years, but the fall of the rich man made him lose confidence and make his life more and more chaotic.
He loved his grandson very much, he said: Grandpa gave you a camel ride, and you will be good with Grandpa in the future, and Grandpa said: Grandpa bought me a Transformer, and I will be good with Grandpa.
In order to make up for the operation, he took a car to the third daughter's house to borrow money, and in order not to trouble the children, he stayed in a dilapidated hotel for 20 yuan a night, and even the money for the public telephone was reluctant to pay.
In addition to focusing on the failure of the characters and the split of the family, "Old Beast" also shapes the background of the entire story very realistically.
For example, when grazing is returned to grass, where herders want to exchange camels for cows that are more likely to gain economic value, and sick male camels also hint at the imminent demise of nomadic life and culture, the off-camera world, about 10 years ago, where people were stealing sheep.
Friends who have seen this movie should find that the director has added many surreal elements to the film.
The people wrapped in cloth strips in the wild grass, the lonely white horse next to the tree stumps, and the crows pulled out of the walls of the bathing center all symbolize Lao Yang's situation and inner desolation.
The use of this style, the most memorable is the flying saucer in "Three Gorges Good Man", the rocket, and the white horse in "Daytime Fireworks".
It is understood that the script of the old beast began to be created as early as 15 years, and many people felt that the theme was great and willingly helped Zhou Ziyang.
At a cocktail party, Wang Xiaoshuai said that he liked this "Old Bastard" (previous name), Zhou Ziyang asked if director Xiaoshuai would like to do supervision for us, Wang Xiaoshuai said, not only to be a producer, but also to invest independently.
And the heroine "Second Milk" actor Prince Zi is even more upside down to paste money to shoot, Tu Men is also two words without saying a word to take this play.
Although "Old Beast" is being released, the scheduling rate is only 2%, which seems to be unable to escape the fate of high reputation and low box office, but as a debut work, it has been too high above the passing line, not to mention, the tears and helplessness of the ending have torn everyone's heart.