Nowadays, the main theme of domestic movies is the strongest.
Once, there was a type of film that has always been the light of domestic production.
That's rural movies.
Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, representatives of the fifth generation of directors, have made excellent rural films, and whether there are stars participating or not, good works will not be absent.
(1) "The Child King"
Douban score: 8.2 points.
Before "Farewell to the Overlord", Chen Kaige has always had no shortage of good films.
"The Kid King" is one of them.
Through the story of Zhiqing Laozhu going to a simple primary school in the Yungui Mountains to teach, the film criticizes the pedantic way of education, and even touches the shackles of traditional Chinese culture on people more deeply, and tries to untie them.
It is said that Chen Kaige can't touch the script, but "Child King" he made changes to the original work and faced reality with a more decisive attitude.
Gu Changwei's photography is the finishing touch, originally Chen Kaige's royal photographer was Zhang Yimou, but after the "Great Parade", the two parted ways.
Fortunately, Gu Changwei is the existence of the top photography in China, and Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou are like tigers with his help.
The rural scenery is beautiful under the clever composition and lens language, coupled with a solid story, a deep theme, and a word-of-mouth masterpiece.
(2) "Defendant Shan Bar"
Douban score: 8.1 points.
A good film in the year of the 1994 movie God.
The story is very interesting.
It is said that this village official is very dedicated and responsible, keeping a poor and remote area in good order, and enjoying a very high prestige.
It was as if the village was still in ancient times, and everything was decided by the county commander.
However, Shan Bar ye is living in the era of rule of law in new China.
The village rules he formulated are not state law, and the rough way of acting is also suspected of violating the law.
Even if the villagers are very grateful to him, he must accept the judgment of the law.
The rule of man and the rule of law have formed a contradiction, which makes the film have a theme worth digging into.
With the development and progress of the country, "Defendant Mountain Bar" has become special to the times. There may be a very few places where there will be a similar situation, but similar movies, under the trend of domestic films becoming more and more "big", do not know when they will be able to have it again.
(3) "No one can be less"
Douban score: 7.7 points.
Many post-90s people go to the theater for the first time in their lives to see movies.
The Venice Golden Lion Award is a height that is difficult to reach in other genres.
Like Chen Kaige's "Child King", Zhang Yimou also tells a story of volunteer teaching, but it is more simple and close to the people.
The plot has always maintained a suspense of whether to find the child, and the title of "no one can be less" is tightly linked, and the ending is idealistic, simple and effective, and full of emotions.
Later generations of directors should actually take a good look at this film, how to be sensational but not kitsch.
④《Hello！ Mr. Tree》
Director Han Jie followed Jia Zhangke to shoot high-quality literary and art films such as "Three Gorges Good Man", and in 2011 he handed over a self-written and self-directed "Hello! Mr. Tree".
Although the box office is only more than two million, but the good reputation, as well as Wang Baoqiang's popularity still make this rural film slowly gain attention, as many as nearly 200,000 people in Douban participated in the scoring.
Wang Baoqiang dedicated one of the best performances of his career, and it is more natural for rural films to choose ordinary actors, and as a star actor, he can integrate into it without any sense of violation. The heroine Tan Zhuo was still unknown at that time, and she did not expect to be on fire with "I am not a medicine god" 7 years later.
The film exudes a sense of helpless humor, which some critics have called "magic realism films".
(5) "Bloody Morning"
Douban score: 8.0 points.
Rural crime films.
The director is li Shaohong, the director of the famous TV series, and she is also unique in making movies.
The interlaced narrative structure of time and space, the interlocking plot suspense setting, and the common remnants of feudal ignorance in the countryside penetrate into it, not too subjectively criticized, but from an objective perspective, emotionally and ideally telling the story.
"Bloody Morning" is a social tragedy and a tragedy of human nature.
Chinese films, at all times, need such works to provide a warning effect.
Because the countryside will become the city, society can progress, but human nature will not easily compromise.
(6) "Childhood in the South"
Douban score: 9.4 points.
A score of 9.4 is certainly a bit of an overrated, but the magic of this piece is that it hasn't been overshadowed by the rough production.
Like "No One Can Be Less", the story also has a big suspense pull.
A primary school teacher aspired to open a kindergarten in the village, and in the process experienced many difficulties and obstacles.
Why open a kindergarten?
Because the children in the village are left-behind children, they lack the education of their parents.
The film unpretentiously reflects the problem of left-behind children, and the actors in the film perform in their true colors make the characters very real and believable.
"Childhood in the South" proves that even if there is no big money and no big stars, domestic movies can make high-scoring films.
Therefore, rural theme films are precious and should not be forgotten by the light of domestic production.