Spring Festival stalls, the place where theaters must compete.
The main theme of the blockbuster and the high-cost comedy are divided, and the animation film has a single track.
But this year is a little different, and there is a movie that is unique.
There is an anti-counterfeiting gold label on it: the familiar Han Han is back——
"Four Seas"
This is the fourth film work directed by Han Han - and the third time to compete in the Spring Festival file after "Riding the Wind and Waves" and "Flying Life".
He's always known what audiences like.
In the cast, Shen Teng and Yin are the national signboard and the old partner.
The two were hot-blooded racing drivers in the last movie "Flying Life", and this time they returned to the family, one did not adjust the father, and the other became a brother who specialized in trouble.
The stage gave way more to the young.
Ah Yao (Liu Haoran) is a stubborn, yellow-haired young man who does not like to take care of people and always speaks coldly.
He grew up with his grandmother, and his only friend was a motorcycle.
His father's name is Wu Renteng (Shen Teng), and he left home very early.
He gave his son a name of Wu Renyao, like a cold joke.
Ah Yao also has a warm heart.
Every time he sees Zhou Huansong (Liu Haocun), a waiter at a night market restaurant, his heart beats faster and he is overwhelmed.
He liked her.
She knew.
Huan Song also has an older brother Huan Ge (played by Yin Zheng), who also plays motorcycles in the local area, hanging Er Lang Dang, pompous and vain, but treats people very sincerely.
By chance, Ah Yao joined the team of Joy Song, and finally had the opportunity to enter the life of Joy Song...
In the coastal island of South Australia, a group of kind little people with their own stories collide with each other's fates.
The scenery in Han Han's movies is always beautiful.
"After Forever" brought fire to Dongji Island, and "Flying Life" brought fire to Bayinbrook.
After the Spring Festival, South Australia will surely become a popular destination on the travel list.
The place where the hero and heroine grew up is as fresh as a paradise.
Even time seems to pass more slowly, and there is a time difference with the fast-moving world outside.
Shen Teng still used a shortened pencil and a large tome of the English-Chinese dictionary; Liu Haoran's bedside was the old version of the book "Maggie's Gift"; Liu Haocun's promise letter was Doraemon's bamboo dragonfly.
Han Han has built a utopian city for his characters, just like Mu Xin's "Once Upon a Time Slow", only enough to love one person in his life.
There is also racing, which is also an indispensable element in Han Han's films.
It's just that "Four Seas" has become a motorcycle race this time.
There is also a special appearance of Chen Xiaochun.
Even if you don't open the most professional racing motorcycle, you can overtake in the curve of the ground, and you have run out of the feeling of the nine consecutive hair card bends of the "Head Text D" that year!
Obviously, it is the story of the present, but from the details, it seems to have happened in the past.
This is the romance presented by Han Han in "Four Seas".
However, when this pure romance collides with reality, the gap and pain will be more obvious.
In addition to the nostalgic style paintings of South Australia, the film has another large space reserved for Guangzhou.
With the demolition of the stranded giant ship on the beach, the peaceful life of South Australia was completely broken.
Because of a series of accidents, coupled with the huge debts they suddenly carried, Ah Yao and Huan Song had to choose to go to the big city to find life.
The so-called "four seas" seem to be infinitely large, in the final analysis, it is just a wanderer leaving home.
The first time I left home, the first time I spent the night in a hotel, the first time I was so close to each other.
At this time, they were still full of beautiful imaginations about the outside world.
Huan Song once outlined to Ah Yao the perfect room in his mind:
The walls are painted clean white, you can see the sun when you open your eyes, the room is no longer so damp, and the floor can be covered with a soft carpet.
But she hesitated again, unsure whether such beauty really existed.
Maybe go to the big city and everything will be fine.
So they rode their motorcycles all the way west, walked a total of 497 kilometers, and came directly to the Canton Tower.
But Guangzhou banned motorcycles.
As with this paper ban, the motorcycle was confiscated and the connection between the two men and the past was forcibly severed.
They must find another way to live in the city.
The depiction of life in Guangzhou is completely different from when he was in South Australia.
South Australia is open and calm, and no matter from which angle you look out, it is an endless sea.
No inner rolls, no kpis, falling asleep to the sound of the waves every day, waking up in the sun.
And Guangzhou is cramped and noisy, passers-by are rushing east and west, the intersection is crowded, the high-rise buildings block the scenery in the distance, and all you can see when you look up is a small piece of sky like a prison.
The owner of the stunt team played by Qiao Shan encourages Ah Yao to make good money, and in the future, we will also buy a river view house!
Ah Yao was not at all moved: but I used to look at the sea view.
If South Australia is like a dream, Guangzhou is the time to wake up.
The protagonist's aura is withdrawn, and the optimistic fantasy is shattered.
I once dreamed of working as a white-collar worker in an office building, but in the end I could only serve dishes in a restaurant.
I once thought that I could get to the dream of stepping on the foot, but it turned out that the hard jump was still a big difference.
Sometimes I think about it, Han Han is still quite a "stepmother" for the role he created. I always like to create this dramatic conflict of rapid descent, so that the protagonists who were originally full of confidence face reality overnight.
But that's not a bad thing.
People can't always stay in the comfort zone, and inertia makes people walk slower and slower.
I always have to fall, fall and hurt, and when I get up, I want to run forward.
In the film, Chen Xiaochun has a line that is particularly good, which basically means that the world is so big, and you only see a small part.
Ah Yao began to be complacent because he won the game in the local small circle, until he saw the strength of the real professional level players, Ah Yao suddenly understood his past limitations.
The process is actually quite uncomfortable.
Find yourself not as strong as you think, it is easy to fall into depression,
But the so-called growth and maturity is to gradually realize the infinity of the "four seas", accept and still love the limited ability of their own.
Even if it is embarrassing, the characters in Han Han's story will always hold their breath.
Huan Song said it was difficult to stay in the big city.
But she still likes the city, because no matter how late it is, looking at the lights of wanjia, she always feels that one of the lights is lit for herself.
As Romain Rolland said, there is only one true heroism in the world, and that is to love life after recognizing the truth of life.
She never lost her expectations and confidence in the city and in her future.
Even if the interview touches a nose of ash, even if you continue to be a waiter in a restaurant, when a malicious person says, "Can I drink?" It is enough to accompany the customer", she will still not hesitate to angrily rebuke the other party and throw away.
The heroine in Han Han's movies is always brave, independent, and free, and is the appearance of the lover in her dreams.
And the male protagonists in his films, no matter their age, have always maintained a clear childishness.
For the people and things that are concerned, because they love too much, they are overwhelmed with recklessness and naivety.
For example, Hao Han in "After Forever" and Xu Zhengtai in "Riding the Wind and Waves", love always starts from the green plum bamboo horse, and once invested, it is wholeheartedly dedicated.
The same is true of Ah Yao.
In fact, from the beginning to the end, the movie has not given a specific explanation for Ah Yao's love and praise.
Perhaps it was because the smoke and fire on the food stalls superimposed a layer of hazy beauty on the praises; perhaps it was the ends of the sea breeze that blew up when they met at one corner, which tugged at Ren Yao's heartstrings.
In short, he fell in love with her.
Blends into every hair of the body and can no longer be withdrawn.
In the novel "A City", Han Han once wrote: "There is nothing in the world more than this, using a moment to like a thing, and then spending many years slowly torturing yourself why you like such a thing." ”
Just like the English name of "Four Seas", Only Fools Rush In, the river of love is turbulent, and only lovers will jump in.
For Ah Yao, the praise is the spring sun, the summer sea breeze, the motor sound of the motorcycle roaring, and the name that the mind will still remember no matter how empty it is.
Ah Yao was eager to give all the beauty in the world to Joy, but only forgot that Joy and Sorrow also had its own joys and sorrows, pessimism and self-esteem.
She may not want to rely on anyone, but she also wants to fight for and participate in the world herself.
Stories like this always happen, and girls with more mature minds gradually come ahead of boys who are still childish.
Before, Ah Yao thought that his pain and happiness, growth and persistence, were all for joy.
It wasn't until the end that he realized that he was actually doing this for a large part for himself.
What we really love is to seriously love each other's selves.
Han Han's films have staying power, and the more they chew, the more flavor they have.
The reason why these characters are likeable is that they don't let you see through them, and the truth must always be hidden.
For example, Shen Teng's character, looking at an unobtrusive father, said that he had a bad memory. But after so many years, I still remember my son liking Ultraman.
The son likes to play motorcycles, he knows it is dangerous, but he does not teach as an elder, but only advises: safety measures must be done well.
Obviously, he was not financially rich, but he still saved money to buy a professional motorcycle helmet for his son.
These loves, not on the lips, but will be proved by deeds.
So is Ah Yao. It's cold on the outside and warm on the inside.
Debauchery is false, and zealousness and sincerity are true.
There was a scene in South Australia where he was chased for racing and almost hit a truck full of steel bars when he made a sharp turn on the road.
After a false alarm, he could continue to run, but what he thought at the time was that there were traffic police chasing behind him, and maybe the traffic police would be too late to brake and have an accident, so he risked his life and rushed out to block. Run back, run, make a fuss, but he doesn't want anyone to get hurt because of him.
In fact, many directors have been shooting the same story all their lives.
For friendship, family affection, and love, Han Han always has his own attitude that he insists on expressing.
He likes to depict the moments when a man grows up.
It is not necessary to grow up at the age of 18, and at the age of 28 and 38, it is possible to re-enter puberty.
And youth is to keep moving forward, to collide regardless of it.
As he himself said:
"Travel is not important, what you love is the most important thing. Your youth is a long journey, a long journey farther and farther away from your childhood and your own youth. You will find that the world is not at all the same as you imagined, you will even feel very lonely, you will be excluded a lot. Vacations and travel, in fact, can not solve these problems. ”
In a way, Ah Yao was too much like Han Han himself.
Some rebellious, some distant, focused only on what they love and don't care about the eyes of those around them.
This movie is about a teenager growing up and chasing dreams, but from the nostalgia that looms in it, it is actually Han Han's look back at his past self.
No matter how complex the world, if you are willing, everything will become simple.
For so many years, Han Han had not actually changed.
At the beginning of the new year, we all need this strength in particular, to remain enthusiastic about the future and optimistic about the status quo.
Maturity is not about getting old, but about smiling when you are in tears.
This may also be the power that "Four Seas" wants to convey, don't be afraid to stumble, towards what you love, there will always be an echo.