The movie "The First Incense" was recently screened in major theaters. The film is adapted from Zhang Ailing's famous work "Agarwood Crumbs : The First Burning Incense", which tells the story of a female student who enters a very different life after she joins her aunt in Hong Kong in order to complete her studies. In the midst of a drunken gold obsession, she fell in love with the amorous Georgie Joe. And at the time of entanglement, he completely bid farewell to his past life and sank into a vain life.
This film is directed by Xu Anhua, who has always had a special love for Zhang Ailing, and it is the third time that she has adapted Zhang Ailing's works. When watching the movie, The right charm of Mrs. Liang, played by Yu Feihong, is really fascinating.
But Georgie Qiao, played by Peng Yuyan, is difficult to bring in. There is a description of his appearance in the book: he is even bloodless than Zhou Jijie, and even his lips are pale, like plaster casts. Under the black pressed eyebrows and eyelashes, the eyes were like the wind blowing through the Waseda field, sometimes revealing the blue light of the rice under the water, flashing, and then darkening. In the plot, it is difficult for me to associate a sick and delicate man with the robust Peng Yuyan.
If you also like Zhang Ailing, you may wish to go to see the 84-year TVB drama "Nong Ben Amorous", which combines Zhang Ailing's agarwood crumbs, the first incense, the love of the city, and the heart sutra. Among them, the james played by "brother" Zhang Guorong can take you into the world of the characters in Zhang Ailing's novels.