The sense of taste and smell are organs of memory
Remember the deep delicious feelings of the wanderers
I miss the family's table under the full moon
"My Hometown and Me"
Directors: Ning Hao (General), Xu Zheng, Chen Sicheng, Yan Fei, Peng Damo, Deng Chao, Yu Baimei
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country/Region of Production: China
Language: Chinese
Suitable for: 12 years old and above
Runtime: 153 minutes
Film introduction
Through five story units, the film tells the hometown story that takes place in the five major regions of China's east, west, south, south and central regions.
Synopsis
"The Good Man of Beijing"
Zhang Beijing sequel, the camera focuses on the strangers wandering in Beijing. From "Hello Beijing" to "Beijing Good People", Zhang Beijing's Olympic commemorative hat has never been taken off, and last year he was still looking forward to Zhang Yimou being able to "sweep a lens for us" at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
"A UFO Fell from the Sky"
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the mysterious UFO appeared in Afu Village in Qiannan, Guizhou, only 15 kilometers away from China's Tianyan, which caused a sensation in the whole village in an instant, and the explosive news even alarmed reporters in Beijing. Old Tang and Xiao Qin, reporters of the "Re-entering Science" program group, went deep into the village to investigate, and the scientist Dong Xuexue returned to his hometown to join the UFO investigation team. The village chief Wang Shouzheng and the merchant Wang Surprisingly warmly welcomed the arrival of the three people, but in the process of investigation, several people seemed to be "pregnant with ghost fetuses". The key figure in the incident, Huang Dabao, a peasant inventor with a wooden appearance and a wild heart, also made a surprise appearance.
"The Last Lesson"
With an international long-distance telephone call, the whole village of Wangxi Village fell into a busy state, in order to restore a lesson from 1992 based on old photos, all the villagers worked together, and even simulated the heavy rain of that year. All the villagers in Wangxi Village want to help Lao Fan solve any problems.
"The Road Back home"
The story takes place in the Maowusu Desert in Shaanxi Province, a desert that once had no grass and is now lush with green trees. "Sand Apple" dealer Qiao Shulin helped his hometown get rich to find a buyer, but was disliked by e-commerce Yan Feiyan, and the two were forced to embark on the road back to their hometown because they returned to their alma mater to participate in the school celebration, with twists and turns and frictions along the way.
"Ma Liang"
Born in a mountain village in the northeast, Ma Liang lamented that "many villages are old and young people are gone", hoping that he can do something for his hometown [8]. So I gave up going to a key art school, returned to my hometown, and did many good things for my hometown. In order not to let Qiu Xia find out, we work with all the villagers to prevent what happened when Qiu Xia found out.
Movie reviews
"My Hometown and Me" depicts the picture of a well-off life, praises the achievements of poverty alleviation, is a literary and artistic work with both ideology and artistry, has achieved a win-win situation of word of mouth and box office, and achieved a double harvest of social and economic benefits. The success of the film has brought many enlightenments to the creation of the main theme: first, patriotism is always the main theme of film creation, second, the people are the eternal driving force of film creation, and third, in the process of constantly innovating artistic expression in the small view of the big, the film can win the audience's resonance and empathy (People's Daily Review).
Compared with "My Hometown and Me" and "My Motherland and Me" in 2019, the "incision" of the film is smaller, but what remains unchanged is the grounded expression. As soon as Ge You, Deng Chao, Shen Teng, Wang Baoqiang, and Lei Jiayin appeared, the audience did not worry about laughing. The double reed staged by "Beijing Good Man" Zhang Beijing and his second uncle, the big head that Lei Jiayin "held out", and the "network delay" between Shen Teng and Ma Li made the theater full of happy atmosphere. There is joy in the movie, and it is even more touching. It is precisely because there are laughter and tears, everyone does not even feel the "main theme" color of this film. Such a grand theme, but did not make the audience in the theater feel the slightest bit boring and boring, which not only benefited from the expression of the main creative art, but also reflected China's cultural self-confidence. The film is also less jerky and stiff in expression (Guangming Daily review).
"My Hometown and Me" is not really a big movie structure. It is made up of 5 small stories with elements of "me" and "hometown". Five short stories, homesickness, but also a trip back home. On the surface, it is a light comedy that makes people laugh, and on the deep side, it is a white "lie" for various motives, which create conflicts and laughter points for each story unit, but let the audience's tears flow frequently between laughter, constituting the touching and joyful face of the audience during the festival. The creators of the film keenly captured the audience's preferences, did not create in the air, but reflected a series of social and people's livelihood issues in a down-to-earth manner. The film chooses a small perspective of small people, based on local feelings, although like a "platter film", the overall emotional outpouring is smooth, it brings the audience tears and laughter, is the true refraction of the development of the times, but also the bones and flesh of the film, rushing to this point, the film has stood in the position of every "I", so that every individual has an aftertaste and thinking ("Jiangxi Daily" review).
Most of the stories of "My Hometown and Me" are designed to be a bit "earthy", and on the surface things do not seem to be so "big", Zhang Beijing played by Ge You, the peasant inventor played by Huang Bo, the rural teacher played by Fan Wei, the small entrepreneur played by Deng Chao, and the grassroots cadres played by Shen Teng are all ordinary people. However, the country and home have never been separated, and the country and home in "My Motherland and Me" and "My Hometown and Me" have never been separated, but "My Hometown and Me" pays more attention to subtle warmth, small words and great righteousness, and subtle warmth is also the great righteousness of the family and the country. The film's five unit stories have their own characteristics, under the theme of comedy, both "science fiction, love, action, detective" and other elements, a movie brings multiple surprises to meet the needs of the whole people. In the National Day Mid-Autumn Festival, such a comedic form of expression is very decent. Hometown is an eternal theme, the film uses the title of hometown, carrying many themes such as medical care, education, poverty alleviation, volunteer education, grass-roots cadres, etc., which are closely related to the hometown and blend with water and milk (Qilu Evening News Review).