Back to Back, Face to Face is a realistic film that was released in China in 1994 and scored 9.4, a film that deals with sensitive social topics and truly reflects the political struggles of the last century in China.
Fortunately, the Chinese film and television industry is also very tolerant, and did not ban the playback of this film because of the sensitivity of the topic, which made this excellent work stay in the history of Chinese film and television.
Wang Shuangli in the film "Back to Back, Face to Face" is a deputy director of a Chinese cultural center, the work ability has always been very strong, but unfortunately has not been able to get the opportunity to rise, even when the cultural center temporarily has no director, Wang Shuangli can only commit to the acting director, and when the next director takes office, he will have to succumb to the position of deputy director.
In the process of Wang Shuangli's inauguration, he experienced squandering, flattery, and exclusion and deviation, and he was the most ordinary of Many Chinese officials, but also a very representative one. Wang Shuangli, as the male protagonist of this film, does not have any protagonist aura, he is just one of many ordinary people, he yearns for power, and he is also good at calculation, and these characteristics are no different from those shrewd little citizens.
Wang Shuangli would try his best to win over the newly appointed curator Ma, the most important deputy township chief from a small township, for the position of cultural curator he longed for, and soon left under the careful planning of Wang Shuangli.
However, the departure of the pavilion elder Ma did not allow Wang Shuangli to successfully sit in the position of the official curator, but he ushered in his next fierce enemy, and the next new curator Xiao Yan was not as simple as the old horse.
Wang Shuangli's struggle with Xiao Yan did not end in a simple way, and the struggle between the two had a very big impact, not only was Wang Shuangli gased into the hospital, but Xiao Yan was also suspended for clashing with Wang Shuangli's father.
Wang Shuangli in the film "Back to Back, Face to Face" has always been in a state of struggle with internal staff, he yearns for power, and yearns for the position of director of the cultural center. Everyone in the film seems to be a representative of real life, there are no great heroes in this film, there are no selfless and dedicated officials, they are the most ordinary people in the city in reality.
Everyone has their own desires, under the control of this desire, they frantically tempt and frantically pursue their own desires, Wang Shuangli is such a person, his desires come from a long period of lack of attention, especially as a capable person, he prefers his position to be worthy of his own ability.
In recent years, there have been fewer and fewer excellent film and television works in China, and many film and television works have only worked the popularity of actors, and most film and television works only have high costs and heavyweight actors. But the film "Back to Back, Face to Face" did not follow the trend of the times, it used the most sensitive social themes, and did not echo the tastes of the public at all.
The actors it invites are also actors who are too strange to be strangers, and even many actors are just unknown group performances. But this film is very well-intentioned in the production of content, and each actor shows the distinct personality characteristics of the characters with their most authentic acting skills.
"Back to Back, Face to Face" is a classic political theme film in the history of Chinese film and television, which shows the most authentic appearance of China's officialdom in the last century, it satirizes the darkness of the internal struggle in the officialdom, but thankfully, it has not lost the opportunity to meet with us because of sensitive topics, and it is worth watching.