After 42 years, yesterday I occasionally remembered this "Small Characters" that was put in the cinema that year, and there were some fragments of memory, which was put on the computer and played, full of the familiar taste of that era.
The younger generation, the "vanguard" of the four modernizations at that time
"Little Characters" is a film produced by Changchun Film Studio that reflects the youth style of the time, co-directed by Wang Jiayi and Luo Tai, starring Wang Weiping, Chen Yixin, Chi Zhiqiang, Wang Qinbao, Yu Yanping, Zhang Mingming, etc., and was released in 1979.
The film tells the story of Xiao Ge, Xiao Qing and several other young people who actively contribute to the "four modernizations" and establish true love in their ordinary posts.
The "four modernizations" are the theme of building a new era
Speaking of the "four modernizations," that was the call put forward by the state to try to get rid of backwardness, as the first direction of the efforts of the whole people, the goal of striving to achieve, at that time, there was also a name, called "blueprint."
This "four modernizations" have been realized today, and it has been achieved by generations of hard work and hard work, the "blueprint" has been successfully drawn, and the space shuttle has repeatedly gone to the moon to establish a space station.
Shanghai was the largest city in China in the last century
The urban style filmed in the film is Shanghai, Shanghai is already a metropolis of world-class economic and trade ports today, if you compare the old with the new, you will see that the sky has changed, the stars have shifted, and the scenery and urban style of the last century that remain in the film have long become the old emperor's past, never to return.
Shanghai in the 70s in the movie
We have developed, but we have also lost some of the precious things that should have been passed down from the old times.
The socialist style in the movie is obvious and prominent, and we once lived in such an era, bathed in the calm of that era.
Xiaolan's actor, kindergarten teacher
It mainly shows the spirit and quality of the times of six different professional youths in the city at that time.
Kudzu
The aspiring young people in the film, comparing the past and the present
Actor Wang Weiping
The young workers of the Peace Restaurant are honest, generous, and taciturn, but he is determined to "take back the lost time and march toward science and culture", not only to do his own work, but also to use his spare time to study technology assiduously and to carry out technological innovation at his own expense.
Xiao Qing
Bus "conductors" in the eight members of the "four modernizations" service
Actor Chen Yixin
The conductor of bus 003 is a beautiful, warm and good girl. Extremely responsible for the work, very brainy, take the initiative to enthusiastically serve the passengers, observe and analyze the psychology of the passengers at any time, and write "passenger psychology" every day. With a serious and cautious attitude towards love, he found a like-minded partner in the cause of striving for the "four modernizations", Xiao Ge.
Little yellow
Xiao Huang, more famous after "Little Character Generation"
Actor Chi Zhiqiang
The conductor of bus No. 003 was dumbfounded because of the name of the station. He did not know enough about the meaning of work, often complained that he had a low culture, was a "gas receiver" of the people, and had a bad attitude towards passengers. Later, under the influence of Xiao Ge and Xiao Qing, he changed his thinking, corrected his work attitude, and also devoted himself to scientific research activities, trial production of automatic car washers, and was praised by the masses.
Little Lan
Kindergarten teacher, xiao huang's object
Actor Wang Qinbao
Kindergarten teachers, kind and sincere, love early childhood education work. Because Xiaohuang helped her send her sick kindergarten children to the hospital after changing her work attitude, she felt good about Xiaohuang and took the initiative to ask him to go to the movie.
Little white
Traffic police, commanding traffic lights
Actor Yu Yanping
The young traffic policeman responsible for turning on the traffic lights at the "Tiger Mouth" did not fight with the female driver Xiao Hong. After the two interacted, he gave his girlfriend a "green light" for love, and was complained about by the masses. After being educated by his superiors, he corrected his mistakes.
Xiao Hong
Female bus driver
Actor Zhang Mingming
The driver of bus 003, straightforward and cheerful. Because as soon as he arrived at the "tiger mouth" with heavy traffic, he ate a red light and got into an awkward fight with the traffic police xiaobai, and the result turned out to be a pair of happy enemies.
The names of the actors in the film all begin with small characters, so the name of the film is "Small Characters", which also represents the young people who inherit the spirit and career of the previous generation.
In addition to praising the spiritual outlook and quality ideals of the new generation of young people in the film, there are also image categories of "pickpockets" who represent the dirt of society that should be criticized, and xiaotang, a gold worshipper who covets material vanity, is suspicious of the poor and loves the rich and the object of the pickpockets, and the police xiaobai catches them stealing a bit of educational words worthy of contemporary people's details: "Don't you feel ashamed to harm others and benefit themselves, violate social morality, and do such a thing?" ”
These words came from the last century, and today there are many varieties of people who do this kind of thing, and they can't help but savor it carefully, and the difference is really big.
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Award time
Awards
Winners
outcome
In 1980
Ministry of Culture 1979 Outstanding Film Award
Outstanding Feature Film [10]
"Small Characters"
Winning
Young Outstanding Creation Award [11]
Chi Zhiqiang
A few years later, the actor Xiao Huang in the film also spread negative news, you know?