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Classic chants circulate.
The movie "Wrangler", released in 1982, has become popular again 40 years later.
It is known as the "Internet celebrity healing movie" by young audiences.
The screen duo of Cong Shan and Zhu Shimao has touched 3 generations of Chinese film fans.
Many of the dialogues in the play have become popular on the short video platform.
Among them, the farm old Guo said when he was a matchmaker for Xu Lingjun:
"Old Xu, do you want a wife?" If you want a wife, just open the golden mouth, and I'll send it to you later. ”
It was made into a line meme by netizens.
In the movie, Xiuzhi fled from Sichuan to the Qilian Mountain grassland,
Yin And Yang mistakenly and Xu Lingjun received a certificate to become husband and wife.
She wears braids, a round face, dark eyes, and a kind and tenacious personality.
After the film was broadcast, it set a record of 120 million moviegoers, and "Xiuzhi" became the "national daughter-in-law" in the hearts of film fans in the 80s.
That year, 19-year-old Cong Shan was star-studded.
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Cong Shan is a typical Beijing lady, born in 1962, born with the temperament of a literary goddess Fan.
The round face, Yingying smile makes people heartwarming, belongs to the endurance type of beauty.
Cong Shan's childhood was not satisfactory.
It was a special time, her father had been imprisoned, her sister had been sent down, her mother was not around, and Cong Shan had lived with her grandmother in her childhood.
As far back as I can remember, under the influence of her parents' Kunqu opera actors, Cong Shan fell in love with the performing arts and longed for acting.
After she became famous, she once said: "I like acting, but I don't like fame." ”
This sentence is also a portrayal of Cong Shan's true character.
Cong Shan has a beautiful appearance and a unique temperament. In middle school, she was already a well-known school flower figure in the school, and there were not a few boys who admired her.
Before the college entrance examination, Cong Shan temporarily studied two months of acting courses, and she signed up for the supplementary admissions examination of Chinese opera because she was not afraid of tigers.
In 1981, Cong Shan was lucky enough to enter the Chinese opera, and she became a classmate of Jiang Wen and Lu Liping.
Fate favors the smiling girl.
In her freshman year, Cong Shan vaguely received a great gift from God.
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When director Xie Jin was preparing for the movie "Wang Zhaojun", he went to the Chinese opera to cast a role.
After Cong Shan and her classmates Lu Liping and Shen Jialiang got the news, they went to the audition together.
During the interview, the three performed a skit according to the director's request, and then returned to school to wait for the notice.
Time passed 7 months later, Cong Shan thought in her heart that she should not have been selected, and she did not hold out hope.
Unexpectedly, she soon received a letter from the Shanghai Studio inviting her to star in Xie Jin's new film "Wrangler".
Cong Shan was overjoyed, not thinking that she would be hit by luck.
However, real problems lie ahead. Because at that time, the Chinese opera stipulated that students were not allowed to shoot in their freshman and sophomore years.
In order to smoothly enter the crew, director Xie Jin personally came to the Chinese opera to talk with the principal.
After a verbal battle, director Xie Jin said: "This youthful atmosphere on the girl can be described as fleeting, and if the acting skills are mature in the future, this breath will no longer exist." ”
Jin Shan pondered for a while, nodded his head in acquiescence, and indirectly fulfilled the film dream of young actor Cong Shan.
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In 1980, the film "Wrangler" entered the preparatory period before filming began.
The 19-year-old Cong Shan acted for the first time, feeling both excited and nervous, afraid that she did not do well enough to drag down the crew.
At that time, Zhu Shimao was 27 years old, already a well-known young actor, and Zhu Shimao already had a girlfriend at that time.
Cong Shan is only 19 years old, a fledgling little girl, in the film the two want to play a couple of deep love.
This is not difficult for Cong Shan.
In order to let Cong Shan enter the role of Xiuzhi as soon as possible, director Xie Jin and Zhu Shimao spent a lot of energy to help Cong Shan.
When filming scenes where there is physical contact, Cong Shan is always red-faced and helpless.
Zhu Shimao joked to encourage Cong Shan: "You will hold me like a wooden stake." ”
Slowly, Cong Shan understood that in order to play Xiuzhi well, she must completely substitute herself into the character.
In order to play Xiuzhi's mental journey from a young girl to a young woman, Cong Shan lives with Fang Chao, a young actor in the play, wherever she goes, takes him wherever she goes, and treats Fang Chao as her own son.
Including every line, look, and action in the movie, Cong Shan and Zhu Shimao have repeatedly figured out the right scene, and must perform the most authentic state, completely immersed in the world of the characters, without leaving a trace of distractions.
In 1982, the "Wrangler", which took more than 2 years to prepare for filming, was released. At one point, it became the only film to be played in all cinemas in Beijing, setting a box office record.
Cong Shan was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress in her first film.
The simple love between Xu Lingjun and Li Xiuzhi touched countless young people in the 80s.
At that time, they were extremely popular movie stars, and it is also a proper traffic responsibility to look at today.
Cong Shan did not get lost in the overnight popularity, but honestly returned to school to continue her studies.
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In 1983, Xie Jin's film "Qiu Jin" was once again invited to star in Cong Shan.
As the saying goes: people are afraid of being famous pigs are afraid of being strong.
After Cong Shan returned to school after she became famous, something unexpected happened.
The teachers and students of the school gradually became estranged from her, and in the eyes of others, Cong Shan was already a big star, and they deliberately kept a distance from her.
On the other hand, after becoming a movie star, she had to face the camera and public appearances.
Life has undergone earth-shaking changes, which makes Cong Shan very distressed in her heart.
She became lonely, losing the happiness and cheerfulness she once had.
Once mentally disturbed, coupled with the pain and suffering of rheumatoid arthritis in the body, Cong Shan's spirit and emotions fell into a low point.
Many years later, she confessed to the camera: "Maybe I was depressed at that time." ”
In the 80s, no one understood what depression was, and no one cared about it.
Cong Shan tried to slow down, she loves acting, but she doesn't want to think of herself as a celebrity.
After graduating from Chinese opera, Cong Shan was assigned to work in the Youth Arts Theatre.
Here she is not a star, nor does she have the aura of a protagonist, she starts from the dragon running set.
In 1985, Huang Jianzhong's film "Good Family Woman" invited Cong Shan to be the heroine, and the role was deeply loved by Cong Shan, and she was very willing to star.
History is always strikingly similar, and this time the troupe refused to let people go.
Cong Shan, who is not good at words, made a "rebellious" act, and she missed work to come to the crew of "Good Family Women".
There is no suspense, the film was loved by the audience after it was broadcast, and it also won an international award.
Cong Shan's traditional Chinese female characters are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, receiving countless applause and flower praise.
At the same time, she also paid the price, being fined by the drama theater and being asked to write a review.
After returning to the repertory theatre, she is still waiting for a supporting role in the dragon set.
The happiness and helplessness of life have given Cong Shan the idea of "retreating".
In 1987, Cong Shan made a bold decision to go to France for further study.
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Knowing that Cong Shan received the french government scholarship funding, the old partner Zhu Shimao was very happy and specially invited Cong Shan to come to the house to eat and entertain her.
Old friends meet in the future to wait for Cong Shan to return from school, and the two will definitely cooperate again!
Zhu Shimao can be regarded as one of the few friends in Cong Shan's circle, and the friendship between the two has achieved a good story.
On the plane to France, Cong Shan's tears couldn't stop dripping.
She once said, "Most of my life has been full of parting. ”
When she first arrived in France, Cong Shan was not familiar with the language and did not understand the language, and her life was full of tension.
Her friend Zhu Shimao often called her across the ocean to enlighten and encourage her, and Cong Shan was very grateful to Zhu Shimao in her heart and regarded him as her brother.
During her career studying theater and acting in France, Cong Shan participated in many excellent plays.
It's easy to rely on and fall in love with someone in a foreign country.
Cong Shan met her first husband in France and gave birth to a son.
For various reasons, I was unable to graduate successfully. But this does not prevent Cong Shan's acting strength from being valued by good directors.
In 1992, Cong Shan was invited to star in "Drama About Cixi" filmed by Taiwan Television, and also worked as a host in Taiwan for a while.
In 1995, in the Hong Kong TV series "Jingwumen" starring Zhen Zidan and Wan Qiwen, Cong Shan played the "big brother woman" Qi Qiao.
In 1996, Cong Shan and her husband divorced due to personality inconsistencies, and she returned to China with her son to settle down.
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Cong Shan continued her dream of being an actress after returning to China, and at this time, her scenery was no longer there, and she could only take some film and television drama resources and supporting roles in the movie.
It was also at a friend party that she met director Xiao Feng.
The two saw each other at first sight, and then collaborated on a number of TV series such as "Fairy Tales of Youth" and "Hero Age".
Xiao Feng is low-key, and his meticulous dedication to work impresses Cong Shan.
In life, Xiao Feng not only cared for Cong Shan, but also treated Cong Shan's son as a pro-son.
The two held hands to form a happy family and fell in love with each other to this day.
If cong shan spent the first half of her life in passivity and displacement, then after meeting Xiao Feng, Cong Shan really had a solid sense of security.
When Cong Shan reappeared on the big screen, the time came to the 2014 film "Taiping Wheel" directed by Wu Yusen.
In the film, Cong Shan plays Song Huiqiao's mother. When she appeared, many viewers felt familiar, but they couldn't remember her name for a while.
Until the appearance of the cast list at the end of the film, many old fans suddenly realized: it was the former big star Cong Shan.
In 2015, Xu Jinglei's "There Is a Place Only We Know", In which Cong Shan played a bipolar mother.
In order to play the role well, she did her homework in advance, visited two psychologists, and consulted relevant materials.
As she puts it: "I take every line, every shot seriously, and I do my best to play a role." ”
Cong Shan is not like an actor in the public definition, her plays are very good, but the number of works is not so much.
Every role she plays, whether it is the protagonist or the supporting role, can always replace people in an instant.
In life, a host once interviewed Cong Shan and asked a sharp question: "In the 80s, you were already a big star, and you came back after going abroad for so many years, everyone forgot about you, what did you feel?" ”
Cong Shan smiled calmly: "I am very comfortable, being an actor is not my goal in life, give me another choice, I will not be an actor, because my personality is not to be an actor." ”
There is no if in life, cong shan teenager became famous at the peak of her acting career and left a foreign country, which is a pity for the audience.
However, not every actor wants to be popular for a lifetime, at least Cong Shan does not think so.
Today, the 59-year-old Cong Shan has faded her star aura and lives like an ordinary person on the road, no one recognizes her.
For her, this is the best ending for an actress.