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Chen Xiao and Li Qin's "The Road of Life" may become the first period drama hit in the opening year

From "Crazy" to "Who Is He", CCTV led the way and defended its position as the leader with absolute superiority.

The excellent quality of dramas, coupled with CCTV's grand audience base, can only have two results, either explosive or explosive.

Unfortunately, "Crazy" and "Who Is He" are both criminal investigation dramas, which accurately step on the audience's "cool" point, while CCTV, which has always been regarded as an ace, is weak.

First of all, "Love Full of Nine Daowan" starring Sarina and Reiza went high and low because of the blunt plot, and "Wishful Thinking" starring Mao Xiaotong and Zhang Li also performed mediocre, occupying prime time, but the ratings were not as good as "Who is He" in prime time last time.

It stands to reason that period dramas have always been CCTV's favorite, 2021 and 2022, two consecutive years have chosen period dramas as the beginning, a "Age of Awakening" set off a frenzy of reviewing history, and a "The World" has attracted thousands of people.

After thinking about it, I always feel that CCTV in 2023 is almost such a period drama hit.

The emperor did not live up to the painstaking people, and finally let us wait!

"The Road of Life" starring Chen Xiao and Li Qin, adapted from Lu Yao's classic novel "Life", mainly tells the story of Gao Garin, a young man living in Gaojia Village in northern Shaanxi, who strives to change his fate, experiences changes in the world, and composes an extraordinary life.

The original work is wonderful and heavy, showing the indomitable fighting spirit of the people of northern Shaanxi through the perspective of Gao Garin.

In fact, as early as 1984, the film adapted from this literary work has been put on the big screen.

It is written by the original author Lu Yao himself, directed by Wu Tianming, a generation of grandmasters, and starring Zhou Lijing and Wu Yufang.

As soon as it was released, it received countless praises.

Pearl jade is ahead, and if you want to surpass the previous work, the difficulty can be seen.

The drama version of "Life" broadcast in 2014 suffered a double blow of word of mouth and popularity.

After 9 years, remaking the classic again, I have to sigh at the great courage of the director team and pick a hard bone.

As an adaptation of a literary classic, there are two major difficulties, one is how to restore and present the picture on the screen perfectly, and the other is to innovate and shoot the familiar story with new ideas.

On these two points, the director team has put a lot of effort into it.

Chen Xiao and Li Qin's "The Road of Life" may become the first period drama hit in the opening year

The first is the filming, the filming location chosen by this drama is Lu Yao's hometown Qingjian County, which has the purest northern Shaanxi characteristics, and in order to restore the scenes in the book, it took a lot of manpower and material resources to build a Gaojia village.

From the Madian Primary School, where Gao Garin taught, to the earthen cave cave where Gao Garin, Liu Qiaozhen and Gao Shuangxing lived, all of them were carefully designed and built in real scenes.

The caves of each family are designed according to the role, for example, Gao Shuangxing's father Gao Minglou is the village director, so the living area of the family will be larger than that of Gao Garin's family, and there are more caves, but it is far from the family of Liu Qiaozhen, who is the richest man in the village.

Not only the outside of the cave is fully restored, but even the furnishings in the house are collected from local farmers, ensuring absolute originality.

Just make one stop there and you'll feel like you've traveled back in time to northern Shaanxi in the 80s.

Of course, in addition to restoration, the director team has also put a lot of effort into innovation.

In the original work, the role of Gao Garin is not entirely good, at least his chaotic abandonment of Liu Qiaozhen is very annoying.

The TV series, which intercepted part of the content of the original "Life", was also extended on this basis, such as the original ending of Gao Garin stumbling and returning to Gaojia Village, but the drama version changed his battlefield to Shanghai.

Gao Garin, who loves literature, finally relied on a pen to gain a foothold in Shanghai and wrote his extraordinary life.

Such an adaptation not only retains the core of the original work, but also bases itself on the present and promotes the cultural spirit of the new era.

Chen Xiao and Li Qin's "The Road of Life" may become the first period drama hit in the opening year

Director Yan Jiangang said that he has been preparing for this drama for 40 years, and he was deeply touched from the beginning when he saw this book, and now he finally has the opportunity to create on this basis.

Yan Jiangang has 34 years of directing experience and has participated in directing 33 film and television works, whether it is revolutionary dramas, historical dramas, spy war dramas, war dramas, martial arts dramas, he has come to his fingertips, and he has received numerous honors and awards.

His works always accurately grasp the arteries of the times and present an unpolished reality, which is exactly what "The Road of Life" needs.

After talking about the director and the play, let's talk about the actors.

To be honest, when I saw the trailer, there was a moment of consternation, I was not worried about the old drama's brilliant acting, and the appearance of the two leading actors washing away the lead dust was really surprising.

The impression of Chen Xiao is like this, a personable gentle son.

And in "The Road of Life", he is like this, his face is tired, slovenly, and full of vicissitudes.

It can be seen that the actor is not only plain, but even blackens his skin tone, striving to show the natural skin color of the people in northern Shaanxi.

I am not worried about Chen Xiao's acting skills, a rare actor with both appearance and acting skills in his 85 lives.

There is a scene in the trailer where the words he wrote are finally published, watching him roar with tears in his heart, interpreting the turn of Gogarin from depression to release to the fullest.

Chen Xiao and Li Qin's "The Road of Life" may become the first period drama hit in the opening year

The heroine Li Qin plays the kind and innocent Liu Qiaozhen.

Looking at her dark skin and stubborn eyes, who can believe that she is a female star in the spotlight?

There is a scene that Liu Qiaozhen carefully prepared to meet Gao Garin, with the corners of his mouth with a smile and shy eyes, revealing the agility of the characters.

Such a role, for young actors, is both a challenge and an opportunity.

Grasped it, this key to transformation, and held it.

Chen Xiao and Li Qin's "The Road of Life" may become the first period drama hit in the opening year

Female number two Zhang Jiani, playing Huang Yaping, who dares to love and hate.

The face in the lens is still plain, and you can see the delicate facial features.

Judging from the trailer released so far, the completion of this role is very high, and the style of wantonly chasing the female Wen Qing is pinched.

The male number two Tang Zeng, playing Ma Shuo, is straightforward and sincere, and loves Liu Qiaozhen wholeheartedly.

I have to say that this casting is really amazing, Tang Zeng's temperament and role are simply not too close, and as a period drama professional, his acting skills are beyond doubt.

Li Guangfu plays De Shunye, kind and generous, witnessing Gao Garin's singing and final loneliness.

Old drama bones are old drama bones, and with just one still, you can feel his full emotions.

This role is given to teacher Li Guangfu, and it cannot be wrong.

Lin Yongjian plays the village chief Gao Minglou, seeing him wearing glasses and turning his little eyes, he knows that he is thinking about something bad again.

Liu Wei plays Liu Liben, Liu Qiaozhen's father.

I have to say that he is really too suitable for such a soft-mouthed role.

Zhou Yemang plays Huang Yaping's father Zhou Husheng, looking at his bitter appearance, he is probably talking about his rash daughter again.

There is also the powerful actor Zhao Zheng.

Guo Xiaoting, a small flower of post-90s strength, looks at the quiet and good appearance of these years, and gets rid of a gentle and intelligent lady.

Zhao Qianzi plays Gao Garin's mother, and she made a cameo appearance in the costume palace fighting drama, you should have seen it, right?

If I don't say, can you tell that she is Lianlian, Wei Chunhong, the official partner of Lei Dongbao in "Big River 2"?

Your favorite Cai Genhua baby, who plays Diao Meilan in the play.

Just by looking at the name, you can tell that it is not a soft persimmon.

There is also the male protagonist of "Lushan Love" Guo Kaimin, the golden rooster female with Huang Meiying, the noon sun royal actor Honghua, the national first-class actor He Saifei, and the gold medal supporting roles Yue Hong, Li Baoan, Lu Zhong.

All powerful actors have filled my expectations for watching the drama.

No matter from which aspect, "The Road of Life" is already the top match of domestic dramas.

I have a hunch that it will definitely be able to provoke the beam of the period drama again and fight a beautiful turnaround battle for CCTV!

On March 20, CCTV's set premiered, and iQiyi was broadcast simultaneously.

Friends, let's wait and see!

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