No need to stare at costume dramas! New in the midfield of the screen summer file: "Huan Yan" and "Imperfect Victim" may have surprises
If we say that the first half of the summer file on the screen belongs to web novel IP, ancient costume and popular stars; Then, the surprise of mid-to-late July may come from more stylized and typed in-depth works.
From the legendary drama "Huan Yan", which focuses on the era and road temperament, to "Imperfect Victim", which is confusing and directly attacks the times, it is worth looking forward to what changes these works with a more mature temperament that bring together a large number of powerful actors can bring to the summer file.
"Huan Yan"
Broadcast information: Tencent Video will be broadcast exclusively on the whole network from July 15
How can an ignorant and enthusiastic young man, a gold bar for financing the revolution, survive the complex and changeable geographical environment and situation of Fujian, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, and finally arrive in Shanghai?
The TV series "Huan Yan" written and directed by Xu Bing tells such an unusual journey of "protecting gold". In the play, the young man Xu Tian (played by Dong Zijian) adheres to the beliefs and instructions of his father's generation and sets out from Nanyang to Guangdong. Along the way, under the escort of Lao Sun (played by Liao Fan), Yu Yixiu (played by Zhang Luyi), Zhang Jiayi (played by Zhang Yi) and others, he adventured all the way, and finally successfully delivered the materials that funded the revolution to the organization, completing his life tempering and mission delivery.
Judging from the 5 episodes that have been launched, "Huan Yan" presents a movie-like texture, and the story rhythm is extremely fast, with both a tense tone full of dangers, a relaxed moment of black humor, and a dazzling fierce fight and life and death moments, a "gold protection" journey has dedication, sacrifice, and a bloody sense of legend.
At the same time, the powerful actors such as Dong Zijian, Liao Fan, Zhang Luyi and other powerful actors who have appeared have online acting skills, personalized character settings, meaningful lines, and intricate relationship networks have all jumped out of the routine of similar themes in the past.
What is especially commendable is that many supporting characters in the play who have a glimpse of the big catch are also standing and have personalities: Wang Peilu, the "crazy donkey" in "Crazy Donkey", does not change his ruffian when he appears, Yang Haoyu of "Space Exploration Editorial Department" turns into a "explosives maniac", and Huang Chengcheng, the "Chen universe" in "The Wind Blows Half Summer", brings his own joy as soon as he appears... Read on, and I'm sure this saga will continue to bring surprises.
"Imperfect Victim"
Broadcast information: From July 17, Oriental Satellite TV will be at 19:30 every night
This is a work that is eye-catching just by saying the lineup: Zhou Xun, cooperating with "Menghualu" director Yang Yang and famous screenwriters Gao Xuan and Ren Baoru, tells a story with "workplace sexual assault" as the starting point.
Looking further down the story and thematic concept, "Imperfect Victim" is equally attractive. The play starts from a case in which a third-party anonymous police report, lawyer Lin Kan (played by Zhou Xun) was entrusted by the suspect Chenggong (played by Liu Yijun) to overturn the criminal charges of the victim Zhao Xun (played by Lin Yun) with excellent professionalism and pre-investigation. However, with the deepening of the investigation, the conflict between objective facts and personal emotional positions has made Lin Kan face unprecedented professional ethics challenges.
According to the trailer and other materials that have been exposed, "Imperfect Victim" also conveys a good texture. What is particularly curious is that two years ago, Zhou Xun's gentle and atmospheric "middle-woman" image in "Xiaomin's Family" won a lot of praise, can she break through again this time, break the routine portrayal of excellent female lawyers in the past urban themes, and convey the complexity and depth of self-confrontation? And how will Liu Yijun, who has always been handy in shaping villains, interpret an abuser who perfectly induces victims?
It is worth mentioning that "Imperfect Victim" is also the first work to be labeled as a "topic drama" since this summer. It can be imagined that the series tries to shape characters with different positions such as victims, abusers, lawyers, police, and family members, so that the audience can think about the logic behind sensitive topics such as sexual assault, domestic violence, online violence, and mental PUA, and face the diversity and complexity of human nature.
"Father's Prairie Mother's River"
Broadcast information: CCTV-8 CCTV TV drama channel from July 16
From Chen Sicheng in "Disappearing Her", to Wang Baoqiang in "In the Octagon Cage", and Zhang Yi, who is about to appear in "Huan Yan", this summer, the old acquaintances of "Soldier Assault" have a strong sense of existence. Kang Honglei, the director who filmed this classic masterpiece, also returned to the screen with "Father's Prairie Mother's River" co-directed by him and director Liu Hanxuan.
"Father's Prairie Mother's River" is a work with a rather period atmosphere. This TV series starring Li Hongliang, De Ji, Siqin Gaova, Tumen, Ayunga and others tells the story of the four brothers and sisters of the Mo family who responded to the call of the state to go to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia to study and live together with the herdsmen, and fulfill their promise to take root in the grasslands and build frontiers in the struggle.
Judging from the premiere, director Kang Honglei has worked hard to restore the sense of age, the actors' costumes, props, and scenes have adopted the style and texture of 1960, and a large number of real-life scenes have instantly brought the audience to the magnificent grassland.
It is a pity that "Father's Prairie Mother's River" was completed as early as 2019, but it has not officially met the audience until now, and the old drama bones Xie Yuan and Tu Men, who had wonderful performances in the play, died in 2020 and 2021 respectively. Now, we can only revisit their superb acting skills once again from this work.
"Quenching Dan Heart"
Broadcast information: Shanghai News Comprehensive Channel at 19:45 every night from July 17
For local audiences in Shanghai, summer screens are equally exciting. Taking the new drama "Quenching Dan Xin" as an example, the story focuses on the development of mainland steel for forty years, and the bloody struggle of the people in the play is also expected to make the elders in the family sigh a "grandfather and green return" while watching.
Judging from the information that has been exposed, the beginning of the play is a picture of a steel mill in the 1980s, which instantly brings the audience back to the burning years of passion. Tang Zeng, who plays the protagonist Geng Yunhui, has previously performed brilliantly in works such as "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes", "The Road of Life" and "The Long Season", and this time will challenge a steel industry worker who has experienced setbacks and pains, choices and growth. The heroine Lu Yi will play Geng Yunhui's college classmate Ju Xiya in the play, with a character age span of 30 years.
Of course, the appeal of "Quenching Dan Heart" to mature audiences may lie in a solid story foundation. The play is based on Wuhan Iron and Steel, the first super-large steel complex built after the founding of New China, and the screenwriter Zhou Zhenya and director Xiang Yong also grew up in Wuhan Iron and Steel, and they shaped the steel people they saw and learned about into brilliant screen images. Director Xiang Yong revealed that the "quenching" in the title of the play represents a heat treatment process of steel, and "Dan Xin" is a sincere heart, "We are talking about the mental journey of three generations of steel people represented by young steel worker Geng Yunhui who have paid their youth and blood for the mainland steel industry." ”