From December 27th, the TV series "Flowers" produced by CCTV, Tencent Video, Shanghai Film (Group) Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Fanhuali, and produced by Zedong Film, landed on CCTV8 prime time, and Tencent Video was broadcast exclusively on the whole network, and from January 2, it will be broadcast on Dragon TV and Jiangsu Satellite TV. The play is adapted from writer Jin Yucheng's "Five One Project" and Mao Dun Literature Award-winning novel of the same name, produced and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tang Yan and Xin Zhilei.
The play focuses on Shanghai during the great changes of the times, and focuses on the cross-narrative of the protagonist A Bao (played by Hu Ge), showing the ups and downs of the life of the trendy children in the business field of Shanghai in the early 90s of the 20th century. In order to accurately present the sense of the times behind the story, director Wong Kar-wai has repeatedly scrutinized the script, casting, costumes, light and shadow effects, etc., and the crew has carried out six years of preparatory work, striving to bring the audience into the atmosphere of Shanghai's customs and rapid economic development.
In the play, in the old alleys of Shanghai, Ah Bao and Lingzi (played by Ma Yili) stand opposite each other, and the two co-operate a local cuisine restaurant "Night Tokyo" on Jinxian Road, and they are partners who know the micro time and move forward side by side The foreign trade company he founded is attached to No. 27 on the Bund, and Miss Wang (played by Tang Yan) is the staff here; the big restaurants on the Yellow River Road are all business places for news exchanges, and Li Li (played by Xin Zhilei) and Mr. Bao are so-for-tat, indicating that the two are up and down in the business sea together.
Director Wong Kar-wai said that Ah Bao, who has nothing, turned around gorgeously in ten years and became the mighty Bao Zong, "In addition to his personal struggle, he also needs the blessing of the times", the play started from the fate of the little people in the context of the big era, and showed the vitality of countless Ah Bao in the section of the times.
It is reported that in addition to the Mandarin version, the Shanghainese version of "Flowers" will also be launched in the near future. The actors said that the story is presented in Shanghainese, the characters are more intimate and landing, the language expression is more local, and the Mandarin version has its own flavor and is equally exciting.
Text | Reporter Gong Weifeng
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