The most interesting thing about the annual Beijing Film Festival is the shortlisting and winning of the "Temple of Heaven Award" and "Best Film", and this year's "Temple of Heaven Award" and "Best Film" received a total of 1509 feature films from 118 countries at home and abroad.
In the end, 15 films were shortlisted, and there were 3 Chinese-language films, "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain", "Stop-and-Go" and "Journey Through the Moon", among which the one that is expected to win the "Temple of Heaven Award" and "Best Film" should be the most popular "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain".
There was not much publicity for this film in the early stage, and it was only scheduled to be released on May 17 this year on April 10, and the finalized trailer of "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain" was released on various platforms.
To be honest, as soon as I saw that this movie was played by Mr. Fan Wei, I was moved, it is really that most of the film and television dramas starring Mr. Fan Wei are winners, and the quality is very guaranteed.
Especially when I saw the trailer of "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain", Mr. Fan Wei asked for marriage as soon as he was released from prison, and encountered the contradictory appearance of "Immortal Jumping", which was honest and honest on the surface, but actually very successful in the heart, and I was crazy in my heart.
I really want to know what kind of character Lao Qin played by Fan Wei is?
First of all, it is necessary to say that "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain" is based on the first shortlisted work in the second non-fiction writing contest "True Story Project", "The Murderous Girl in a Wedding Dress".
Said Xia Long, the author of this novel. The murderous girl in the wedding dress did not have a fictional story and plot, and even the scenes and details were restored as much as possible.
But Lao Qin in the story is very special, if it weren't for the "True Story Project", I really thought it was a fictional character of the author.
Lao Qin has experienced two death reprieves since he was 20 years old:
The first time was for digging a fish pond and fighting with a worker, and the other party was choked to death by mud in the fish pond, and was sentenced to a suspended death sentence and 16 years in prison.
The second time was a week after returning home from prison, in order to make money for treatment, he asked for help from a cellmate who sold white powder in the prison, and helped people bring a pack of "D products", and was arrested on the spot, and the amount was 194 grams, which was almost a death sentence.
Because he knew the seriousness of the matter, Lao Qin originally wanted to seriously wait for the verdict to be punished, but who knew that in the process of waiting for the verdict, he went to the toilet at night to save a fellow inmate who was about to commit suicide and made a meritorious service, and the death penalty was replaced by a reprieve. He spent 33 years in prison.
Do you think that's the end of his sex story? No, it didn't!
After Lao Qin was released from prison, he learned that his house was demolished five years ago, because he was not allocated a resettlement house in prison, so he received the most compensation money in the whole village, and after he was released from prison, he became a wealthy family with a net worth of millions.
Do you know what such a rich, homeless, burdenless old man does first thing when he gets out of prison? The answer is that he wants to find a woman to marry and have a baby.
Then we saw all kinds of scenes of Lao Qin looking for women in the trailer.
First of all, Lao Qin's perception of himself is very clear, he knows that he is a "second palace", and he is old, so he is afraid that he will not find a woman. So whether it is a big matchmaking platform or a small marriage agency, he has patronized it.
He even asks the soul: Can I still be happy in a situation like mine?
As soon as he heard that Lao Qin had no children and no money, he immediately enthusiastically handed Lao Qin a cigarette and replied with certainty: Of course you will be happy!
However, Lao Qin got more than he imagined, and the woman he found in this way was very active, and when she saw Lao Qin's face, she directly rubbed her thighs secretly, giving a series of hints.
Fortunately, Lao Qin is just honest, and directly popularized science to this woman: "This is called immortal jumping", this is how my "brother" on the top bunk came in, it seems that the 33-year prison was not in vain.
After many fruitless attempts, Lao Qin felt that he could only find a woman who had also been in prison to marry under such conditions, so he carried a big sign to the outside of the city women's prison to ask for marriage.
When he was busy, Chang Juan played by Zhou Dongyu appeared. Originally, she just watched the old man toss from a distance, and after learning his intentions, she asked casually: "That old man, do you think I can do it?"
So this marriage of "he asks for a son, she asks for wealth" officially kicked off.
This was originally a story of the unfortunate with a strong conflict and a profound revelation of life and human nature. But director Zhang Guoli did not use the dark and sensational atmosphere that is customary to reality movies, and many of the story stalks in the trailer made people feel the urge to laugh.
I privately think that this kind of output is easier for modern people to accept.
Especially such a conflicting story character let Fan Wei play, he will be light humor and tragic characters steadily, even if I haven't watched the full feature film, I bet that Lao Qin he plays can win.
As for the heroine Zhou Dongyu, she has always been a talented actor, and her movies are basically aimed at winning awards, but the reputation and box office of the movies she starred in in the past two years are very average.
If this time her collaboration with Teacher Fan "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain" can win the "Temple of Heaven Award" and "Best Film", it will be another blessing for her reputation in the industry.