Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu play husband and wife?
That sounds a little unreliable.
But it happened.
Let's start with an arithmetic problem.
Fan Wei is in 1962 and Zhou Dongyu is in 1992, and the difference between the two is 30 years old.
It is known that Fan Wei played Ma Sichun's father in "Broken Bridge", Ma Sichun played best friends with Zhou Dongyu in "July and Ansheng", and Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu played husband and wife in "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain".
Rounding it off, isn't this the movie version of "My Dad Married My Best Friend"?
So what kind of movie, what strange plot can make this "father-daughter love" happen?
This is the movie "Morning Clouds and Dusk Rain" directed by Zhang Guoli and starring Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu, which is currently scheduled for May 17.
This is a realistic work in the guise of black humor, adapted from the true story "The Murderous Girl in a Wedding Dress".
Lao Qin, played by Fan Wei, served 30 years in prison, and on the eve of his release from prison, 1.5 million demolition funds fell from the sky.
But in order to fulfill his filial piety, he only wanted to marry a wife and have children.
Chang Juan, played by Zhou Dongyu, took the initiative to approach Lao Qin, and asked for a bride price of 184,400 when she opened her mouth.
Don't look at the bizarre plot of "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain", but it pokes at the pain point of this era - the topic of marriage and love.
It is a matter of course for a man to marry a woman to get married.
But today, marriage and love have become a little deformed.
In the past decade or so, the economy has developed rapidly, and women have reaped the dividends.
With 2016 as the dividing point, Mimeng and others became popular, and self-media and businesses gave birth to the "she economy" and "licking dog economy", which made men miserable.
The general public opinion at the time was that "men's consumption is not as good as that of dogs".
In the past few years of the epidemic, the economy has been declining, and men have begun to wake up.
In the past two years, consumption has been downgraded, the "licking dog economy" has collapsed, the marriage rate has declined, the divorce rate has risen, and the age of first marriage in first-tier cities has approached 35 years old.
The evil consequence of this is that there is a serious antagonism between men and women.
In some women's communities and straight male forums, you can see a lot of misogynistic remarks.
Men will ridicule women as "female boxers", "tiger tanks", and "big fat pigs";
Females, in turn, call men "Guo Nan" and contemptuously refer to their father as "biological father".
To evaluate a movie, we have to look at the so-called "male content", and this foul smell is blowing more and more fiercely.
The topic of marriage and love is no longer an after-dinner conversation, but has become a sharp social issue.
Hunting news such as "sky-high bride price", "marrying a Vietnamese bride", "premarital rape", "widowed marriage", "cheating marriage", "washing the house" and so on are frequently reported in the newspapers.
The safe of marriage can no longer lock the antagonistic emotions between men and women.
A few days ago, Jin Xing posted that in 2006, in order to settle the adopted child, she and her foreign husband had no choice but to divorce, and remarried again after 18 years.
Venus, as a public figure, is trapped by marriage-related issues, let alone ordinary people.
The reality is absurd enough, and "Morning Clouds and Dusk Rain" simply carries out the absurdity to the end.
Marriage is not about the right family, then let two people who have been released from prison forcibly get together, and it doesn't matter if there is a difference in age.
Hasn't marriage become a business, okay, then let's not talk about feelings, let's talk about interests, one seeks children, the other seeks wealth.
The title is also ironic.
"Morning clouds and twilight rain" means clouds in the morning and rain in the evening.
It originally referred to the ancient myths and legends of the goddess of Wushan to raise clouds and rain, and now it describes the love of men and women.
Then contact the character.
Chaoyun represents the girl played by Zhou Dongyu, and Duyu represents the old man played by Fan Wei.
The name of this piece is not only elegant, but also points out that the old cow eats tender grass, which is interesting.
Fan Wei has cooperated with sexy beauties like Lin Chiling and Li Xiaolu before.
What appeared next to him this time was the "little yellow duck" Zhou Dongyu.
Although Zhou Dongyu is 32 years old, although the acting skills of the two actors are very good, although the movie is originally based on absurd reality.
We all understand the truth, but when put together, it will still make the audience feel discordant after all.
Fan Wei's classic line seemed to sound in his ears: "Are you using this to test cadres?"
Don't be too surprised.
In the film and television industry, this kind of "old and young" is originally a classic template.
It is precisely because of this disobedience that many movies will give people a different taste.
This is the case with the classic film "This Killer Is Not Too Cold".
The killer Leon and the little girl experienced life and death together and became New Year's friends.
The little girl asks Leon if life is always so painful, or is it only when she was a child?
Leon replied, always.
A simple sentence, through a child's question and an adult's answer, immediately becomes full of philosophy, which is also the characteristic of this type of movie.
"This Killer Is Not Too Cold" is not an original yet, it is a "tribute".
The original tribute to evil is called "Gloria", and the Chinese translation is called "Female Glori".
Director Luc Besson admitted that he liked this movie very much when he was a child, and when he grew up, he almost copied the original structure to make his masterpiece.
It's just the same old and young, and in the original film, it was a combination of aunt and Zhengtai.
Some time ago, "This Killer is Not Too Cold" plagiarism" was on the hot search, but it was not plagiarism, and the director just borrowed the template of "old and young".
It is also common for young and old to be paired in Chinese-language films.
For example, in 1995, 32-year-old Jet Li and 11-year-old Semyon collaborated on "Letter to Dad".
The two people in the film are not only father and son, but also good partners in punishing evil and eliminating evil, and the dual relationship makes the story more layered.
19 years later, Semyon filmed "No One in My Eyes 2", and the 39-year-old and 11-year-old Yang En also came to match the old and the young.
The scene where the two jointly retreated from the enemy paid tribute to "Letter to Dad" that year.
Semyon plays a blind man.
The little girl asked, I'll give you an eye, do you want left or right.
Semyon replied, what's the difference.
The little girl said, yes, the left one is a little bigger.
is the same as "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", it is another simple line, which makes children say it, and immediately has the power to warm people's hearts.
In addition, new and old works such as "Perfect World", "Butterfly", "Old Fox", "Rattle Knock Knock", "The River Does Not Go Out" and other new and old works are all old and young.
Many difficult life truths are accurately conveyed to the audience through movies for young and old, and they are not offensive.
The same is true of "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain".
The two protagonists are both from the bottom, have made mistakes, have encountered problems, and just happened to intersect, and temporarily teamed up to deal with the crisis.
The interweaving of the "seeking line" and the "seeking the wealth line" will inevitably produce a wonderful chemical reaction.
Zhang Guoli is an actor we are familiar with, but this time he is sitting in the director's position.
In fact, he is an all-rounder himself.
In his early years, he worked as a railway worker, joined the art troupe, and later emerged as a film and television actor.
At the age of 33, he also went to Antarctica with the scientific expedition team and was responsible for filming the Antarctic report.
But when he was killed by an iceberg on the way, he was the only one in the team who had seen explosives, and he stepped forward and made a great achievement.
In his decades of acting career, he has left classic TV series such as "Iron Tooth Bronze Tooth Ji Xiaolan", "Golden Wedding", "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview" and so on.
But in addition to being an artist, the gambling agreement and his son's involvement in drugs also made him face a lot of public discussion.
The filming of "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain" also went through ups and downs.
The film was launched 3 years ago, but when it was filmed in Wuyuan, Jiangxi, it was exposed that "there was a conflict between the road closure and the traveling citizens due to filming".
Later, the local propaganda department came out to explain, denying the road closure, saying that it was only a temporary vehicle control, and the people could pass normally.
Although the turmoil stopped, it undoubtedly cast a shadow on the movie.
It was originally to speak for the people at the bottom, but it was labeled as a "privilege" by netizens, and you said that Zhang Guoli was aggrieved or not.
Fortunately, everything has passed, and the movie is finally waiting for the release period, and a good meal is not afraid of being late.
Zhang Guoli's eyes are really poisonous, and he chose Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu as partners.
The two happened to be the actor and actress of the 2016 Golden Horse Awards, and when they were combined, they had topicality and curiosity.
And whether it is personal experience or performance style, they are completely opposite, forming two sides of a movie, and the tension of the story is full.
Let's talk about Fan Wei first, everyone is familiar with him and unfamiliar with him.
He is the big fool in the abduction trilogy, Fan Debiao in "Ma Dashuai", the medicine box in "Liu Laogen", and Wang Musheng in "Country Love".
But off camera, Fan Wei is a social terrorist.
Fan Wei is a native of Northeast China, but he does not have the natural boldness of Northeast people, and he has been strict and taciturn since he was a child.
Later, with the help of his uncle, he went to the Shenyang Quyi Troupe to learn cross talk, and after completing his studies, he won many awards and appeared on CCTV, but his popularity was not high.
It wasn't until 1995 that Zhao Benshan and him joined forces to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, and the two collaborated on "Uncle Niu Tigan", and Fan Wei's light was able to bloom.
Fan Wei's real take-off was the "Selling Abduction Trilogy" of the Spring Festival Gala, and he became a household name overnight.
In the second year after the performance of "Selling Abduction", "Liu Laogen" was broadcast on CCTV, and Fan Wei added to the fire with the corner of the medicine box and officially became a comedy celebrity.
During the period of cooperation with Zhao Banshan, Fan Wei's acting path was changeable.
In the beginning, he played a posturing comedic harlequin.
For example, old classmates who tend to be inflammatory, cadres who put on an official tone, and little secretaries who are fake and powerful.
However, this kind of performance is slightly stylized, and it is more used to reflect Zhao Benshan.
Later, he suddenly changed from a big split from suspenders to a guy with a big head and a thick neck, and he began to be equal to Zhao Benshan on stage.
In 2004's "No Thieves in the World", Fan Wei made a cameo appearance as a thief.
In just a few minutes, all of them were famous scenes, and Fan Wei also saw his greater possibilities in the entertainment industry.
After that, he flew solo, left Zhao Benshan, and pursued his dream in the film industry.
"Aromatic Journey" in 2006, "July of the Car Watcher" in 2007, and "Blessed Ears" in 2008.
He is the best at playing the kind of character in the Northeast countryside, he likes to be tough with people, and he doesn't have any bad intentions, he is the king on this track.
Last year, he starred in "The Long Season", which was the ultimate in his kind of drama, with profound acting skills, which made countless audiences cry.
Under the tempering of these works, Fan Wei gradually took off his label as a sketch actor and became a real comedy master.
And Zhou Dongyu is almost the opposite of Fan Wei.
is different from Fan Wei's struggle, Zhou Dongyu was at the peak of his debut, and was selected by Zhang Yimou to become a Mou girl, starring in "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" on the fast track.
Zhou Dongyu is a typical white and thin, seemingly clear soup and little water, but under the pure appearance, there is a tenacity.
Her eyes reveal a sense of firmness that "I can go to the soup for you at any time", and this is how the sense of taboo and sexual tension comes out.
In "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain", Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu both played the roles they are best at.
In the movie, Fan Wei interprets more of the kind of honest man who is kind-hearted and believes that he is dead and black, which is very suitable for the role of this film.
In the movie, Zhou Dongyu mostly interprets the rebellious girl with a low appearance and a stubborn heart.
There have already been performances in "Young You" and "July and Ansheng", and this time she transplanted the same temperament to this film.
In an interview, she also talked about "this is the most desperate role I've ever played."
The two actors are like two sides of the same coin, which seem to be very different, but in fact, they complement each other, and the cooperation between the Golden Horse actor and actress is full of sparks.
Although the cost of the whole film is not high to the naked eye, it belongs to the genre of feature films.
But in today's film market, where comedy is dominant, this realistic work can be regarded as full of sincerity.
looks forward to the quality it can bring to the audience, and finally win 1 billion+ high box office, help domestic films earn face, and lead domestic films to change again.
In the cinema in May, we can enjoy a feast of performances, let's look forward to it.
Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: A chicken
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