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In recent years, suspense dramas have almost become the light of domestic dramas, and last year alone, there were many high-quality suspense dramas such as "The Long Season", "Who Is He", "Echo", and "Thirteen Years in the Dust" to meet the audience.
Among them, "The Long Season" has become a national hit, with a score of more than 9 points and more than 980,000 ratings.
With the explosion of suspense dramas, the traffic era of domestic dramas seems to have really been shaken.
Capital sees the potential of suspense dramas, and of course will continue to output high-quality works, and this new drama launched on CCTV will become the first ace suspense in 2024.
According to the data, the TV series "Faint Fire" has broken one for two consecutive days, and for CCTV, which has always been more conservative in the selection of dramas, "Faint Fire" has proved itself with data, and it also proves CCTV's "vision".
The texture of the boutique is fascinating, and the plot is high-energy and twisty
A truly wonderful suspense drama is definitely not just an unsolved case, whether it is "The Hidden Corner" or "The Long Season", they all wrap human nature under the cloak of suspenseful crime.
The same is true of "Faint Fire", a damp and sticky seaside town, a group of seemingly simple and friendly town residents, backward and evil concepts, restless in the shadows of this town.
As a victim of domestic violence, Nanya (played by Tong Yao) has become the focus of everyone's discussion, and the malice of outsiders is everywhere, slut shaming, unwarranted suspicion, and rumors created by her husband are everywhere in the town.
A beautiful woman who has lived for many years under the strange eyes of outsiders and the violence of her husband for no reason.
No matter who looks at it, Nanya is a suspect in killing her husband Xu Yi, but things don't seem to be so simple.
According to the police investigation and Nanya's self-report, there was a dispute between the two on the day of the incident, Xu Yi chased Nanya all over the house with an axe, but Nanya was killed with a dagger. One is a man with murderous intentions and no bottom line, and the other is a delicate and slender woman.
The captain of the criminal police, Lao Chen (played by Tian Xiaojie), always felt that Nanya had something to hide, and the only witness to the murder, Zhou Luo (played by Zhang Xincheng), also emphasized Nanya's confession of surrender over and over again. It's just that the two of them gave a tight explanation, as if they had been discussed in advance, impeccable, but suspicious everywhere.
As the plot progresses, the audience also gets a glimpse of the two main points in "Faint Fire".
1. It is Zhou Luo's behavior, as the most important witness to the case, Zhou Luo did not choose to report the murder of Nanya after witnessing it, on the contrary, he disappeared for a period of time, and even Zhou Luo's various behaviors proved that he could empathize with Nanya's pain, and he was full of scornful disgust for Nanya's husband Xu Yi.
Was Zhou Luo just an eyewitness to the murder? I don't think so.
2. The timeline is blurred, and the screenwriter is suspected of playing the time difference
In the plot direction of "Faint Fire", many pictures are unpredictable to the audience, such as the burning car at the beginning, the picture of Zhou Luo running quickly with the child in his arms, such as Nanya's surrender time, why did she delay for 5 hours to go to the police station to surrender.
In the plot of the premiere of "Faint Fire", there are foreshadowings from the screenwriter everywhere, and they are all high-level foreshadowing that makes the audience unable to see the truth. Of course, the portrayal of actors is also the highlight of "Faint Fire".
Tong Yao's partner Zhang Xincheng is convinced by his powerful acting skills
This year's Tong Yao can be said to be in full swing, from the life family drama "Little Days" to the popular "Faint Fire", Tong Yao starred in a wide range of themes, which made the audience's eyes shine.
Whether it is a life drama full of fireworks or a suspenseful suspense drama, Tong Yao controls it very well.
In "Faint Fire", Nanya played by Tong Yao has a gentle and moving image, and is rational and calm. When she was bullied by her husband and attacked by the jealousy of the residents of the town, Tong Yao was like a white jade bottle that was about to break, she was obviously as clean as jasmine, but because she was too beautiful and fragrant, she became the trigger for inciting sin.
Tong Yao's performance is very broken and public, she is bright and sexy, with the charm of a mature woman, in this ancient town, she is a different scenery.
Such a slightly broken and superficial female character was even more mysterious by Tong Yao when the case occurred.
In the scene of the interrogation, Tong Yao's whole person was full of cold despair, her lines were clear, her logic was full marks, every sentence, every word was said calmly and clearly, but through Tong Yao's eyes, she often fell into the gaze of memory, and the audience saw the bottomless secret.
Tong Yao's performance aroused the audience's desire to snoop. In a way, we are like the townspeople, they use all kinds of means to destroy Nanya because of her beauty, and we are desperate to see every side of this woman inside and out because of Nanya's beauty.
When Tong Yao met Nanya, I knew it was her turn to be on fire again.
Of course, Zhang Xincheng, who is partnered with Tong Yao, is also eye-catching, Zhang Xincheng's Zhou Luo is the same character at the center of the storm, he is the talking point of the town's residents, and he is the object of everyone's ridicule.
He has a juvenile appearance and a strong sense of justice, but in many moments, Zhang Xincheng is playing Zhou Luo's "distortion", this distortion is the distortion after being rejected and destroyed by the outside world, he has a thick shell, and under the appearance of the teenager is the door of the heart that cannot be knocked on, to put it bluntly, Zhou Luo has the most "extreme" side of a teenager who does not belong to this age.
This side is most likely stimulated after meeting Nanya, who has a similar experience to herself. He didn't think it was terrible to be alone and become a joke in other people's mouths, but when he saw everyone pointing the finger of attack at Nanya, who had done nothing wrong, he realized that he and Nanya were the same kind.
This kind of temperament makes a young woman like Tong Yao and a sunny and handsome young face like Zhang Xincheng establish a space for reverie, and they should be born to snuggle together.
Of course, the wonderful portrayal in "Faint Fire" is not only in the two characters of Nanya and Zhou Luo.
Lao Chen played by Tian Xiaojie is full of insight, the temperament of the old criminal policeman is very heavy, and when his eyes are narrowed, there is an effect of seeing through the audience through the screen.
Lin Fanglu played by Ye Zuxin seems to be in the game and outside the bureau, as Nanya's former classmate, as a man who once had the opportunity to take Nanya away, Lin Fanglu's line is destined to fall into the quagmire of the past, and Ye Zuxin, whether it is his appearance or temperament, has a kind of mystery dyed with the weight of the years.
All in all, in terms of actor shaping, "Faint Fire" scored at least 90 points, but whether this drama can become a big hit depends on the follow-up plot trend.
Finally, what do you think of "Faint Fire"?