Northeast is a geographical regional term, and it is a place in China. But the cultural meaning of the word Northeast is much more complex, and it is associated with some specific words of modern China, such as old industrial base, laid-off workers, recession, poverty, part-time work, immigration, etc.
The people of Northeast China have left their hometowns and scattered to various places to earn a living, which has become a part of the era in which we live that cannot be ignored. Time flies, and what can be left behind is a memory, a story. Millions of people, tens of millions of people have left their hometowns to make a living in other places, this is a huge story area, but there are not many stories that can really rise into works of art, and it has to be excavated and refined by artists.
In the past 30 years, films with Northeast themes are worth listing and comparing separately, especially those with humanistic and historical value.
I hope that friends who have watched movies with the same theme will add in the comment area.
2017 "Down to the Sea"
A story about the Northeast filmed by a foreigner. The story of the Northeast people who ran to France to earn money.
2010《Piano of Steel》
I haven't watched this movie all the time, and if the Northeast theme is realistically filmed, it's too uncomfortable to watch.
2010 《Yellow Sea》
The Northeast story filmed by Koreans, Yanbian is also a native of the Northeast.
2009 "Shinjuku Incident"
The story of the Northeast people in Japan filmed by Hong Kong people also involves the orphans of Japanese people in the Northeast.
2008《Blessed Ears》
is a very good one in the Northeast realistic theme, and I know how to use comedy to neutralize the bitterness of this theme.
2000 "Durian Piao"
It is also the story of Northeast people from the perspective of Hong Kong people. It is no wonder that with this theme, the Northeast people in Hong Kong are actually in the industry.
2000 "Happy Times"
is another Northeast realistic theme that uses comedy and tragedy, and it makes people feel too uncomfortable after watching it.
1996 "The Day I Left Lei Feng"
This film actually reflects the collapse of the dominant values of the Northeast people in the 90s.
1991 Chinese New Year
The film reflects the collapse of traditional family values in the Northeast (and across the country).
The above movies are actually made by the Chinese people themselves. Foreigners shoot Hong Kong people, no matter how big they dare and how perfect they are, they don't know themselves as well as the Chinese themselves.