"The north of the northern frontier is Altay, she is a wild dream, she is the wind of the mountains."
When this wind blows along the undulating Gobi Desert, along the mysterious and desolate North Desert, along the ancient civilization, and along the silent time, to the other side of the earth, it appears on the screen with light and shadow.
At this moment, every character of the prose poem is immersed in the bright spring color, generously sprinkled on the earth, sowing all kinds of vitality.
For most of the "flowing works" in the flattering market, the mini-series "My Altay" is eye-catching.
It unveils the mystery of the northern Xinjiang landscape from the unique perspective of the film, which is vast, empty, warm and deep.
Long before the broadcast, this 8-episode short drama became famous at domestic and foreign film festivals, not only shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes International TV Festival, but also specially screened at the Beijing International Film Festival.
At the same time, the premiere at the Cannes TV Festival was even more packed, and many international media gave high praise to the show.
Last night, "My Altay" was finally broadcast on CCTV, and the live broadcast ratings exceeded 1.5 at the same time, directly topping the first place in the ratings.
You can imagine what kind of trend this drama will cause after it is released!
It is also foreseeable that the grand scene of small potatoes in the south sweeping the scenery of the northern country will bombard social media again.
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"My Altay" is a collection of essays by modern writer Li Juan, and it is difficult to adapt it into a TV series.
It must not only conform to the core of the original work, but also highlight the characteristics of the characters, and have a story line with ups and downs.
From in-depth local style collection to script creation, director Teng Congcong spent 3 years.
The play tells the story of Li Wenxiu, a Han girl who grew up in Altay, who pursued her literary dream in a big city but repeatedly hit a wall, and was forced to return to her hometown to live with her mother, who opened a commissary.
Ma Yili plays "Zhang Fengxia", the prototype is Li Juan's mother, a Sichuan woman, who settled in the deep mountains of Altay and made a living by running a small business.
"Li Wenxiu" played by Zhou is the author himself, who has been displaced from his mother and grandmother for many years, and finally spent a long girlhood in Fuyun County.
Yu Shi's "Ba Tai" is a young Kazakh Messila.
"Gao Xiaoliang" played by Jiang Qiming is a young Han man who came to Xinjiang from the mainland to earn money.
The plot revolves around a mother-heroine line and effectively creates dramatic conflict.
For example, pure juvenile love, the confrontation between urban civilization and nomadic tradition, and the cultural blending of Han and Kazakh, etc.
Interestingly, the main creator of the show, and even the producer Dapeng, all relied on themselves last year to achieve soaring.
Many netizens secretly poked and poked and said that the director burned what kind of incense was really lucky.
Under the 4K ultra-high-definition lens, in the picture controlled by native HDR, the style of northern Xinjiang is unreservedly displayed.
The green and yellow meadows, the pastures full of cattle and sheep, the distant mountains, rivers, roosters, laughter...... Rolled up in a ball, but it sounds good, this is a place forgotten by the world, and it is also the way the earth is.
The low, dilapidated earthen houses, as well as the brilliant starry sky on the rooftops, are all arranged in an orderly and reasonable manner on the salt-alkali flats, brushing away the loneliness and dust of passers-by.
As Ma Yili said, "The two months in Altay were like a dream, and I hope everyone has the opportunity to get away from the hustle and bustle and go there to dream." ”
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"I met Messira at a dance party in the country, he was a beautiful young man, and I liked him very much at first sight".
In Li Juan's pen, Messira is beautiful, like the object of all girls' first love, which makes people feel inferior.
He had held a shovel in his hand and played the two-stringed harp, and even when he sat in a noisy crowd, he was as quiet as the wilderness, untouched by the chaos of silk and bamboo, and untainted by customs.
When they saw Yu Shi galloping on a fierce horse, the audience's hanging hearts finally let go.
The man who can make Li Wenxiu change into a properly ironed skirt, wait all night, and look for him door to door has a clear portrait at this moment.
He has long hair and sharp eyes, a felt hat and long boots, carries hunting arrows, straddles the horse, and walks leisurely on the grassland, like the master of this heaven and earth, and has great power without much effort.
In order to better integrate into the role, Yu Shi studied Kazakh for nearly 7 months, deliberately adjusted his speaking rhythm and intonation, and also served as the crew's riding and archery instructor, and was the only actor who did not use a riding stand-in.
Born in 1996, he has half Mongolian blood flowing in his body, wild and tough, and he is natural with the role.
Sure enough, none of the "Proton Heavenly Group" were idle, and it was no luck to stand out from the 15,000 people.
Zhou is still playing "Li Wenxiu", who is in his early twenties, sensitive and quiet, with flowery brushstrokes.
Even in the desolate northwest, living in the original family with a crippled father's love, she is still optimistic and calm, and her heart is loving.
The 27-year-old Zhou Yiyi, with his hair cut short, glasses on, and a navy blue striped shirt, clumsily dealt with ethnic minorities, like a "literary youth" with some social fear.
In the book, Li Wenxiu jumped down from the kang, found two lost slippers, and walked quietly......
This is the end of the story, only the secret love of the girl Huaichun ignites a grand fireworks in her heart.
But in the TV series, the director completes the audience and realizes their two-way journey.
One is a prince of the Kazakh nationality, and the other is a Han Wenqing, and the two meet and are full of fire.
As she crossed the river, he made a strange cry that frightened her into falling into the water; Her face was frostbitten, and he grabbed sheep dung and smeared it on her face; She sat in a daze on the tree, and he said to the horses in Haz, "Look! This is the girl I like" ......
And on "Tuoyi", she crossed the crowd, squeezed into the front row, and watched Ba Tai play the piano, and he felt the girl's hot eyes, and the smile when he turned back fell into the dark night, as bright as day.
03
Seeing "Zhang Fengxia" played by Ma Yili, the most discussed entry is "I almost can't recognize Ma Yili".
For actresses, such an evaluation is praise and preference.
After all, compared to appearance, acting skills are king.
Besides, this woman has always looked, acted and lived, and she is very level.
The plateau red on her face can be seen to be left by the long-term exposure to the sun, the two strands of twisted braids are twisted together hatefully, the hair on her forehead is close to the scalp, shiny, and the clothes on her body have lost the strength of the cloth, but they are still clean.
Compared with the previous image of urban beauty, Ma Yili's "Prairie Mother" has a freckled face, which is too subversive, and she is stunned and unrecognized.
In a home without a man, Zhang Fengxia is undoubtedly the pillar of the family, taking her daughter and mother from Sichuan to Xinjiang, and finally settled her home in the deep mountains and old forests to start a haberdashery business.
As a local Kazakh man described her, "The woman of the world, the last thing you need to worry about is her."
A foreign woman, with her own wisdom and wisdom, not only made her business prosperous, but also infiltrated the essence of Chinese into local production and life.
For example, she translates the cigarettes in the store into easy-to-understand and loud syllables, such as "lovesick bird" as "little bird", "fungus" as "kara mushroom", and "peacock" as "beautiful bird with a big tail".
What would have required a lot of explanation, she made it clear to him.
In the play, when others pointed fingers at her love life, she replied in one sentence: "It's not ashamed that we are divorced, can we find another one when the man is gone!" ”
And through her eyes looking at the grassland, you know how strong this woman is, just like the top ice flower that grows in the northern frontier, breaking through the soil and ice and snow, and growing towards the sun.
Refracted in the actor herself, it seems that the core of the character is faintly set off in her life.
In "Struggle", the personality is flamboyant, independent and sober "Charlene";
In "The First Half of My Life", "Luo Zijun", who lost his marriage in middle age and stood up again;
In "Flowers", "Reiko" who dares to dare to work and pursue her dreams as she encounters;
When she walked in the rain in high heels and decided to cut everything off, that silent sadness and determination are also a portrayal of women's courage and strength against life.
In Ma Yili's body, there is no ruthlessness of time, there is no steep downhill road, only business as usual.
Finally, I look forward to the wonderful performance of the main creators and actors of "My Altay", the ratings will be a big hit, and they will successfully win the award.