The growth path of children is a problem that society is keenly concerned about at present, and how to face the pressures of further education is not only a compulsory course for teenagers, but also a new challenge for parents. Recently, the educational film "I Am Not a Scholar" focused on the pressure of the middle school entrance examination was held in Shenzhen, and the filming work is underway.
The film is incubated by the Shenzhen Film and Television Association, produced by Shenzhen Huahao Film and Television Co., Ltd., directed by director Zhang Wei, starring Jing Ke after the film, and co-performed by powerful actors Gu Yuhan and Qin Chuming. Director Zhang Wei has his own unique views on films with realistic themes, so the works he has made can arouse widespread attention and praise in society. In 2016, Jing Ke won the Best Actress at the 4th Vancouver International Chinese Film Festival, the Most Popular Actress at the Guangzhou University Student Film Festival, and the Best Actress nomination at the China-Canada International Film Festival for "Where Are You". In 2019, she won the "Most Popular Actress Jing Ke" at the 7th Vancouver Film Festival with the movie "My Hero", which can be described as extraordinary strength. Previously, director Zhang Wei and the film queen Jing Ke cooperated in the film "Xihe" is also a realistic theme film focusing on autistic children going to school, once the film was produced, it was screened in a number of film festivals at home and abroad, and won the best director award in the competition unit of the Hong Kong World International Film Festival in one fell swoop.
The film is mainly from the perspective of the family, from the perspective of parents and children facing various problems in the middle school entrance examination, focusing on the current extracurricular training and tutoring, homework overload, balance of exams and interests, etc., is a realistic theme film. The protagonist is a sunshine girl who is about to face the middle school entrance examination, and the mother is facing the pressure of further education and examination, which invisibly brings harm and haze to the child's psychology. The oppression of parents and the resistance of children reflect the pain points of current education, is education pressure in the name of love really beneficial to the healthy growth of children? The current social education competition has caused great anxiety among parents, and children are also oppressed in such an educational environment, and how to balance the relationship between them is also one of the most concerned issues. With this as the theme, the film will directly explain the current pain points to the audience, hoping to trigger the public's thinking and provide some ideas for improving family harmony and children's education.
The film is a realistic theme film, but the shooting method is witty and humorous, director Zhang Wei let everyone face the real problems at the same time, but also feel the warmth brought by the family. Movies don't insist on being the highest and the best, but they will be the most authentic and the best of themselves. Focusing on students and parents who are under pressure in the middle school entrance examination, the story of a family brings new thinking to more families facing the same problems, which is exactly what the film wants to do.
Editor-in-Charge: Ren Xinyi (EN063)