This unremarkable island keeper touched all of China
Friends, survive the short drama famine.
Beginning in June, a big wave of good movies was on the way to the queue again.
Today I want to give you Amway's "Island Keeper", which is one of them.
"The Island Keeper" is based on real people and real events.
The protagonist of the story, Wang Jicai, was originally the director of the Kaishan Island Outpost in Guanyun County, Jiangsu Province, and has won a series of honorary titles such as "Moving China's 2018 Person of the Year" and "People's Model".
Kaishan Island in the film, located in Guanyun County, Jiangsu Province, is located in the outpost of the Yellow Sea, with a small area (0.013 square kilometers), but it is one of the most important islands in China.
The natural environment of Kaishan Island is harsh, with no (light) water, no electricity, and the sea breeze whistles all year round.
In 1986, the 26-year-old Wang Jicai responded to the arrangement of his superiors and brought his wife Wang Shihua to the island, officially starting their "island protection" life of dancing with the terrifying waves.
It was not until July 27, 2018, that Wang Ji died of a sudden illness during a mission.
So far, he has spent 32 years on this small island that he has carefully guarded.
As we all know, films based on such live-action events, whether at home or abroad, have not been lacking. However, how to make a simple story look good and moving is the top priority of the film.
Fortunately, the main creative team of "Island Keeper" is "not simple".
The film is jointly produced by Bayi Film Studio, Jiangsu Happiness Blue Ocean Film Co., Ltd., Hebei Radio and Television Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd., Fujian Film Studio, and Huaxia Film Distribution Co., Ltd.
If nothing else, where there is a golden signboard of Bayi Factory, for many viewers, it is quality assurance.
After all, the Bayi factory movies we chased together in those years, there are so... So much.
Director and chief screenwriter Chen Li, the "famous" bearer of the drama industry.
Starring Liu Ye (played by Wang Jicai), there is no need to say more, right?
The president's movie, rest assured to chase is.
The lead actor Gong Zhe (played by Wang Shihua) is not a traffic star familiar to the public, but he has also won many real awards.
Hou Yong and Sun Weimin, just listening to the name, is the existence that will not make the audience worry.
In addition, there is also Zhang Yishan, a post-90s acting artist, who also played a fisherman --- Xiaodouzi in the film.
To tell the truth, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I'm still a little looking forward to Brother Shan's performance.
In addition, Song Chunli, Tao Huimin, Ma Shaohua and other old drama bones.
The combination of strong and powerful golden lineups makes the audience more full of expectations and curiosity about the film.
When Liu Ye and Zhang Yishan "sold miserably", my nose was sour, and this play became!
Let's look at the movie itself.
When the role is selected.
Director Chen Li has taken Liu Ye and several other leading actors to Kaishan Island several times, while listening to Wang Shihua tell their former lives, while feeling and experiencing the couple's state of mind during the island period, in order to further find creative inspiration.
In order to restore the 80s Kaishan Island as much as possible, the film's live-action shooting location is also a small island.
Before starting the machine, the famous artist Huo Tingxiao and his team's friends, from design, modification, construction, to the end, lasted three months, stunned to build a real island on the island is currently the largest in China.
During the official shooting.
Every day, storms, wind and sun, and jumping on the reef have become the daily routine of Liu Ye and his crew colleagues.
Over time, everyone's body is full of sunburn and bruises.
The president, who was amused in pain, also laughed at himself in the interview, "It is good to have ready-made (scars) so as not to wear makeup."
In addition to the visible scars on the body, director Chen Li's excellence in details has made the actors realize what is called "dedication".
The next day of filming, because of a shot in a rainstorm, Liu Ye was stopped by the director more than thirty times in a row.
By the time this shot was finally completed, Liu Ye, who was soaking wet, had been frozen and trembling, almost "collapsing".
As a veteran actor who can "lie and win" without such hard work, the president's respect and enthusiasm for the profession is really touching.
The content aspect of the film.
The film uses several parts to show the 32-year life and mental journey of Wang Jicai and his wife on the island.
For example, every morning, Wang Jicai and his wife must do an indispensable thing is to walk to the flag platform and raise the five-star red flag in their hands.
This may be the smallest flag-raising platform in the world, but for Wang Jicai and his wife, "No matter how small Kaishan Island is, it is also The land of China."
For example, in the first years of coming to the island, because there was no water and no electricity, Wang Jicai and his wife often had problems with their lives.
Leave or stay? It became a topic that the couple often discussed during that time.
Later, with a series of accidental events, Wang Jicai and his wife gradually discovered their own value in the harmonious coexistence with The Island day after day.
In the end, I willingly stayed.
Wang Jicai and his wife's daily life on the island year after year, the film also uses a lot of warm scenes to show.
For example, two people with scarce resources will be happy to get their hands on hard-won supplies.
He will carry the red flag on the island to entertain himself for the Spring Festival Gala.
Under the gentle gaze of the other party, they will happily row out (patrol) and return home.
This kind of rare fragments and bright colors in boring life unconsciously closes the distance between the audience and the characters, making it easy for people to have a sense of substitution.
In addition, the special effects and sound effects of this movie are actually doing a good job.
To paraphrase the joke of netizens, it is that after watching , " can directly send people away " .
There is one thing to say, "send away" can not be talked about, but the shock and touch, or really.
That said.
After all, cinema is only a form of expression.
In reality, Wang Jicai and his wife have been on Kaishan Island, which has no water, no electricity, and perennial winds and waves, since the 1980s, and has been guarded for 32 years.
The difficulties and obstacles encountered during the period, no matter how long the film and television works, I am afraid it is difficult to express one or two.
They dedicated the best years of their lives to Kaishan Island, but repeatedly said in interviews: I can owe my parents, I owe my wife and children, but I can't owe the country.
In addition to admiration, many people are puzzled: a small island without people, is it really worth two people to stick to for a lifetime?
Wang Jicai felt worth it.
Because he firmly believes that "wherever the national flag is planted, it is the land of China."
As a friendly reminder, on June 18, "The Island Keeper" will be released nationwide, and friends who have expectations for the president, mountain brothers, and all the old drama bones can be arranged in advance.
(Rotten Tomatoes Movie Editorial Department: No Woo Woo)