"Siberian Tiger"
SIFF
Before June 16,
"Northeast Tiger" directed by new director Geng Jun
It is about this year's Shanghai International Film Festival
The Golden Jubilee Awards main competition unit entry
One of the most mysterious.
For a long time,
In addition to a few shooting posters released by the crew,
There is only one thing that has been circulated
"A Siberian tiger, a dog,
A forklift driver, a middle school teacher,
A poet, a debt collector, a pregnant woman,
the contradiction between them",
This makes people more of a plot synopsis in the clouds.
In the movie poster, only different characters can be spied
But "Siberian Tigers" is again
A work that has attracted much attention.
This is the director Geng Jun polished for six years
The latest chapter of "Hegang Universe".
(Geng Jun was born and raised in Hegang, Heilongjiang,
Most of his filming locations are in his hometown,
The entire film of "Siberian Tiger" was filmed in Hegang in the cold winter. ）
Geng Jun
The wanderer in "Youth",
Now I have grown into a middle-aged man,
Whether the sharpness can last forever, whether the vitality is still the same,
Curious.
Geng Jun's early work "Youth" Douban score is not low
This is also the first time that Geng Jun has used "big-name" actors.
In addition to the royal actors Zhang Zhiyong and Xu Gang,
In "I Am Not a Medicine God" and "The Unknown Generation"
Zhang Yu, who gave a superb performance in succession
Partner "Happy Twist" a sister Ma Li,
What kind of sparks will collide,
It's exciting.
The creator of "Siberian Tiger"
Finally, this Wednesday, "Siberian Tiger" met with the audience at the Shanghai Cinema.
The story is not complicated.
Mei Ling (Ma Li) is about to go to the pot, and her husband Xu Dong (Zhang Yu) has to send his dog to the indebted Manager Ma (Zhang Zhiyong) for foster care, but it causes an unexpected storm.
The old city, the air is cold, the film adheres to the absurdity and loneliness of Geng Jun's works, and also continues his black humor with tears in his laughter, coldly poking your laughter points and poking your pain points in the icy and snowy environment of the northeast region.
Some people like it, because in 118 minutes, it seems that there are few lines and the characters are alienated, but there is the declining economy of the northeast, the struggling marriage and the crisis of middle age, the shortcomings and warmth of human nature, and the cold and moving beauty that whistles through.
There are also people who don't like it very much, saying that the pace of the film is too slow, saying that the film is pretentious, saying that there are many fragments between the absurdity and absurdity of the film.
There are even people who criticize the music for being too full, but almost no one criticizes Zhang Yu and Ma Li's performances, nor does they question the core of the film's "sadness is not interesting".
Zhang Yu and Ma Li play a couple
Zhang Yu and Ma Li, dedicated a "confrontation" completely on a channel and rhythm, the roles and performances are all fierce and wrestling, sword-rattling, so wonderful.
Zhang Yu, who was born in the southwest, spent two months of happy time in the cold Hegang, and Xu Dong was cold and gentle.
Ma Li completely subverted the deep impression she left on the audience in "Charlotte Troubles" and "Shy Iron Fist", there are not many scenes, but Mei Ling is sharp and affectionate.
The reason why the film is named "Siberian Tiger" is inseparable from Geng Jun's love of visiting the zoo, "I am a person who often goes to the zoo, I like to observe animals, and the most observed is the Siberian tiger." ”
Once, Geng Jun took the camera to shoot the Siberian tiger for 40 minutes, "As the camera advanced, you can see the expression on the tiger's face, and it is more lazy most of the time." You can observe its expression can be associated with human encounters, it is usually docile and loose, will it be fierce again when it reaches the forest? ”
Director Geng Jun actually wants to ask, is the world's world that is gradually tied up by the mortal world, and you and I, who have been taken away by time, if one day we can be free to show it, will we regain our wildness and ambition? Since "sadness is not interesting", what is interesting?
In the movie, the tiger in the zoo Tiger Mountain is 19 years old.
Another "Siberian tiger" had a high fever when he was 19 years old, and asked his mother in a trance, "Will we die?" He remembered his mother saying: "The future is good, we survived today together, tomorrow is interesting." ”
New Performing Arts Studio
Author: Sun Jiayin
EDIT: Small open
Images: Movie posters, stills, partly cut from movie flowers
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