Not surprisingly, it should be the best Hong Kong film of the year this year!
Not only is it based on real events, the theme is touching, and the cast of the cast is also very luxurious, and the film emperor and the film are all in line:
Golden Horse Film Emperor Wu Zhenyu + Golden Horse Film Emperor Xie Junhao + Golden Horse Film Queen Li Lizhen + Golden Horse Shadow Queen Ye Tong...
Even this film won eleven nominations at the Golden Horse Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, best editing, etc.
This year's First Film Festival in Shanghai won the Special Jury Prize.
In a word, this piece is absolutely amazing.
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"Turbid Water Rafting"
With so much praise, what exactly does this film say?
In fact, it mainly focuses on people on the fringes of society, addicts, sex workers, stowaways, rough sleepers...
Pick one out at random, and it's all spectacular enough.
But it's not just about filming, because it's all about real events.
In 2012, there was an incident in Hong Kong to clean up the homeless people - the belongings of more than 40 homeless people in Sham Shui Po were all removed as garbage.
The incident has aroused great concern in the society, including the director of the film, Li Junshuo (born in 1990).
You know, Li Junshuo was only 21 years old that year, but the idea of shooting the story of the rough sleeper has always been in his mind.
So after he graduated, it took a whole 3 years just to polish the script.
When he handed the script to Wu Zhenyu, he hoped that he could play Hui Ge. A week later, Wu Zhenyu said, "I do." ”
The reason is simple, the script is very moving.
When asked which scene impressed him the most when he first received the script, he did not expect that the film emperor would see the input and cry.
Wu Zhenyu recalled: "Watching the script on the boat scene and crying out, this sadness comes from the actor's sympathy for this person, he has not been out of the big guy of Sham Shui Po! When I took a boat, I found that "Wow, so many buildings and people, full of people, I came out of the poor area, and he kept reclaiming the sea, that is, why don't you go with this much money..."
Yes, this is a story that is both warm and sad, where you can see the warmth of human feelings, but also feel the strong accusations and irony.
It has no clear main plot, which seems scattered, but it is more real and natural.
After watching the movie, the director even felt that he was watching a simple documentary.
The closer it is to reality, the more thought-provoking it is.
Wu Zhenyu has dedicated his amazing acting skills in this film, and even walking is a decadent state.
He walked on the road like a wild dog that had been wandering the streets for a long time.
This is not irony, but the norm in the film, in which his name is Hui Ge.
The first act of the film shows him coming out of prison, and we don't know why he went in, but what we can tell is that he must have been in often.
Because even the guards say, "I warn you, don't come back, I don't want to see you again."
And Hui Ge only replied with one sentence:
"The prison outside is bigger anyway."
In a word, the essence of this film is exhausted.
Indeed, inside and out, there is no difference.
For him, life has long been hopeless, only numbness.
A cover, a flyover, this remnant.
The degree of eating and wearing is compressed to a state of limit.
Whenever I arrived at the meal, I would go to the queue to receive a free box lunch.
The bed where I slept was picked up in the garbage heap.
Then find a few wooden planks and put up the wind barrier wall.
But even so, he was able to get by, and even happy, because he had a group of "companions" who had fallen here like him.
The streets are their dwellings, in other words, their homes.
Although it is broken, it is also a habitat.
However, it was such a "home" that one night, the police threw all the belongings of the rough sleepers into the garbage truck.
When Hui Ge said that these were his belongings, the law enforcement officers still did not stop and prevented Hui Ge from taking back his belongings.
Not only did he act violently, but he also loudly warned: "The police do not need you to teach!" ”
Hui Ge is also angry, but after a conflict, the sleepers are completely vulnerable.
Hui Ge only took back pictures of himself and his son, which was the only most important thing he had left.
Sleepers can only watch their homes being taken away as garbage.
In this way, the originally messy corners became clean, as if they had also been "cleaned" by the city.
But fortunately, their fate was known to the volunteer Xiao He.
She told Hui ge that the police were not in compliance with the rules and could sue them for compensation and apologies.
At the suggestion of social worker Ho, they decided to prosecute law enforcement officers for violent law enforcement.
They collectively went to the government gates to demonstrate, and in front of the media, Hui Ge expressed his demands: a fair compensation and a public apology.
Many people feel that their behavior is like hitting a pebble, and in court, the plaintiffs even have to prove that their ID cards that they were taken away as garbage are their own.
Even the judge suggested that the two sides settle privately, warning the plaintiff not to measure up to his own strength, withdraw the lawsuit when he gets compensation, and not wait until he finally can't even get compensation.
Even their own people say:
"We've all been in prison, have we ever won a case?"
You can imagine how difficult this lawsuit is.
However, a miracle happened, and their lawsuit was won.
Everyone was happy, but Hui Ge was full of sorrow.
It turned out that under the pressure of public opinion, the government began to make concessions.
After mediation by the court, it was decided that the government would compensate each person with HK$2,000 (equivalent to RMB1,600), but did not apologize.
Hui Ge felt that only giving money without apologizing was an insult to them.
He did not understand: "We are punished by the law for making mistakes, so why should they not be punished?" ”
But he didn't accept it alone, and all the tramps couldn't get the money.
In an instant, hui ge rebelled.
But who knows that he wants more than money, just a reasonable apology, and he wants to fight for a little dignity and justice for himself living in the slit.
Doesn't he need money?
Of course, when he learned that his son's shrine needed to be renewed, he was embarrassed to say that he had forgotten and would pay back the money as soon as possible next time.
Did he really forget?
No, the smile squeezed out of his face and the unconfident walking posture were testimonies to his bottomlessness.
He desperately needed money so that he could renew his son's shrine, but when the money did come, he chose to refuse, just to get an apology.
In the face of money, is dignity important?
Is dignity important in front of life?
For the role of Hui Ge, the director explained it like this:
"In fact, he has nothing to lose, because he has nothing, so he cares about the most basic dignity of man."
All his friends advised him to forget it, but Hui Ge insisted that if he did not speak up for himself, who else would speak up for him? Those in power?
At this time, Hui Ge is very similar to Qiu Ju in "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit".
Gong Li once said, "A good friend at that time was going to give up a lawsuit that had lasted for a long time, but after reading Qiu Ju's story, she decided to fight, and finally she won." Movies should not just be the condiments for eating a bucket of popcorn, but also pay attention to the social value of movies, show and help a person to have the value of being alive, and provide the value of fantasy. ”
And this is also an important reason why "Turbid Water Rafting" has become a good film.
In the movie, at the end, he lights a fire, burning himself and his dignity to ashes.
In reality, in 2012, nineteen rough sleepers reached a settlement agreement with the government, and each was awarded two thousand yuan in compensation.
However, the two rough sleepers died before the end of the lengthy lawsuit, and the government refused to apologize for the clearance and continues to drive the campers away to this day.
See, the movie and reality are equally desperate, and in the movie, Hui Ge helplessly and tragically ends his life of drifting in turbid water.
Neither the movie nor the reality waited for an apology.
But this movie exists to make a sound, and some people say, is it useful to make a sound?
Wu Zhenyu, the film's lead actor and investor, said:
"The progress of a country and society depends on how many people you take care of who live on the street, not how many people you take care of who live on the top of the mountain."
Yes, "Turbid Water Rafting" is not only the "turbid water rafting" in Hong Kong, China, but also the "turbid water rafting" of every people in the world who struggle to survive and fight for their dignity.
Around the world, there are many stories of "turbid water rafting", but fortunately there are movies that let us hear their cries.