On the evening of September 19, "If One Day I Will Leave You", which was shortlisted for the "Temple of Heaven Award" of the 11th Beijing International Film Festival, held the premiere ceremony of the Beijing Film Festival, and screenwriter and director Li Gang and producer Wang Hongwei, starring Qi Xi, Xie Chengze, Niu Chao, Qiu Tian, Song Ningfeng, Chen Yongzhong appeared, Li Chen's father Li Xuejian, As well as Yao Chen, Cao Yu, Lu Yang, Xie Xiaojing, Zhu Wen, Zhao Deyin, Liu Lili and other guests also came to the premiere site.
"If One Day I Will Leave You" tells the story of an exchange student who has just arrived in a foreign country and a group of strange fellow villagers exchange warmth and kindness with each other, and finally parted ways as scheduled.
Li Xiaoli (Xie Chengze) came to the remote "Fuchinobe" in Tokyo, Japan, for a year to study for a year. After several encounters, he was taken in by Guan Wei (Qi Xi), the acting manager of a Chinese restaurant "Nanguo Pavilion", and in the process of working, he met a group of fellow villagers and locals living at the bottom of a foreign country, everyone was facing the choice of "separation" in the repetitive daily life like a "cage", everyone had their own hidden tolerance and pain, but inadvertently exchanged the most inconspicuous warmth with Li Xiaoli from indifference to familiarity... A year passed quickly, Li Xiaoli returned to China as scheduled, and everyone seemed to continue to live as if nothing had happened, as if he had never been here, or that he had not left at all. As Li Gang's directorial debut, the quality of the film and the warmth conveyed by the film won praise from the audience.
"If one day I will leave you" is based on Li Gang's real experience, the film took more than four years to produce, and Yao Chen, who lives with Li Chen's brother and sister, said that since Li Gang created this film, he has been paying attention, "His script has read several drafts, each time it is thick." Yao Chen praised every character in the movie as very vivid, and even choked up and said, "Life may be like this, coming and going in your life, sometimes there may not even be a farewell." I haven't calmed down for a long time to watch a movie like a small bridge flowing water. ”
Li Gang's parents Li Xuejian and Yu Haidan and his wife also came to the scene, Li Xuejian said that this is the third time he has seen this movie, the first time he saw it was his birthday last year, his son Li Gang took it as a birthday gift and gave it to Li Xuejian, Li Xuejian also made some comments at that time, after watching the second and third times, Li Xuejian said that he felt that Li Gang could be a director.
Li Gang laughed and said that his father said it more gently this time, in fact, after watching the rough cut of the movie for the first time, his father made a very severe criticism of the film, Li Gang thanked everyone for their support of "If One Day I Will Leave You", and also looked forward to the film being released as soon as possible to meet the audience.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Yang
Editor/Ying Qiao