The long-lost May Day holiday is coming, and this year's holiday excursion seems to be particularly hot, want to avoid the flow of people? Going to the cinema is a good choice.
What's more, there is still a rather heavy film waiting for you to taste this year's May Day holiday: Zhang Yimou's new movie "On the Cliff" will meet the audience at the cinema during the May Day holiday.
This is Zhang Yimou's first involvement in the theme of espionage, and he has found quite reliable actors to join: Zhang Yi, Yu Hewei, Qin Hailu, Zhu Yawen, Liu Haocun, Ni Dahong, as well as Lei Jiayin and Sha Yi special starring... Acting schools of all ages in show business gather here.
The story of the film is from the well-known screenwriter Quan Yongxian. The first time everyone knows this name, it should be because of the spy war TV series "Cliff", which is popular throughout most of China. The movie "On the Cliff" is a new original spy story that follows the relationship between some of the characters in "Cliff".
Zhang Yimou's control of the lens language is a further point for the film.
You should not have seen such a spy movie, the film is covered with snow from beginning to end, and it is cold everywhere. The combination of wind and snow in the ice and snow is a hint that the storm has never stopped, and that those who still move forward in the storm are undoubtedly warriors, who are unknown retrogrades on the invisible front.
Under the snow, the story of a group of unsung heroes slowly unfolded in front of the audience.
"On the Cliff" takes us back to the 1930s. Four Communist agents who had been specially trained in the Soviet Union formed a task force and returned home to carry out a covert operation code-named "Utra".
And before they arrived, they were exposed—traitors appeared among their own people. How should the mission continue? Can the four of them accomplish their mission? How should I choose at the moment of life and death? The film lays out a lot of suspense.
Despite being an original story, the film's main story is based on a real historical background.
Wang Ziyang, former commander of the Sixth Division of the Third Army of the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army, was arrested in the prison of the infamous Japanese Unit 731 when he was young, and was devastated as a "test product" for human experiments. According to the records, Wang Ziyang was being held in Harbin Prison at that time, and after severe torture, the Japanese army did not get any useful information out of his mouth. They were then escorted to the railway station, stuffed into a stuffy tanker, and transported to the Trover Test Site of the 731 unit of the Japanese army. On September 30, 1934, Wang Ziyang and more than a dozen Chinese obtained evidence of the evil deeds of the Japanese army, successfully escaped from the test site, and defected to the Anti-Japanese League. In "On the Cliff", it is Wang Ziyang who is rescued by "Operation Utra".
Judging from the previous small-scale on-demand word-of-mouth, "On the Cliff" has been called a spy film plus by many professional film critics: not only because it has a super lineup, but also because the film has completed a tribute to the unknown heroes of the hidden front.
This tribute is based on the portrayal of real characters. The film does not pursue "Wei Guangzheng", and the portrayal of the four members of the Utra group strives to be realistic.
Zhang Xianchen, played by Zhang Yi, appeared cold and grim, but as the plot advanced, we saw the heat in the heart of this character.
The tenacity and indomitability of being brutally electrocuted after his arrest and being subjected to hallucinogens is because he always has faith in his heart, which supports the vitality of the character and makes his choice more convincing.
In this way, under the pressure of many tortures, he also insisted on secretly protecting his comrades-in-arms, which was also a real thing in history.
Tiger stools, bamboo sticks, soldering irons, tooth extractions, short ribs, chili water, electrocution... These are all recorded in the torture records of the Japanese army against the martyr Zhao Yiman, and in the face of such cruel torture by the enemy, she still did not say a word, was unyielding, and did not leak any information. On the way to the execution site, he wrote a desperate letter to a 6-year-old child, and it is still in tears after reading it 70 years later. "Mother and you, before you are alive, there is no chance of goodbye forever, after you grow up, I hope not to forget that your mother died for the country", she hid her name, heroic and righteous 21 years later, her husband Chen Dabang learned of her death.
The solid acting skills of the actors in the movie "On the Cliff" also make the emotional expression of the film more full and real.
Chu Liang and Wang Yu, played by Zhu Yawen and Qin Hailu, are not cp but want to act together, Chu Liang chooses to stay and mediate with the enemy, shouting at Wang Yu to go fast, the trust and reluctance between comrades-in-arms have completed the emotional transmission between the eye contact.
There is also a crying scene in Qin Hailu's trailer that has already made people shoot a terrible case, making people cry with her in the movie theater.
In this crying scene, Qin Hailu did not scream and exhaust, not to collapse and howl, but to suppress the pain of silent bones. Obviously sad, he couldn't let his emotions leak out, and he could only make himself weak for a little while under the cover of the sound of the water.
These sincere expressions of emotion have become a magic weapon to impress the audience, and also let the character image stand up completely on the big screen, so that the heroes of these hidden fronts can "live" from the history of words.
What is even more valuable is that the protagonist of "On the Cliff" is not an invincible "deified" superhero, but a group of ordinary people with ordinary people's flesh and blood, and the common feelings of people.
The soft place in their hearts is always reserved for their families and loved ones.
Zhang Xianchen and Wang Yu are husband and wife, the two fight side by side and also care about their families, for children, the two only have one sentence " living people, go to find children" .
Xiao Lan, played by Chu Liang and Liu Haocun, is a pair of revolutionary lovers who have to be separated for the sake of their tasks, and they are not willing to hide in the eyes when they are separated, turn around, and become a soldier with a firm gaze and a death-like attitude.
They don't have superpowers, they're all ordinary people. It is precisely this portrayal that makes their sacrifices and choices even more moving: to regard death as a return to faith, to sacrifice life for righteousness, to do earth-shattering things, and to be anonymistic person.
Such a group of people, they may not have left their names in history, but they are all unsung heroes of the hidden front.
"Utra" actually means "dawn" in Russian. Our current life is created by such a group of people running around.
It is precisely because they are in the center of darkness to dawn and forget their lives and death that we can finally wait for the dawn.
In the poster of "On the Cliff", there is also a sentence hidden: the last bullet is left to yourself.
This slogan is a true portrayal of countless communists.
In times of crisis, they will let their companions go first, carrying poison with themselves, preferring to sacrifice themselves rather than let more people be exposed...
They cut through thorns and thorns for the happiness of future generations, gave up everything, left the hope of living to others, and kept the danger of sacrifice to themselves, on the cliff, faith is supreme.
This history should not be forgotten, it remains part of the memory of our homeland.
On the May Day holiday, take your family to the cinema to see it. Relive the unforgettable memories of that era with your parents, return to that era of war through the big screen, and feel the silent efforts of the unsung heroes of the hidden front.
At the same time, this is also an opportunity to give children a history lesson, our happy life today is countless revolutionary martyrs who have stepped forward for us and bought with their blood, and China has always been well protected by the bravest people! Through "On the Cliff", I want them to know that our generation is living comfortably because someone has already carried the weight for us before!