The film I share may not be seen by most young people today, there is a little era, it was released in 1951, directed by Chen Xihe's "Sisters and Sisters Stand Up".
On November 21, 1949, the Beijing government ordered the closure of all brothels, and the prostitutes were concentrated in the Beijing Municipal Women's Production and Correctional Institution, where the government taught them to study, treat them, return their belongings, and find their relatives, whom they were called, trainees. This film was shot by director Chen Xihe from these students, and the plot in it is based on the real encounters described by the students at that time.
The actress Li Meng, who played Daxiang, was only 16 years old at the time, and according to her, the actors did not want her to participate in the discussion of the script at that time, and really did not want this 16-year-old simple girl to understand those evils.
The actress Li Lingyun, who played the old bustard Rouge Tiger, was not yet 30 years old at the time.
Director Chen Xihe boldly chose Li Lingyun, who had acting talent among the students at that time, to play this role. Li Lingyun lived in a brothel for many years, and the old society tortured her with some vicissitudes, making her look much older than her actual age. She played the evil old bustard to the fullest, and when playing the old bustard, she often remembered what she had suffered and cried bitterly. She used to be called a prostitute, then a trainee, and later an actress, and in her later life, she felt what is personality and what respect is.
Of course, this is also based on real events. The original forms of Cui Beard and Rouge Tiger in the film are Huang Shuqing and Huang Wanshi, the leaders of the Ten Thousand Evils who were shot in Beijing at that time.
Let's talk about my feelings, the first half of the film, from Daxiang's mother and daughter coming to the city to join her aunt, to Daxiang being tricked into a brothel, and then to the encounter in the brothel. I was so upset I couldn't even cry. I don't know if you feel that way, it's worse than crying. Coupled with the excellent acting skills of the actors at that time, I could hardly watch it.
The first half of the film is full of oppressive atmosphere, that kind of misery, that kind of harm caused by the old society, which makes people feel like a thousand pounds of boulders, and at the same time, it also tells the audience about that kind of evil.
In the film, Yuexian got the clip of the fish mouth being buried alive, and the girls listened to Yuexian in the courtyard saying that she was not dead, and the coffin was closed later, and the sound of nailing the coffin, they were relatively weeping, and they were powerless to resist. This is also derived from real events.
Of course, the back part of the film is big enough to be happy, and its practical big happy heart is still a little bit insufficient. Rainbow after the storm? Nor is it. It should be, born again.
Their smiles are so beautiful, I'm sure everyone who sees them there will be infected by their smiles.
They accept learning and begin to work, they feel respect, and they feel the meaning of living.
It is understood that many of the trainees at that time were married, and some went home to reunite with their families, some went to the medical team, some entered the art troupe, and some entered the factory. They all lived a life that they did not dare to dream of before, but they longed for day and night.
The reason why I share this movie is not only because of its plot setting, the excellent acting skills of the actors, the contrast between before and after, not only because the story it tells comes from the evil old society, but also because it feels that the good life is not easy to come by now.
Actress Li Lingyun gradually faded out of people's vision, there was no news, and everyone thought that she must have lived the peaceful and happy life she hoped.
Recommend it for everyone to see