A total of two Chinese films were shortlisted for the Golden Jubilee Award competition unit of this year's Shanghai International Film Festival, one is "Find You" directed by Lu Le, and the other is "Ara Jiang Color" directed by Song Taijia. On June 23, the premiere ceremony of "Ala Ginger Color" was held, and director Song Taijia and starring Rong Zhong'erjia and Nyima Songsong, producer Liao Xi and producer Du Qingchun attended the audience.
As a new generation of Tibetan directors with great attention in recent years, Song Taijia has been nominated for the Asian Newcomer Award of the Shanghai International Film Festival twice with "The Sun is Always on the Left" and "River". At the meeting site, there were also "hardcore movie fans" who specifically asked about the recent situation of Yangjin Ram, a small actor of "River", in the question session.
"Arajan Color" tells the story of the young mother's illness, husband and son accompanied her on the journey of Lhasa for her ex-husband, two journeys marked by life and death, the character's emotions and attitudes have undergone subtle changes, the sacred and heavy long road, facing the secret of the seriously ill wife and the intrusion of strange boys, the confused and complicated mood of the man played by Rong Zhong'erjia and the scenery of the Tibetan area along the way penetrate. The producer described it as a "road movie" that spanned pilgrimage roads in three provinces in three months, making it difficult for a small-budget film.
"Ara Ginger Color" is a folk song in Jiarong Tibetan area, meaning "dry this cup of wine", director Song Taijia introduced, the origin of the story comes from the real experience of friends around him, and telling such a story is to hope to convey a kind of great love, beyond the region and religion, "the integrity of love, the tolerance of love and the responsibility of love." ”
Tibetan singer Rong Zhongerjia was exposed to the film for the first time, saying that the filming process was full of freshness and received praise from the audience. There are also outstanding performances of child actors in this movie, Matsutaga said, "Someone always asks me how I can direct children so well, in fact, I don't have any tricks, this time this little actor is also my intuition at first sight of him, I identified it, and even the play did not let him try to bring him into the group." ”
In recent years, Tibetan-language films have gradually entered the audience's field of vision, and Wan Ma Tse-dan's "Tharlo", Zhang Yang's "Kailash" and "Soul on the Leather Rope" have all won the attention of literary and art film lovers. Song Taijia sighed that in the past, he really did not think that Tibetan films could have such a wide audience, "In the past, there were Inner Mongolia Film Studio and Xinjiang Film Studio to shoot some ethnic films, but they were also made in Chinese. After Wan Ma Tse-dan, Tibetan movies slowly increased. In the past, it seemed that only me and Wan Ma Tse-dan made movies in Tibet, but now, there are a lot of young people in Tibetan areas who like movies who have started making movies, and film and television majors across the country can also see students from Tibet. ”
According to the director, there are also plans to release "Ala Ginger" after that, and Matsutaga said, "The market is a process of gradual cultivation." ”