<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > winter 2004, in the mountains of the north. </h1>
The sheep herding child plays under the high-voltage tower, and he likes to build stones because his name is three stones, his name is Zhang Lei. Who knows, the pile of stones built up has become his monument, on this day, 12-year-old Zhang Lei will disappear from this world, no one alive, no corpse.
Welcome to [Yi Ge said drama], today we talk about a domestic suspense masterpiece "Bursting Silent", Douban score of 8.3 points.
Two days after Zhang Lei disappeared, Zhang Baomin, who was digging coal in other places, was told that his son Zhang Lei was lost. Zhang Baomin hurried home, got off the long-distance bus, and went directly to Ding Hai's mutton restaurant.
A few months ago, Hongchang Mining occupied the land in the village, and the whole village gathered at the Old Ding Mutton Restaurant to sign for compensation, but only Zhang Baomin resolutely refused to sign. Zhang Baomin is notoriously hot-tempered, and when he was young, he fought with people and bit off his tongue, and never liked to talk. Ding Hai clashed with Zhang Baomin over the signing of the matter, Zhang Baomin could not beat the butcher Ding Hai, and in a hurry, he grabbed a sheep bone from the table and stabbed Ding Hai in one eye, thus making a vendetta. Hearing that his son was lost, Zhang Baomin's first thought was Ding Hai, but the child was not here.
Zhang Baomin's wife Cui Xia was seriously ill and did not have the strength to go out to find the child, these two days it was the plug next door to help them find it, but there was no trace of the child everywhere. Zhang Baomin thought of calling the elementary school teacher, but the principal was busy receiving Chang Wannian, the owner of Hongchang Mining. Boss Chang donated a sum of money to the school to build a new school building, and also asked reporters to take photos for publicity.
Hongchang Mining, the largest mining company in the region, was recently reported as illegal mining, which was helped by Lawyer Xu Wenjie to help him settle it. But Chang Wannian did not know that Xu Wenjie was being investigated by the procuratorate and suspended his lawyer's license. He also thought that Xu Wenjie did not answer his phone and avoided him, because he had some evidence to be unfavorable to him.
Chang Wannian was from the underworld, and he had a large group of rogue thugs under his hands, he knew who reported it, called this person and beat him up, threatening him to sell the mining company to Hongchang, and no one in the local area could do anything right with him after that.
Zhang Baomin went to the police station to report the case, and the police had no clue. He only took pictures of the child and asked people everywhere, he couldn't speak himself, and he searched for most of the day without results.
Zhang Baomin climbed over the hill to a dilapidated mining farm, and the old miner looked at him pitifully and gave him a little food. Zhang Baomin was eating, and Brother MaZai Of Chang Wannian brought people to make trouble.
Chang Wannian had just forced others to sell him, including this mine, but he did not want to pay the workers and let the workers roll up and leave, and of course the miners did not agree, and the two sides fought.
Zhang Baomin originally did not want to participate in this matter, but seeing that these hooligans were too much, just full of strength, then beat them. During the fight, Zhang Baomin threw a piece of scrap iron and smashed the front windshield of the Humvee. This car was Chang Wannian's beloved object, and Brother Jin could not be the master, so he took Zhang Baomin to Hongchang Mining.
Unexpectedly, after chang wannian saw Zhang Lei's photo, he did not pursue Zhang Baomin, heard that he was digging coal in other places, and let him work in his mine in the future, but Zhang Baomin was attracted by the half-open and half-hidden door in Chang Wannian's office.
Although Chang Wannian did not let Zhang Baomin lose money, Brother Jin's men had just been beaten by him, so they beat Zhang Baomin again in the parking lot and drove him back to the village. The embolus next door came to deliver medicine to Cuixia, saying that he remembered that the day Zhang Lei lost, he saw a car at the entrance of the village, Zhang Baomin pulled the bolt to look at the wall calendar, asked him if it was an off-road vehicle, but the bolt said that it was not an off-road vehicle, but a silver-gray car.
Zhang Baomin printed a bunch of search notices, posted everywhere to continue looking for his son, and inadvertently saw Brother Jin in the town, seeing that they looked panicked, as if they were dragging something, Zhang Baomin rode a motorcycle to follow. After following the old man for half a day, the van broke down, stopped at the side of the road for repairs, and Zhang Baomin took a wrench and rushed up to beat Brother Jin fiercely.
After the fight, I found that there was a sack in the van, which looked like a child. Zhang Baomin was eager to untie the bag, but many of Brother Jin's men rushed over, and he quickly picked up the sack and ran desperately. He thought that the bag was his son Zhang Lei, ran to a hidden cave, unwrapped the sack, and found that the bag contained a girl.
Disappointed Zhang Baomin saw the child's student ID, wanted to call the contact Xu Wenjie, but there was no signal in the mine, to the outside to call and was seen by Brother Jin's men, Zhang Baomin only left the child and ran, he sent a text message to Xu Wenjie while running, saying that he saved his child and let Xu Wenjie meet at the town stone monument.
Xu Wenjie heard before that the child was kidnapped, he knew that it must be Chang Wannian, called to inquire, Chang Wannian asked Xu Wenjie to hand over evidence, Xu Wenjie felt inexplicable, he did not know what Chang Wannian was talking about.
The so-called evidence that Chang Wannian wanted was estimated to be an arrow, and the missing arrow was probably related to Zhang Baomin's child Zhang Lei, but Chang Wannian obviously did not want to say it, but just played a dumb puzzle there.
Just when Zhang Baomin sent a text message, Xu Wenjie quickly drove to the small town stone monument, but Zhang Baomin was not here.
Xu Wenjie kept calling, Zhang Baomin always did not answer, did not speak when he answered, and after the call, the phone was out of power. Xu Wenjie went to Ding Hai's mutton restaurant to charge the mobile phone, Ding Hai's son seems to have seen Xu Wenjie, gave him an archery action, scared Xu Wenjie to flee in a hurry, went out to find Zhang Lei's search notice, Xu Wenjie was shocked again, he must have something to do with Zhang Lei's disappearance. Then Xu Wenjie found out that it was Zhang Baomin who texted him, the father of the missing child.
Zhang Baomin went to Hongchang Mining at this time, and when he was in the mountains before, he suddenly received a call from Brother Jin. Zhang Baomin was wondering how Brother Jin knew his phone, and ran to the entrance of the village to find that the village chief was holding the phone and calling him anxiously. Zhang Baomin knew that the village chief and Chang Wannian were in the same gang, and he transferred the land in the village to Hongchang Mining for illegal mining at a low price, and pit the villagers to make huge profits for themselves. Zhang Baomin was furious, and there was nothing to say about this dog day, beating him.
After beating the village chief fiercely, Zhang Baomin had to continue to escape, and on the way, Ding Hai helped him to take cover and get rid of Brother Jin's pursuit. Although Ding Hai was blinded by Zhang Baomin, he was not the kind of villain who would repay with his eyes wide open, and their contradictions were contradictions within the people, which Ding Hai saw very clearly.
Zhang Baomin originally ran to the town to wait for Xu Wenjie, but he received a call from Brother Jin again, saying that his son Zhang Lei was in their hands and that Zhang Baomin would let Zhang Lei go if he wanted to hand over the girl. Zhang Baomin pondered for a long time and made a decision, all of them are fathers, and he can't do it by exchanging other people's children for his own children. Moreover, those despicable little people may not count when they talk, and they have nothing to say about dog days, beat them. So Zhang Baomin single-handedly went to Hongchang Mining, beat a dozen people, and smashed the office of Hongchang Mining to pieces.
Brother Jin actually returned to the city, and Chang Wannian was eating meat, and he liked to eat meat. Brother Jin told him that Xu Wenjie's child was snatched by Zhang Baomin, but he deceived Zhang Baomin, saying that his son Zhang Lei was in his hands and that Zhang Baomin would definitely hand over the girl. When Chang Wannian heard this, he couldn't help but be angry from the bottom of his heart to the guts, picked up the glass ashtray, and smashed Brother Jin's head. Chang Wannian has always wanted to put aside the matter of Zhang Lei's disappearance, and even kidnapped Xu Wenjie's daughter, also for this matter, this sand sculpture Brother actually went back with him again, can he not be angry?
When Chang Wannian entered the office, Zhang Baomin knocked down more than a dozen small, who were already exhausted, and were picked up by Chang Wannian and smashed Zhang Baomin with the pyramid on his desk. When Zhang Baomin woke up, he was tied to a chair. Zhang Baomin was not convinced, he was only one step away from the mysterious door, and his son Zhang Lei might be inside. Chang Wannian pushed open the door, and Zhang Baomin rushed in to find that it was a bow and arrow target room, with all kinds of sophisticated equipment and booty furnishings, Chang Wannian not only loved to eat meat but also a hunting enthusiast, he liked to use bows and arrows.
At this time, Xu Wenjie's phone called again, he had already been to Zhang Baomin's home, knowing why he always did not answer the phone, Cui Xia told him that Zhang Baomin had no tongue. Xu Wenjie asked Zhang Baomin to text him to tell him where his daughter was, but he didn't know that it was Chang Wannian who was holding Zhang Baomin's mobile phone at this time, and Chang Wannian sent him a text message saying that your daughter is safe and will meet tomorrow at eight o'clock in the back mountain of Gufeng Village.
Chang Wannian had already understood at this time that Zhang Baomin did not know the truth about the disappearance of his son Zhang Lei, but had only accidentally hit and bumped into the sand sculpture Jin Brother who had been led here, and the key to this matter was still Xu Wenjie. Chang Wannian then tied up Zhang Baomin, threw him in the trunk of the Humvee, and drove himself to the back mountain of Gufeng Village, where Xu Wenjie was bound to wait for him. Zhang Baomin was struggling in the carriage when he inadvertently touched something sharp that cut the rope on his foot, which was a bloody arrow. When Chang Wannian opened the trunk, Zhang Baomin suddenly kicked Chang Wannian and ran, cutting the rope in his hand while running.
Xu Wenjie met Zhang Baomin, who had escaped, and kept asking about the whereabouts of his daughter, and Chang Wannian chased after him with a bow and arrow. He threatened Xu Wenjie to hand over the evidence, and Xu Wenjie looked confused.
This matter still seems to be unable to communicate, the three people are tense confrontation, the police car siren sounds, Chang Wannian divided the gods, Zhang Baomin picked up the wooden stick on the ground and smashed it, Chang Wannian's arrow lost its head, rubbed its shoulder and shot at the trunk. The two fought in the dense forest of the mountains, and Xu Wenjie stood next to him at a loss. Zhang Baomin felt for the arrow in his pocket and inserted it into Chang Wannian's thigh to get rid of him.
Xu Wenjie pulled Zhang Baomin to find his daughter, but Chang Wannian found that what was inserted in his leg was the evidence he was looking for, this arrow he had been looking for for a long time did not find, thought it was in Xu Wenjie's place, now he understood, quickly pulled out the arrow and buried it on the spot.
Zhang Baomin rescued his daughter with Xu Wenjie, and the child froze and starved in the wilderness mine for a day and a night, already dying, and finally had a breath. Chang Wannian followed up and said, the police are coming, what to do in the future, I believe you will have a way, because you have a daughter to take care of, Xu Wenjie did not say a word.
The police took Chang Wannian and Xu Wenjie, who had already made confessions, only admitted to bribery and illegal mining, and did not mention anything about Zhang Lei's disappearance. Poor Zhang Baomin searched hopelessly in the wilderness, he knew that several days and nights had passed, and the hope of his son Zhang Lei finding it was very slim. The mother's weak wailing turned into a whimpering mountain wind, floating in invisibly, the stubborn father shed two lines of hot tears, and a big mountain behind him suddenly collapsed, and a great father's heart was shattered.
"Bursting into Silence" is the second film directed by Xin Yukun, with a Douban score of 8.3 points, which is a domestic crime suspense masterpiece. In terms of The case of Zhang Lei's disappearance alone, it is not very complicated, and most of them basically know the truth, and what the director really wants to express is not the case itself.
First of all, the excellent point of this film is that the narrative method of peeling the onion skin solves the mystery layer by layer, and finally all the truths are revealed. In fact, there is a person who knows what happened to Zhang Lei. In the Easter egg at the end of the film, Ding Hai urges his son to enter the house to eat, and with a bowl, he accidentally sees a painting painted by his son. There was a car parked on the hillside, and a flock of sheep, and the sheep herder's child was shot dead by a bow and arrow lying on the ground, and the archer threatened a man with glasses, and he raised his hands in fear. Coupled with Xu Wenjie's recollections when he was interrogated, the facts of the case are already very clear, and we will clean up the whole case from the beginning.
The cause was that Chang Wannian colluded with the village chief to occupy the land of Gufeng Village for illegal mining, causing very serious environmental pollution.
Zhang Baomin's wife Cui Xiasheng's illness should belong to poisoning and the like, she eats liver protection medicine, edema of both legs is a kidney problem, liver and kidney are organs responsible for detoxification.
Because illegal mining destroys groundwater resources, well water is toxic. When the plug next door delivered medicine to Cuixia, he said that the taste of the well water was getting saltier and saltier, and the birds drinking water in the ravine were poisoned. And the village chief knows, so he buys mineral water in a whole truck, and the family can't pile it up.
Someone reported illegal mining in Hongchang Mining, and Chang Wannian found a lawyer, Xu Wenjie, to help him get away with it. Xu Wenjie borrowed a loan shark because of the huge loss in the stock market, and he urgently needed a sum of money to pay off the debt, so he made a deal with Chang Wannian and helped him settle the case. Chang Wannian was very happy and gave Xu Wenjie 500,000 yuan in cash in the back mountain of Gufeng Village.
At that time, Zhang Baomin's son Zhang Lei was herding sheep in the back mountains, and Chang Wannian took a bow and arrow and asked Zhang Lei how much this sheep cost. Later, Chang Wannian pulled a bow to shoot the sheep, and Zhang Lei may have wanted to protect the sheep from being shot to death.
Xu Wenjie was present and threatened by Chang Wannian, and the two of them sent Zhang Lei's body to the hidden cave, but it was placed deeper or buried, and Zhang Baomin saved Xu Wenjie's daughter and accidentally ran into the same hole, but only placed it at the entrance of the cave.
This can be seen from the out-of-body shot of the two children, Zhang Lei's soul came out of the depths of the mine. The bolt said that he saw a silver-gray car at the entrance of the village that day, that is, Xu Wenjie's modern car, and xu Wenjie and Chang Wannian were both in Humvee at the time, transporting Zhang Lei's body to the cave to bury.
It was already dark on the way back, probably because of panic, and the bloody arrow was not wrapped up because the car was bumping into the gap. Later, Zhang Baomin accidentally hit and was taken to Hongchang Mining by Brother Jin, and Chang Wannian knew that the child he shot was Zhang Baomin's son, and he felt ashamed, so he did not let him lose the glass of the Hummer.
Chang Wannian then checked the bow and arrow equipment and found that the arrow with the blood was missing, he thought that Xu Wenjie had taken the arrow, but in fact, Xu Wenjie was under investigation, and he did not want to and could not answer his call. Chang Wannian was in a hurry and let Jin Ge kidnap Xu Wenjie's daughter, but he did not expect to be snatched away by Zhang Baomin, who was looking for his son. Brother Jin deceives Zhang Baomin that Zhang Lei is in their hands, which makes Chang Wannian furious, because what he desperately wants to get rid of is this matter.
The actual plot has developed here, and the audience who watched the movie can already guess the truth, but what the director really wants to explore is not only the case of a child being killed by mistake.
The crime of illegal mining poisoning a place is itself worse than manslaughter, but they admit illegal mining and do everything possible to conceal the manslaughter of Zhang Lei because the sentence for illegal mining is relatively low, and the death of a person using a lethal bow and arrow without permission is much more serious than manslaughter.
"Bursting Silence" was originally named "Wicked Man", everyone thought that the wicked person referred to Chang Wannian, but in fact, the wicked person the director cared more about was Xu Wenjie, which can be seen from the tear-jerking montage at the end of the film.
Zhang Baomin and his wife held a search notice and the other held a lamb, and they both knew that their son could not return.
At this time, Xu Wenjie and Chang Wannian were both being interrogated, and they confessed to illegal mining and bribery, and the police asked Xu Wenjie if there was anything else to say? Xu Wenjie pondered for a long time, recalled the whole case, the music gradually rose, Cui Xia cried, and Zhang Baomin looked around in the wilderness. I began to think that Xu Wenjie would tell the truth, but he slowly put on his glasses and said, no.
At the end of the music, with this sentence "gone", Zhang Baomin shed two lines of hot tears, weakly lowered his head, and a big mountain behind him suddenly collapsed, which was actually a father's heart broken.
Why is Xu Wenjie the greatest evil? There will always be such evil people as Chang Wannian, so there are public procuratorial and legal organs. Chang Wannian was a hunter, a carnivore, at the top of the food chain, standing at the tip of a pyramid, and it was normal to have a horse boy like Jingo by his side.
Grassroots cadres like village chiefs have been corrupted by interests and conspired with criminals, and we have seen a lot. Zhang Baomin's silence represents the unconsciousness of the vast number of people at the bottom. When the land in the village was occupied, most people only saw the small profits in front of them, only Zhang Baomin knew that this matter was wrong, but he could not say it, nor could he change others, even if he could talk, it would not help. The most terrible thing is that intellectuals like Xu Wenjie have fallen and used their professional knowledge to aid and abett the abuse.
The intellectuals cultivated by the people should speak out for the broad masses of the people, and the key to social progress is to let the bad guys have nowhere to hide.
The director said the film was a fable, and from the beginning he had no intention of filming the scene of the child's death, because the child represented the future. The key point of the film is that high-knowledge elements like Xu Wenjie, no matter what industry they are in, they are more understanding people than ordinary people, if these so-called understanding people, all for their own interests, choose to remain silent, then the social structure will inevitably collapse, people will have no future.
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