Beijing News (reporter Zhou Huixiaowan) directed by newcomer director Li Ji, starring Ren Suxi and Li Mincheng, the movie "Train to Spring" is being screened. The film uses the comedic technique of black humor, and the story content seems absurd, but it reflects the real life conditions of ordinary young people. The Beijing News reporter interviewed the lead actor Li Mincheng, who interpreted the story behind the film.
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The film takes the northeast after experiencing economic transformation, the factory of the old industrial base gradually fell into recession as the background, and locks the perspective on an ordinary couple in the northeast town, who have experienced a series of setbacks such as being unjustly expelled from the factory and finding a job, the husband and wife still support each other and swim against the current.
Li Mincheng once interpreted You Tianming's belief and persistence in "A Hundred Birds and a Phoenix", and this time he interpreted the story of a small person in his hometown in "The Train to Spring", expressing different emotions from previous works.
In the film, Li Dachuan, an ordinary worker played by Li Mincheng, fell into the crisis of buying out his working years, but he was wrongfully stolen from the factory property, how to get justice for himself under the pressure of life, and faced life became a problem for Li Dachuan. In order to play this role well, Li Mincheng went to study the details of the lives of many small people, and also specially learned skills such as catching fish: "At that time, I wanted to shoot when I saw the script very well, and I was a northeasterner, and I was still very familiar with the environment and shooting location. Because I was a cast worker, I communicated with many factory employees, learned to make parts, and experienced life. ”
He said that the character of Okawa is quite similar to him, very kind and knows how to forgive others, but the characteristics of entanglement, cowardice, and hesitation are not similar to himself. Li Mincheng said that he mainly used the method of "observation" to lean on the character: "Observing life is the most basic thing for an actor, and he usually brings this habit into his life." I often pay attention to others, so as to dig out the characteristics of people and then put them into the role. ”
The Train to Spring is a low-budget film that doesn't have much money to give to the actors. But fortunately, the director finally found Li Mincheng and Ren Suxi. Before filming this film, Li Mincheng had known Ren Suxi for a long time, "We acted in dramas together ten years ago, and the degree of tacit understanding is very high. We often use the set of stage plays to grind the play, usually a lot of fun things will happen, and there are also many sparks that come out of the play. ”
The film was filmed for only 19 days, basically until 11 o'clock at night every day, and some days even had to stay up until 3 o'clock in the morning. The shooting period coincided with the coldest three or nine days in the northeast, so the shooting conditions were relatively harsh. "People in the northeast are also afraid of the cold, and when shooting, Qiqihar is minus 40 degrees, freezing from morning to night. We still have a lot of outdoor scenes, such as frostbite on the hands when shooting fish on the ice, Su Xi also said that it is good to open his mouth to act every day, although it is very cold, but it is still very rewarding to shoot the scene. ”
Beijing News reporter Zhou Huixiaowan
Edited by Xu Meilin Proofreader Li Xiangling