On November 3, the movie "Love and Affection" directed by Zhang Aijia began to be released!
This is the best Chinese film of 2017 I've seen so far this year!
It's a tear-jerking work, but there's a lot of humor, laughter, and even some element of black comedy.
Zhang Aijia is full of sympathy and understanding for each character, the obsession of the elderly, the crisis of middle-aged people, and the attitude of young people to love, all of which are extremely vividly depicted. Tian Zhuangzhuang and Rene Liu served as the laughter point of the movie.
"Love and Affection" has a sharp critique under the gentle strokes, the bloodlust of the media in the era of consumerism, and the ratings are based on the pain of others.
Zhang Aijia's midlife crisis, Grandma's lifelong waiting, you think it is just tears, in fact, it is also full of laughter. Of course, after every laugh, there is a little bit of evocative stuff. The very cruel things in life were said very gently by Zhang Aijia.
Zhang Aijia tries to use the ashes of her parents to resist the fear of death; she unreasonably controls everything about her daughter to eliminate the uneasiness about losing her daughter; Zhang Aijia has a lot of personal experience of the character she created, but she is not spoiled, and she also criticizes this character.
For example, she tries to use money to get the people in the village, she is suspicious of her husband, and she ignores the pain of her grandmother. In the end, when she saw her grandmother facing the old age of her husband who waited for a lifetime but did not know each other, she was also greatly shaken, and she let go of her obsession, is this not her understanding of the tardiness of life?
Is it cruel or worthwhile to wait with a lifetime, to support a lifetime with a thought?
"Love and Affection" has received seven nominations at the Golden Horse Awards, among which Wu Yanshu, who plays Grandma, just won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Relocation" this year, and it is likely that she also won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress for refusing to "relocate" the grave.
Of course, the performances of Zhang Aijia, Tian Zhuangzhuang, and even Tan Weiwei, Rene Liu, and Geng Le are wonderful and quite interesting.
The point is that this movie is really suitable for the whole family to watch together, and everyone can find themselves in it.
I wish the "Love and Affection" Golden Horse Awards a great victory!