Directed by Zuo Zhiguo, produced by Ding Jianguo, and starring Wang Haitao, Ren Qing'an, Ding Jianjun and others, the film "Mountain Peaks Shrouded in Clouds" was officially released on April 26 today, and a word-of-mouth special edition was released at the same time. In the face of such an exquisite and high-quality domestic crime suspense movie, the audience shouted that it was not enough to watch it.
Since the film was shortlisted for the Free Spirit Competition at the Warsaw International Film Festival last year, it has attracted attention at many screening events in China. A few days ago, due to the menacing "Avengers 4: Endgame" (hereinafter referred to as "Avengers 4"), many domestic films have announced that they have changed their files or changed to art theaters, and only a few domestic films such as "Mountain Peaks Shrouded in Clouds" are still standing in this period, trying to bring more movie options to the audience.
"Cloud-shrouded Mountain Peaks", released in the same file as Reunion 4, is a true story based on the director Zuo Zhi's national hometown Xingtai. The film tells the story of a young father who, because he has no money to treat his seriously ill daughter and does not want to pay the arrears of compensation, is forced to take a risk and kidnaps the daughter of his boss, thus dragging several unrelated strangers into the abyss of sin. Although it is based on social cases, the director chooses to tell the story in a highly brain-burning way, with a high-density time-space and fragmented narrative method of "on a mountain" and "within a day", bringing the audience a different "puzzle" viewing experience.
The reputation of warm family affection in the brain-burning cold has risen all the way
Since April 15, the film "Cloudy Mountain Peaks" has held early screenings in 12 cities across the country, including the Beijing premiere on April 17. At present, according to the audience reaction, major media, ticketing platforms and Douban evaluations, the film has generally achieved positive reviews, and has been praised as "very grounded", "brain-burning", "sincere", "heart-piercing" and so on, and the word-of-mouth performance is good.
Some viewers said: "The film uses a more complex narrative method to tell a story that everyone can understand, which is very universal values. Worth a look"; There are also audience comments: "After watching it, I feel very cool, and the movie-watching experience is particularly good" and so on. At the same time, several scenes in the film also made many viewers deeply touched, "The most impressive scene is that the person throws money into the air in the dry well, as if struggling in fate, and finally an empty feeling." Some viewers also believe that the director's bondage to family affection in the film is particularly touching. As director Zuo Zhiguo said, he believes that everything will affect each other, so he chose the theme of "fate" to explore the "sin" and "love" of human nature. This makes the film have a cold and gloomy atmosphere, but there is no lack of shining points of warm family affection.
Well-known directors & film critics have praised and been praised for their careful carving
In addition to the audience who have seen the on-demand screening, film critics and media major v in the industry have also praised the film. The famous film critic Hu Jianli commented that "Mountain Peaks Shrouded in Clouds" is a film carved with heart, and the six-line narrative makes people have a kind of fun playing puzzles in the process of watching. Film critic Nakajima said that "there is both poetic black humor and a down-to-earth sense of life." Film critic Han Haoyue pointed out that this film is different from the same type of film in that "it distills a dramatic scene based on the real and the weird." ”
On the day of the Beijing premiere, the famous literary and art film director Zhang Jiarui also came to cheer for "Cloud-Shrouded Mountain", and after the screening, he said: "As a director's debut, it is quite difficult to shoot like this. In the movie, you can see all kinds of people in today's social reality, who do something for their relatives and for survival. The more you get to the back of the story, the better it gets. In addition, director Zhang Jiarui also expressed his appreciation for the director of this film, Zuo Zhiguo, believing that as a new director, the most important thing is "sincerity". "From this film, we can see the director's sincere concern for family affection and small people."
Domestic and foreign film festivals returned to the Warsaw Film Festival chairman to compete with "Rashomon"
Previously, when "Mountain Peaks Shrouded in Clouds" was premiered in the world at the 2018 Warsaw International Film Festival, it had already gained a good reputation, and was personally recommended by the president of the Warsaw Film Festival, comparable to Akira Kurosawa's classic god work "Rashomon", "weaving different motives, back and forth narrative". After that, he was not only invited to be the opening film of the 2018 China Yinchuan Internet Film Festival, but also shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 10th Macao International Film Festival, and was nominated for "Annual Film" and "Screenwriter of the Year" at the Beijing Youth Film Festival. After the film was screened at the Beijing Youth Film Festival last year, the applause on the spot lasted for a long time.
The movie "Mountain Peaks Shrouded in Clouds" has been officially released in China today on April 26, and audiences who like brain-burning puzzle movies must not miss it. It is reported that "Mountain Peaks Shrouded in Clouds" is jointly produced by Defeng Pictures Co., Ltd. and Beijing David Star Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., and is responsible for publicity and distribution by Beijing Film Genesis Culture Media Co., Ltd.