This week's old Hong Kong film comes from brother Zhang Guorong. Of the many films he starred in, this was the only time he challenged the role of his father. Released in October 1999, the feature film Meteor Tale is based on Charlie Chaplin's classic "Finding a Son meets the Immortals", directed by Zhang Zhiliang, which tells the story between a frustrated father and a son abandoned by his biological mother.
Ah Rong, the securities broker played by his brother, became a bankrupt poor egg overnight because of the financial storm, from a spirited financial upstart. On a stormy night, he harvested a child, Ming Tsai.
Under the care of Ah Rong, Ming Tsai gradually grew up, and the little baby who was still swaddling was four years old in the blink of an eye, lively and understanding.
Because of the failure of his career, Ah Rong was devastated and has been living an unstable life of part-time work. Only for Ming Tsai, he invested two hundred percent of his energy and love.
Shaojun, a single mother who abandoned him because she could not afford to raise children, met her own son Mingzai again four years later, got along very happily, and she and Ah Rong also became friends.
The enthusiastic neighbors, worried that under such economic conditions, Ah Rong could not guarantee the future of Ming Tsai, so they called for help from the Welfare Department, but accidentally exposed the relationship between Ah Rong and Ming Tsai who were not father and son.
Because of Ah Rong's violent non-cooperation, the Welfare Department decided to take legal action, and the truth that Shaojun was Ming Tsai's biological mother also surfaced.
In the end, Ah Rong let Ming Tsai return to Shao Jun's side, and the mother and son were reunited, and he could only leave lonely.
Meteor language Director: Zhang Zhiliang Writers: Deng Hanqiang Starring: Zhang Guorong / Ye Jinglan / Dillon / Wu Jiali / Qi Qi / more... Genre: Drama / Comedy Country/Region of Production: Hong Kong, China Language: Cantonese Release: 1999-10-14 (Hong Kong, China) Runtime: 110 minutes Also known as: the kid
Only a few years later, will The grown-up Ming Zai still remember this adoptive father who accompanied him for four years and plucked out his heart and lungs?
Zhang Guorong, who has no children, dedicates a very successful and delicate father figure in this movie.
Here, he is not Ah Fei, not Ouyang Feng, not Ning Caichen and He Baorong, he is just a decadent old father.
But look closely, Ah Rong's father is different from his father in real life, but it is the same.
For others, fatherhood is a smooth stage of life, and for Ah Rong, the arrival of Ming Tsai was just an accident at first.
Many people's experience as a father is probably like this, marrying and starting a family with a beloved woman, fighting for the future, knowing that his wife is pregnant will be excited and looking forward to it, after a long ten months of waiting, the child will fall to the ground, at this time can feel the new joy and responsibility of the new father. But for Ah Rong, such emotions he had never really felt.
On the night of the ushering in Ming Tsai, it was the time when Ah Rong was at its lowest point. A financial storm ruined his family, and when he picked up Ming Tsai, he also chose to put Ming Tsai back in place.
The sudden rainstorm finally woke him up and picked up the child again. Ah Rong apologized for neglecting this little life, so he would say sorry to the little baby who knew nothing.
At this time, Ah Rong's mood should be nervous, guilty, and helpless, but there is no joy. But even in such a bad mood, he did not sit idly by, to embarrass and let another life die on its own.
Although not father and son, Ah Rong poured all his love into Ming Tsai's body. When Ah Rong was working, Ming Zai would go upstairs to Lan Jie's house to stay, or go to play with other children; when Ah Rong was idle at home, the father and son would stare wide-eyed and small-eyed, and they could also play with flowers. Such a tacit understanding, if there is no deep bondage, can not be cultivated.
Therefore, when Shaojun accused him of not taking children, he would be so angry, it was because he was wronged; therefore, when his old colleague invited him to become a partner, he would refuse, it was because he knew that although he had money, he would not have a lot of time to accompany Mingzai; therefore, when the Welfare Department found out that he had illegally adopted Mingzai, he would be so angry, it was because he was afraid of losing his son; so, when Shaojun, who learned the truth, because he felt that the two fathers and sons had a deep affection, decided to let Ah Rong continue to take Mingzai, However, he chose to give up loneliness and leave for the sake of Mingzai's future.
Ah Rong loves Ming Tsai as much as the father of his own child in the whole world.
How beautiful would it be if the film was only put in the first half of the film and ended abruptly, so that the life of the father and son could go on with such self-enjoyment, like the end of a fairy tale, into a utopia that made people infinitely reverie?
But not everything can be emotionally full of water.
We can be touched by the deep feelings and attachments between Ah Rong and Ming Tsai, but we have to face reality.
Spiritual and material, if we have to choose one, then this incomparably cruel society will definitely tell us to choose the latter. With bread, I have the strength to think about other problems.
In common Hong Kong TV dramas, the favorite is to pose on the top, there is no shortage of large houses with swimming pools, and there is no shortage of high-end people who talk appropriately.
However, in this movie, Zhang Zhiliang, the director of chicken thieves, did not let Ah Rong embark on the inspirational road for his son. Four years later, Ah Rong, with Ming Zai, lived in a dirty and messy tenement building, far from a rich life.
On the messy streets, because the parents worked, the children who were left unattended at home ran around and played, and the grandmother and grandfather, who worked hard to earn some money, had to constantly wake up to the arrival of the city management.
Lan Jie, who collected rent, was actually alone, she opened the hostel into a nursing home, taking in a group of homeless widows and elderly people, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not stop the death god from taking these old people away. For the people around them, it is no longer a big fuss to find the old man dead, call the police, and the medical care to carry the person away.
This is the life of the low-level citizens of Hong Kong, sad and real, they are trying to live, looking forward to one day soaring.
Ah Rong has been brilliant, so he can be safe in the present. Under the introduction of the neighbors, he did odd jobs, helped Lan Jie upstairs from time to time, and then had more time to accompany Ming Tsai to grow up. In his view, although the environment is difficult, the young Ming Tsai understands things, and the two fathers and sons have a deep affection, so such a life is enough.
But let the child follow the father who has no financial strength and no intention of making progress, lives in a house with four walls and leaks rain, and hangs in a small circle of kneeling and rolling and playing games, no different from a free-range wild child.
And how many parents would be willing? Although the child is still very young and does not pursue much, but grow up a little, grow up a little, and then what?
Reality is always bone-chilling.
Ah Rong did not insist on it, but one thing after another happened, so that he finally chose to give up.
The return of Shaojun is the first signal.
In Mingzai's life, he has one more playmate and one more aunt who cares about himself. However, on the issue of children's upbringing, Shaojun and Ah Rong had a disagreement.
Ah Rong personally made a sailboat for Ming Tsai as a surprise, and it was expected that Ming Tsai had already received the gift given to him by Shao Jun, that very expensive dream boat. Holding the boat, Ming Zai was very happy, but Ah Rong in this situation felt a little disappointed and panicked. I believe that this is Ah Rong's first wavering.
Ming Tsai held the new sailboat, was red in the eyes of the children in the community, during the chase, the two hid under the big truck, the driver was about to drive, fortunately, there were well-meaning people who stopped in time, otherwise it was two lives instead of small bruises. Ah Rong, who returned from work, just bumped into this face, and the neighbors were harshly reprimanded.
On the rooftop, Ah Rong did not scold Ming Tsai, but only took the opportunity to educate. But this incident once again reminded him that children need to be cared for, and it is actually a dilemma to make a living and raise children. Ah Rong was shaken again.
The enthusiastic neighbors found the Welfare Department and wanted to help the two fathers and sons apply for CSSA. Ah Rong, who felt that he could live on his own two hands, rejected their kindness. During the dispute, the two sides pushed and shoved, and the staff decided to take Ah Rong away after illegally adopting the child and had a bad intention, and also called the police to investigate and detain Ah Rong.
Ah Rong, who was released from the police station on bail, hurriedly packed up his things, planning to take Ming Tsai out to hide for a while, and launched a you chase me block. Although Ah Rong escaped with the help of the old acquaintance policeman Long Sir, what should he do after this?
On the same day, Sister Lan also died quietly like those elderly people in the nursing home. The dragon sir, who has a crush on her for a long time, is sad, and he finds the two fathers and sons who are still fleeing in the park, and plans to say goodbye to Ah Rong. Without Lan Jie, Long Sir decided to transfer to other districts, and before leaving, he once again advised Ah Rong to let go. The pursuit of the Welfare Department and the departure of Sister Lan were like the last straw, overwhelming Ah Rong.
At the end of the movie, Ah Rong and Shao Jun made a final communication. He decided to let Ming Tsai return to his biological mother, Shaojun has money and time, patience and love, I believe this will also be the best belonging of Ming Tsai.
When watching the film, the moon is actually very entangled.
Break up the two people who have a deep father-son relationship and let Ming Tsai have a good future? Or let Ah Rong continue to take Ming Zai and crawl under the weight of life?
Perhaps Ah Rong, who has experienced great ups and downs, is willing to give up on himself, but he is not willing to give up Xiaoming, so he will return Mingzai to his biological mother, so in the whole movie, he did not let Mingzai call his father.
Ah Rong is a thorough pessimist, but only in the case of Aimingzai, he is active and active.
"Meteor Language" can be watched for free at iQiyi, and children's shoes that want to see it may wish to gently move your expensive feet.
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