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On February 17, 1960, after the release of the movie "The Wanderings of the Bitter Child", it caused a huge sensation, and the theme song of the movie "Only Mother in the World" sung by the heroine Xiao Fangfang made countless audiences burst into tears.
A few months later, the film was shortlisted for the San Francisco International Film Festival Gold Award, and it was only at this time that the creators who went to the competition showed a rare smile.
Years later, when the heroine Xiao Fangfang was interviewed by People Weekly, she still remembered the situation at the time of shooting: director Bu Wancang was very much like a slow-motion video, and the film that planned to shoot for several months was filmed for 1 year and 8 months. The acting dogs and monkeys have changed, the dogs are tired, the monkeys are tired, and I almost fight with Wang Yin.
This bitter love film branded by the times, adapted from the novel of the same name by French writer Hector Malot, is currently available in many versions.
But if we talk about the degree and influence of classics, there is no doubt that director Bu Wancang's film is the most classic, not to mention how many awards it has won and how many box office it has won, just to say that Xiao Fangfang sang the theme song of the movie "Only Mother is Good in the World", who of you and I in front of the screen has not heard?
But this movie was not easy to make.
Director Bu Wancang as early as the 1930s with "Three Modern Women", "Peach Blossom Crying Blood", "National Soul" and other films to grow into a generation of famous directors, to the 1950s, he founded the Taishan Film Company, but also discovered a large number of super movie stars such as Shi Hui, Glen, Li Yan, ZhongQing and so on.
When filming "Wanderings of the Bitter Child", Bu Wancang entered the late stage of his career, and his film company was already struggling, but when the screenwriter Wu Tieyi found him, he still took over the script without hesitation - there is a good story, a good script, even if I smash the pot and sell iron, I will shoot!
More real directors have always been able to attract excellent actors, such as Wang Yin and Chen Yanyan who were in the sky at that time, joined with a salary cut; Xiao Fangfang, a child star who was only 10 years old, served as the big heroine; Luo Wei and He Bin, two directors, starred for free; and what is more rare is that Hu Die, who has been in the film for thirty years at that time, also came back to help!
The script is done, the cast is done, then it should be possible to shoot, right?
Unexpectedly, Bu Wancang brought two dogs and a monkey to the male protagonist Wang Yin: You first cultivate a good relationship with them, and the role of the two of them is also very heavy, so the others will wait first.
The crowd looked at each other and cried and laughed.
Wang Yin played a jianghu artist in the film, with two dogs and a monkey selling art for a living, he saw the director so arranged, although he was upset, but he could only follow the director's requirements.
A few months later, Wang Yin established a relationship with the two dogs and this monkey, and began filming!
Unexpectedly, before a few shots were taken, Bu Wancang shook his head continuously: No! The film is set in the cold winter, how can you shoot that strange cold feeling in Hong Kong?
Therefore, Bu Wancang directly chose Japan for filming - where it is cold, even if it is.
Although the actors were deceived, the contract was signed and had to shoot in an environment of more than thirty degrees below zero in Japan.
Poor Wang Ying's role is set as a ragged jianghu artist, he leads the dog and the monkey to shoot over and over again, either the dog does not cooperate, or the monkey is frostbitten, and later the dog is tired, and the monkey is exhausted!
After changing dogs and monkeys, and having to re-cultivate feelings with them, Wang Yin collapsed, catching who scolded whom, and no one in the crew was spared except Xiao Fangfang!
Xiao Fangfang was worried that Wang Yin would scold herself, so she was always ready to fight desperately. Filming is made like this, I am afraid that this is the existence of no one in the history of cinema.
But this is no wonder Wang Yin, Xiao Fangfang herself grew up to understand Wang Yin's grievances: in extremely cold weather, people's emotions are easily fluctuated, replaced by any actor, I am afraid he can not bear to play with two dogs and a monkey, plus a child for 1 year and 8 months.
So what exactly is this movie about?
Xiaomei (Xiao Fangfang) and her mother (Chen Yanyan) are dependent on each other in the countryside, and one day they accidentally learn that Xiaomei's father is injured. The mother and daughter sold the family's old cattle and raised money to treat Xiaomei's father.
When the crippled father returned home, he was determined to sell Xiaomei in the face of the pressure of survival and life, and told her that he had picked up the child. Jianghu artist Wei Lanting (Wang Yin) bought Xiaomei and taught her to read and learn art.
Later, Wei Lanting offends the bully, and Xiaomei, who lives on the street, is adopted by Lady Gan (Hu Die).
After Wei Lanting was released from prison, he took Xiaomei back, and fell to the ground in the snow on a snowy night. Xiaomei, who was mournful, once again lived on the street.
Later, she was adopted by a kind gardener, and after the gardener went bankrupt, Xiaomei once again lived on the streets.
At this time, she began to search for her mother, but she did not expect that her mother was actually Mrs. Gan, and Xiaomei was secretly taken out and discarded by her uncle because of her uncle's plundering of the family property when she was a child...
Through the simple plot combing of the pickpocket sister, you can intuitively see that this is a very bitter story.
In fact, the tragedy in the film was often staged in that era, the director used a realistic approach to shoot, the plot was ups and downs, fascinating, and the actors' acting skills exploded and made people feel empathy.
When the movie was released, there was a lot of crying in the movie theater, and when the film ended, Xiao Fangfang sang the theme song of "Only Mother is Good in the World" with a childish child's voice, and the audience stood up and applauded endlessly.
In April 2013, the Hong Kong Film Archive released a newly restored collector's edition of The Wanderings of a Bitter Child, which was scheduled to be screened during the Hong Kong International Film Festival. After watching it, many foreign film critics were moved and could not help themselves, and they asked to meet with the directors and actors.
Perhaps they have forgotten that the director and lead actor of this movie are currently only one "bitter child" Xiao Fangfang!
Why is a movie great and why is it a classic?
It doesn't have to be a big investment, what a luxurious lineup.
What it needs is a good script, a professional and dedicated director and actor, and the dedication of all the crew to the art of cinema.
Now, 60 years later, even if you haven't seen this movie, when the theme song of this movie sounds, I'm sure you can still be touched by it.
Only the mother is good in the world, and the child with the mother is like a treasure, thrown into the arms of the mother, and happiness cannot be enjoyed. No mother is the most distressed, no mother's child is like a grass, leaving the mother's embrace, where to find happiness? Only the mother is good in the world, and the child who has the mother does not know. If she knew, she would laugh in her dreams...
Chinese films need more real directors, more real actors,—— need more real! #影视杂淡 #
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