Director Liu Ze participated in film exchange activities. Respondents provided
Taiyuan, December 11 (Reporter Hu Jian) Shanxi director Liu Ze's film "Where to Come is the Way Home" is participating in the third Hainan Island International Film Festival in Sanya, Hainan, and after the screening, many viewers were touched by the film's focus on Alzheimer's disease, and also expressed appreciation for the director's delicate lens language.
The movie "Where to Come is the Way Home" is adapted from Li Yanrong's novella "Waiting", directed by Shanxi director Liu Ze, Sun Jingyong as producer, Xu Zhipeng as producer, Tang Xiaoran, Li Kunmian, Zhang Hongjing and other starring, telling the story of the heroine returning to her hometown in the summer to work, in order to help her mother take care of her father suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and then generate anxiety and pressure around the father of the whole family, and re-examine the meaning of survival and death.
Director Liu Ze and the main creator appeared at the Hainan Island International Film Festival. Respondents provided
At the scene of the post-screening exchange, a young female audience member said that the last shot of the film reminded her of a passage: "The moment when a loved one leaves usually does not make people feel sad. And what really makes you feel sad is that the half carton of milk that opens the refrigerator, the green lotus that sways with the wind on the windowsill, the duvet that is quietly folded on the bed, and the noise from the washing machine in the middle of the night... "Where to come is the way home" What I understand is to return to the originality of life, from everywhere to the place. ”
Liu Ze still remembers that after the screening at the São Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil, the Brazilian media reported on the film more than 90 times, and a student from Brazil who studied film wrote to Liu Ze: "I watched your film at the São Paulo Film Festival, which is the best choice I have done at this film festival." There are two scenes in the film that move me very much and bring tears to my eyes, and this feeling reminds me of the day my grandfather died..."
Up to now, "Where to Come is Home" has been shortlisted for 5 domestic and foreign film festivals: the world premiere of the 4th Pingyao International Film Festival (Audience's Most Popular Film Award); the 44th São Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil New Director Competition Unit; the 15th Cyprus International Film Festival Aphrodite Gold Award Unit, Best Cinematography Nomination for Debut Film; the 11th Golden Bridge International Film Festival; and the 3rd Hainan Island International Film Festival "Vientiane China" Unit.
After the premiere of the Pingyao International Film Festival, "Where to Come is the Way Home" also received praise from Xie Fei and Jia Zhangke. After the director Xie Fei watched the film, he left a message in the comment area for the first time: "Surprisingly solid quality, the old actors on the Shanxi drama stage are wonderful, the director has scheduled the scenes in many family units and houses to be real and smooth, and the long shots are excellent..."
"Coming Is the Way Home" will enter the theater line in 2021, mentioning the preparation of the new work, Liu Ze said, "I want to make a review of "The Coming Is the Way Home", there are many deficiencies in it that need to be considered, and I hope that the next work will go up to a higher level in all aspects than the first. (End)
Source: China News Network