It is reported that the film "Open Up" directed by Zhao Yiran received a notice from the organizing committee to be officially shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 13th Macao International Film Festival in 2021. Director Zhao Yiran's Sichuan Provincial Key Theme Film "Between Heaven and Earth" was shortlisted for the 12th Macao International Film Festival, and the new film was once again shortlisted for the film festival, and zhao expressed his sincere gratitude for the support of the organizing committee on behalf of the film crew.
The film tells a touching story of the anti-war war that took place in 1938 in the town of Wen'an, Hebei Province, with the help of a military engineering team. The film focuses on the five major intangible cultural heritages of Wen'an, such as Suqiao Flying Fork, Zuo Gezhuang Pole Club, etc., and shows the legend of bagua palm through the role, the director and actor Han Yingqun and actor Li Jiacun, the chief producer Dong Minggang are all Wen'an people, everyone has a common wish is to publicize Wen'an culture, with the strong support of the Propaganda Department of Wen'an County Party Committee, the film shooting is very smooth.
General Counsel Zhang Ruiying said that the inheritance and dissemination of local culture is very important, and hopes that director Zhao Yiran can express local culture more three-dimensionally through the restoration of the era scene and the shaping of the character image. The film brings together many powerful actors to join in, Han Bo as a Wen'an actor is not to give in, a wood-cutting axe finally achieved the confidence of the revolution, a good completion of the growth of male no. 1 Liangzi. There are also Song Jialing, the underground party played by Zhan Liguo, the Yuexian played by Wang Siyi who swore to die to avenge her husband, the old hunter played by Yan Guanying, the foreigner magician played by Kong Qingsan, the old second brother played by He Tiehong, and the junzi played by Wang Shimeng and the translator played by Song Weihong are all portrayed with flesh and blood, which is unique.
In the creation of Director Zhao has his own understanding, in the face of many excellent actors, Director Zhao in the shooting as far as possible to draw a large circle, to give the actors as much as possible performance space, in the overall rhythm, scheduling and character relationship overall grasp. Director Zhao often said to the actors, "Once our overall character collocation is set, the actor must run his own character through to the end." Action director Li Guohua and director Zhao Yiran are old partners, who have cooperated in the filming of large-scale anti-war TV series "Crossing the Beacon Line", etc., and have a very tacit understanding in the shooting of war scenes, cold winter, countless night shooting, and I believe that the film must be gratifying with the joint efforts of the film crew. According to executive producer Zhao Zhijie, director Zhao Yiran led a team across Hebei and Shandong provinces to select scenes with the support of director Mr. Han Yingqun in order to restore the realism of the scene in an all-round way.
The film is jointly produced by Xi'an Xingtuo Pictures and Maritime Shengyi Media Company, the film strongly expresses the people's desire for home, and the spirit of sacrifice of revolutionaries is deeply moving. According to the statistics of the editorial department of the Film Digital Program Management Center, the movie "Open Up" once topped the 2020 public welfare film feature film ordering champion and became one of the most popular films among the audience.
It is understood that in the process of filming the movie "Open Out", it has received strong support from the Wen'an County Party Committee and County Government and the Wen'an County Propaganda Department, as well as relevant units such as Hebei Jinqiu Wood Industry, Wen'an and Minmu Industry.
Edit: Kong Jianchao