Dongguan Sunshine Net News (All Media Reporter He Anqi) Everyone has a place to yearn for, and local director Lai Xueyi found such a "haven paradise" in Dongguan and made it into a movie. The Guan-produced film "Taste of Happy Island", which will land on the national theaters on December 13th, will have its public premiere at the Magnolia Theater at 7:30 this evening.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Lai Xueyi, the director of "Taste of Happy Island", and some actors arrived at the premiere and took pictures with the audience. Director Lai Xueyi's children also arrived at the scene to watch this "delicious" healing movie together.
"Taste of Happiness Island" is a cinema movie filmed in Dongguan. Most of the film is shot on the island of Honolulu in Shijie Town. Starring by Hong Kong actor Tang Ning. It is about the heroine Zhou Xiaoli, who has encountered a bottleneck in her life. On the beautiful Sandalwood Island, she and the island owner heal each other through food and gradually get out of their respective difficulties. Director Lai Xueyi, who was born and raised in Dongguan, told reporters that the inspiration for this movie came from a warm memory when she was 3 years old. "I was lost and crying in Guancheng. A cleaner gave me a piece of bread. The warmth and movingness at that time. A kind of accompany with me till now. When I grew up, I decided to make a movie, which is related to bread and warm.” Although the story in the movie is about bread, it is essentially about the awakening of a female power, a mother Change. "The story is about how a woman becomes self-reliant and self-reliant. This is a process of trying to find herself. Maybe they have an island, but not everything will go smoothly.
Where is the place of happiness? This is the part I leave for the audience to think about." Lai Xueyi said. Since it is a healing movie, it has a "healing" effect in the process of being created. Lai Xueyi said that in the process of shooting, she kept thinking about what happiness is, and shooting constantly overthrew, rebuilt, and examined herself. "I usually make bread for my family. This is the taste of my mother, no added taste. What is happiness? For me, it means giving the things I love to people I want to care about."
Lai Xueyi started filming. The original intention was to record the old Dongguan. Later, she launched the Guancheng Film and Television Culture Promotion Association. They began to try short films, micro films, documentaries, and later feature films in 2014. Her growth also fits the growth trajectory of Dongguan's local movies. "I filmed Dongguan because I have never forgotten it, and I can't forget its inclusive of all rivers and rivers. It accommodates so many people and gives us the warmth of our family. People fall in love with it as soon as they come here." And when it comes to the development of the local film industry , She said that more filmmakers need to "go out", go out with a learning mentality, and deny themselves.
