From December 12th to December 22nd, the National Art Film Exhibition Alliance held the "2019 New Art · Winter Warm Theme Film Festival" in 5 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu and Nanjing. The exhibition will be divided into three curatorial units: "Remote·Reverberation", "Memory·Journey" and "Staring·Women". A total of 10 new domestic art films will meet the audience.
The Sichuan Opera-themed movie "Singing Alive" appeared in the "Memory•Journey" section and was screened at Pacific Studios (Wangfujing Store) on December 15. Producer Deng Jie, starring actors Zhao Xiaoli, Gan Guidan, producer Wu Xianjian and others appeared at the meeting site. Zhao Xiaoli sat in the audience and watched the movie with everyone. Although she has watched the movie many times, she is still very moved and wiping tears from time to time.
Famous Sichuan opera artist Xiao Ting: After watching this play in tears, Han Mei, Wei Minglun, Rao Shuguang, Xiao Ting, Zhang Yong and other industry experts also watched the movie.
Wei Minglun, a "Ghost of Bashu", said that he was shocked after watching the film. "The film expresses magical realism, from content to form almost perfect, and the questions raised are thought-provoking." said Rao Shuguang, director of the Film Art Center of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. This film has given us a lot of enlightenment. I hope that more young audiences will see such a film." Xiao Ting, a famous Sichuan opera artist, said with emotion, "I watched this film in tears, and it gave us some thoughts."
is famous Screenwriter Zhang Yong also came to the scene. She said: "I am very moved. The movie tells the story of the struggle of Sichuan Opera folk artists. They love Sichuan Opera so much that they will be afraid of loss and pain. I hope Sichuan Opera people can do their best."
Producer Deng Jie: Show the most beautiful Sichuan Opera Zhao Li (also known as Zhao Xiaoli), the proprietor of the Sichuan Opera Troupe in "Sing Alive" directed by Ma Nan and produced by Deng Jie, runs secretly in order to maintain her own theater.
In 2012, Zhao Gang, the documentary director of Chengdu TV Station, spent three months with the troupe in Shibantan and filmed the documentary "Folk Theater Troupe", which attracted attention to the story of Zhao Li and her troupe.
Deng Jie said that she and Zhang Guoli were moved by seeing this documentary and decided to make it into a movie. Deng Jie revealed that she initially planned to play with Zhang Guoli, but finally found out that she could not perform, so she decided to use the original cast. At the end of the movie
, a Sichuan opera performance by Zhao Xiaoli and Gan Guidan was very exciting. Deng Jie said that this passage presents the most beautiful things in Sichuan opera to the audience. Sichuan opera not only changes faces, but also has many more beautiful things. "A folk theater troupe, a group of grassroots artists, live and sing on a rural stage, their optimism , Tenaciousness, and persistence in the art of Sichuan opera deeply moved me."
starring Zhao Xiaoli: still insisting on performing locally
"Sing Alive" The prototype originated from a folk Sichuan opera troupe in Shibantan Town, Xindu District, Chengdu ". The film tells the touching story of Zhao Li and her folk Sichuan opera class "Torch Theater" over the past ten years, sticking to the rural stage in Chengdu and their persistent pursuit of the art of Sichuan opera. The average age of the troupe members is close to half a hundred, and most of them are from elementary school. Although some people have opened teahouses, restaurants, sold department stores, and worked as workers on the assembly line in Zhejiang, they eventually returned to this stage. For them, Sichuan Opera is a heroic dream of ordinary life, a means of earning a living, and a kind of dignity of life.
Zhao Xiaoli said that after the film was shown, the local cultural authority gave more attention and help to the folk Sichuan opera troupe, and the performance environment has improved compared with before. Although he won many awards, Zhao Xiaoli still insisted on performing locally.
At the 32nd China Film Golden Rooster Awards held not long ago, "Sing Alive" was nominated for "Best Medium and Small Cost Feature Film", and Zhao Xiaoli, the number one actress in the film and a folk Sichuan opera actor, won the Golden Rooster Award for "Best Actress" Nominate. This year, at the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival Asian Newcomer Awards, "Sing Alive" won two awards for Best Picture and Best Actress in one fell swoop. Prior to this, the film was shortlisted for the "Directors' Fortnight" at the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival.
It is reported that "Singing Alive" will meet national audiences next spring.
Red Star News reporter Zhang Shihao Photographic report
