"Who fell in love with him first" is the biggest dark horse in Taipei movies this year, with a total investment of less than 8 million yuan, but it has been unanimously loved by the audience. Won 5 awards at the Taipei Film Festival and 8 nominations at the Golden Horse Awards. Only this film was shortlisted for the best feature feature film, and it is also known as the back line of defense for Taiwanese films. Second only to Zhang Yimou's "Shadow".
"Who fell in love with him first" is the work of director Xu Yuting, who is also a Taiwanese gold medal screenwriter. And this film is her directorial debut. This Chinese film that explores ethics and morals, the same sex and the opposite sex, and the relationship between family and true love can be said to be rare. The last time this kind of film appeared was 25 years ago. "Wedding Banquet."
We also know that many movies now have to be deleted and deleted again in order to pass the trial, just like "I am the God of Medicine", although this movie is not better than "I am the God of Medicine" on the whole Many, but "I am the God of Medicine" has not escaped the clutches of "over-trial". The movie "Who fell in love with him first" can be said to be created very freely and boldly. The problems involved in it are many films that want to say but dare not say, or are evasive.
"Who fell in love with him first" is a tragic "family wife" theme, but the filming effect can be said to be relaxed and interesting. The film tells a story in 100 minutes, and the main content is forgiveness. Forgive those who hurt you. Although you don't know why you forgive them, you will become happy from the moment you forgive.
The story here is mainly from a woman who sorted out her insurance money after her husband died. At some point, the husband’s insurance premium was changed from her son’s name to another strange man’s name. She didn’t know, so she took her son to find this man. The three protagonists of this film are all around the dead man: his wife, his son and her boyfriend.
In fact, before the death of her husband Song Zhengyuan, his wife Liu Sanlian already knew that there was a "lover" outside her husband. She had been a co-wife for so many years, but when she learned that the insurance money had been renamed, she was furious, so she started her daily home collection of debts. But the son was in the rebellious period and did not stand on the same line with him. He also ran to the house of the "lover" Gao Yujie and lived with this man. When several people were entangled for money and feelings, the story of the three people also slowly unfolded. It was a game of "who fell in love with him first" and "who he fell in love with first".
Song Zhengyuan is the source of the beginning of this story, and the maker of the "same wife" in society. There are many such people in modern society, and they have to bow to traditional society and public opinion. Whether he truly loved his wife is unknown, and the movie did not criticize his behavior, but instead portrayed him as a kind person. As a father, he wanted his son to hate himself, so he didn't tell him everything. In his opinion, hate is easier to be cured.
But Gao Yujie is the opposite of him. He believes that love will make it easier for a person to recover. So from the film, we also see him crazy about love, but when faced with sharp problems, he will come forward again. When Liu Sanlian scolded him as "shameless mistress", he would jokingly call himself "one more" underneath, so he should be called Xiao Wang. If Song Zhengyuan is a person who bows like a traditional society, then Xiao Wang is a representative of comrades who dare to love and hate. He always loves silently and insists that his thoughts remain unshakable. The movie portrays this role perfectly, but I believe that as long as you insist on loving and working hard, the love between comrades will be accepted.
About Liu Sanlian, she is a typical oriental traditional woman. She is imprisoned by traditional ideas and kidnapped by public opinion. In order to maintain her family, she begs her husband to stay, and for her son, she can even move closer to "Xiao Wang". But she was still dissatisfied in her heart, and even collapsed and asked the psychologist: "Is all this fake?" Liu Sanlian's experience was both sympathetic and helpless.
ended all this in a "compromise" way in the final movie. When Liu Sanlian embraced him with flowers in her hand, she accepted the fact that her son was gay, and it also represented that society would eventually accept gays. "Don't disturb each other, it is the best blessing." Perhaps this kind of life is the best situation we can see today, and perhaps in the near future, we will also welcome a day recognized by the world. Dare to make this movie, dareWrite, or will become the future of same-sex movies!
