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's popular film " Homecoming ", which is currently being shown on National Day, starts with the concept of diplomatic evacuation of overseas Chinese, and tells the story of Chinese diplomats evacuating Chinese compatriots from tense war zones with their excellent diplomatic skills and courage. In a highly stylized and commercialized creation, the film demonstrates the spiritual power of with unique Chinese characteristics. Relying on the inclusiveness of the film's subject matter, the film depicts China's attitude with road confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence, and cultural confidence from an international perspective.
The Chinese movie , along with the development of Chinese politics, economy and culture, presents distinct characteristics of the times. The new generation of Chinese filmmakers who have grown up in the new era, relying on their vision of growth that is different from their predecessors, and by absorbing the excellent creative experience of world films, integrate the genre creations that have been tested by the audience with the narrative techniques with Chinese characteristics to create a unique film style.
"Homecoming" breaks through the conventional creative ideas, adopts similar creative techniques to genre films in terms of plot narration and character building, and conveys the theme connotation with Chinese characteristics. Taking the characters deeply focused in films like diplomats as an example, the film does not flatten and mechanically present the missions and functions of diplomatic posts, but first shapes the characters of diplomats Zong Dawei and Cheng Lang as ordinary people. , enrich its family background, highlight its imperfect side, and make the characters more full and vivid. After completing the character modeling, the film does not ignore the presentation of mainstream values, but bases the character modeling on the expression of mainstream Chinese emotions, and completes the internationalization of mainstream values such as family and national conditions in conveying friendship, love, and family affection. Spread and present.
conveys Chinese mainstream values in the context of international communication, which is the main way to reach cultural consensus. The grand theme of "The Journey Home" has created an emotional foundation for global dissemination of Chinese stories that carry mainstream values. Home is always the emotional belonging shared by people from all over the world, and family affection is also the emotional cognition reached by human beings. "The Way Back Home" skillfully externalizes the mainstream value of China as home - an image that can more arouse the emotional resonance of audiences from all over the world. . Whether it is the strong feeling of returning home from Chinese overseas compatriots on the way to evacuate overseas Chinese, or the desire of the people in the war zone for a peaceful home, the film emotionally resonates with the audience through their gaze at home. On the basis of completing the establishment of consensus emotions, the film naturally and vividly outputs the Chinese value orientation with emotion as the core: looking forward to reunion and longing for peace.
's use of an international narrative vision to show China's attitude as a great power is one of the important signs that China's film and television creation has entered a new era, and it is also an important task for China to approach the center of the international stage. Relying on the real evacuation of overseas Chinese, "The Journey Home" reproduces China's attitude of resolutely protecting its own citizens overseas, and also reflects China's responsible attitude as a major country in the story structure of the international background. The attitude of a big country like
is first shown as respect for the culture of other countries. The film runs through the story of Sinbad's adventures in "One Thousand and One Nights". The distant Arabian civilization and China's affectionate gaze on the countryside since ancient times have complemented each other, forming a relationship of destiny across nations and countries, reflecting the humanities of war-torn countries. care. In terms of plot, "The Journey Home" not only designed the plot of Chinese diplomats facing life threats, but still did not give up China's diplomatic stance, highlighting China's non-interference in other countries' internal affairs and peace-loving attitude, but also the most dramatic climax. , designed to rescue a little local girl who was adopted by a Chinese couple. Even in the face of a powerful rebel army, the little girl's Chinese mother always stood by her side. If it is the mission and duty of the protagonist as a Chinese diplomat to bring the Chinese compatriots home across thousands of mountains and rivers, then protecting a little local girl from war is deeply rooted in the bones of the Chinese people for thousands of years. The brilliance of human nature is exactly the ideological value that China presents in the process of world peace and development. In addition, the film also involves the aid of local economic construction and other plots, and also shapes the image of kind-hearted local people such as border officials and drivers. Its perspective is not only from the Chinese themselves, but uses a higher and wider perspective World Vision tells Chinese stories.
is on the road to the new journey, and the film "Returning from Thousands of Miles", which is based on the real evacuation event in China, has undoubtedly expanded new horizons for Chinese films and opened up new creative ideas, both in terms of theme and pattern.
(Author: Rao Shuguang Rao Shijia, Rao Shuguang is a special researcher at the Beijing Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, president of the China Film Critic Society, Rao Shijia is a ChineseMember of the Society of Film Critics)
