At the end of September, when a bunch of new dramas got together in time for the National Day broadcast, a small-cost TV series that was barely announced quietly started broadcasting. This is " Sanyue has a new job " broadcast on September 21st .
, this low-budget TV series without well-known actors, only has 13 episodes, and there is almost no discussion on major platforms, but today it got a good score of 8.3 on Douban.
only has more than 10,000 ratings, 80% of which have given four-star ratings or more. What is the magic of "Sanyue Has a New Job", so that almost all the people who watched it gave praise? The background of
is set in "Funeral Home", using "death" to discuss "alive"
"Sanyue has a new job" tells the story of Zhao Sanyue, who came to the funeral home by accident as a makeup artist, and embraced this profession from the beginning Unknown, to realize the story of life and death and study the makeup of the body with heart.
The play takes Zhao Sanyue as the origin, and through Zhao Sanyue's growth perspective, depicts the life and afterlife of the deceased that she witnessed, and reflects the images of all beings.
It is obvious that "Sanyue Has a New Job" is a workplace drama focusing on the funeral industry. Through the protagonist's experience in the workplace, he discusses some topics about death and living with the audience.
Most people have always been secretive about the topic of "death", and even have prejudice and fear of funeral practitioners, but in recent years, more and more works have tried to spread "death", such as the summer release The movie " life events ".
"Sanyue Has a New Job" is a 13-episode short drama, taking the form of unit drama , using stories from different units to tell different "death" stories.
In the play, a middle-aged man lost his wife. He couldn't accept his wife's departure.
It wasn't until his younger daughter attempted suicide that he woke him up and let him face life again and accept death. The idea conveyed in the play is that when we dwell in the grief of death for so long, the other precious things we have in the present moment also slip away.
"We are too far away from death, and there are very few people who can face death calmly." In the
play, doctor Luo Damiao ( Liang Jingkang ) of the oncology department goes to work in a hospice center, hoping to avoid excessive treatment, In order to allow patients to leave with more dignity and less pain, the advancement of work is hindered by many obstacles.
After all, over-treatment of terminally ill patients is quite common in China. Not everyone can accept their own death calmly. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, family members and relatives want to try, but this price is often the last part of the patient's life. The journey becomes painful, and in the end death becomes a relief.
"Sanyue Has a New Job" also focuses on the relationship situation from a female perspective for the first time, such as exposing the job discrimination that women encounter in the workplace, the tragedy caused by the preference for sons over women in the original family, and so on. The sharp relationship between the heroine Sanyue and her mother in the
film also reveals the phenomenon of bad relationships between women.
Sanyue is actually an ordinary, quiet and good girl. During the internship period, she was clearly ranked first in every assessment, but she was finally brushed down because of her gender.
Sanyue plucked up the courage to seek her mother's comfort, but her mother scoffed at her, "I don't have a good brain and a bad temper, so I shouldn't have chosen."
Sanyue's mother has always been demeaning and suppressing her daughter. This made many viewers find resonance in the play.
Sanyue's mother doesn't dislike Sanyue, she also worries about Sanyue, but what she often says is only demeaning and questioning.
Sanyue's father cheated when she was a child. Since then, her parents divorced, and Sanyue's relationship with her mother has become like walking on thin ice, for fear of making her mother unhappy.
When Sanyue grew up and went through a job in a funeral home, she mustered up the courage to ask her mother, why do you blame me for the pain of losing your marriage, why the man who did the wrong thing ended up being two women hurting each other? ?
"Sanyue has a new job" may initially attract audiences because of the scarce background themes, but after reading it, I realize that the discussion of ordinary life in the play is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
All of this stems from the perseverance of the screenwriter and director. The creators of
who want to "lie down" and write their own stories
director Li Mo is a new generation director, graduated from the directing department of Beijing Film Academy , as a contract director of Mango TV. The name
sounds unfamiliar at first glance, but last year's " I'm a good in a foreign country" became a well-deserved "dark horse drama" last year.
Douban's score of 8.1 proves the ability of director Li Mo. He is good at shooting dramas that reflect the working and living conditions of young people nowadays.
Li Mo chose this drama because of his own experience. He has experienced the death of his close relatives three times in the past few years. Facing the " mourning culture " atmosphere of the young people around him, he wanted to make such a drama. Director
investigated and learned the funeral culture and the working methods of funeral homes across the country. He tried to face it with a normal perspective and a calm mind.
When we understand what death is, you discover the meaning of life. Perhaps, we have also found the reason for us to recover from lying flat.
Screenwriter You Xiaoying is a female screenwriter. In 2017, she was nominated for 's 54th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards for Best Original Screenplay for her movie " Love and Dating ".
" My Sister " is also a screenwriter by You Xiaoying. It can be seen that focusing on women's life themes is her forte. As a female screenwriter, she can always find women's "pain points". In
"Sanyue has a new job", the screenwriter tried to use the shell of a professional drama to describe the daytime of life, and the staff of the funeral home were like ordinary people, and they lived like chickens and dogs.
The character "Sanyue" reflects the life of many people since the epidemic. They failed in the examination and editing. From the beginning of being a temporary worker to getting an employment contract, they began to engage in work that has nothing to do with university majors.
Sanyue also let herself be "mourned" at first, refused to listen to the outside world with depression, and often made mistakes at work.
It was not until Sanyue began to understand and fell in love with this job that she began to accept the kindness of others, and finally she had the energy to release kindness for others.
After all, for the "suspended" status quo of domestic workplace dramas, the screenwriter is more like creating a real person, an ordinary person who will be sad, make mistakes, be confused, and get back on his feet in today's society.
"Sanyue Has a New Job" is generally a "healing" drama, although the stories in the drama all reveal that life is impermanent and powerless.
Death is an unavoidable thing after all, it is better to face it than to avoid it. Only when you face it can you know how to face death with dignity and how to live the rest of your life without regrets.
If you have been "mourned" recently, please go and see "Sanyue hasNew Job", from which maybe you can regain the enthusiasm for life and "live to death".
