Up to now, the box office of "Returning from Thousands of Miles" has exceeded 1 billion and achieved a reverse decline. Douban scored 7.6 points, becoming a film with both word of mouth and box office on the National Day. The film is adapted from the "Evacuation of Overseas Chinese from Libya" incident, which tells the story of the experienced diplomat Zong Dawei ( Zhang Yi) and the new diplomat Cheng Lang ( Wang Junkai). The story of the safe evacuation of many Chinese working in Numia. In the context of a main theme story such as "diplomatic evacuation", the film has made innovations and breakthroughs that are different from previous main theme films, or the reason for the success of the film.
First, let's talk about the protagonist Zong Dawei. As a character endowed with a heroic image, Zong Dawei's characteristics are "anti-heroic", that is, it is different from the heroic image in our impression.
He is lifelike. When making videos with his wife who is about to give birth, he will pretend to be a Dubai person to make his wife happy; when eating hot pot with Zhang Ning, he will joke if he "want to compete for merit and replace his boss" .
In addition, he does not have a strong nationalist complex. At the juncture of life and death, his concern for his family, his wife and daughters takes precedence, and he has the selfishness of being an ordinary person, which also highlights the authenticity of this character.
Secondly, I want to talk about Bai Hua played by Yin Tao, this role is full of female brilliance. Bai Hua is the wife of Zong Dawei's colleague Zhang Ning, who adopted a Numian girl, a manifestation of great love across races and ethnicities. But when she learned of Zhang Ning's death, she didn't even have time to grieve and cry. As the leader of the workers, she couldn't collapse. She was even more afraid that she would not be able to stop thinking about him (Zhang Ning) and how much pain he was at that time. She and Zong David's "silent dialogue" is "silence is better than sound at this time".
She took Zhang Ning's ashes when the plane flew into Chinese airspace, she finally released the pain, that scene is the highlight of Yin Tao's acting skills in this film, "When everyone is laughing, she is crying" .
This film also uses a lot of imagery to enhance the highlights. When Zong Dawei's mission was completed and he returned home during the Spring Festival, the sound of firecrackers was in stark contrast to the sound of artillery fire on the battlefield.
and an image that runs through the whole film is the book "One Thousand and One Nights" that Zong Dawei found for the little girl in Numia when she was looking for medical supplies. Leading people to Dirat until they return to their homeland. Like the characters in the book, he let go of everything and started an adventure, blocking stray bullets and being captured by the rebels... "He is not afraid of death, and what can stum him, he is at sea After drifting for many days and nights, he finally returned to his hometown."
The most prominent aspect of this film is the embodiment of Chinese ideas. The first is the Chinese concept of "home". Zong Dawei's concern for his wife and daughter, Bai Hua's adoption of Numia's orphans and his attachment to life and death, Zong Dawei's obsession with "protecting his own people" and evacuating overseas Chinese, from small to large, profoundly reflects the relationship between the Chinese and "" The family" is difficult to give up; the second is the concept of inheritance, Cheng Lang's growth line is to eventually become Zong Dawei, from the "D" word he and Zong Dawei switch, from the early stage of the incomprehension of Zong Dawei's plan and Perseverance to the end led people to successfully retreat back to the motherland, and he and Zong Dawei completed the inheritance of professionalism.
Of course, there are some areas where the film is not perfect. For example, in the Russian roulette game in the villain drama, the rebel army is ruthless and ruthless, and there will be no such merciless situation. This is undoubtedly a beautification of the villain army, which makes many viewers question the meaning of this plot. . In addition, Wang Junkai's acting skills in it also appear dull and immature, which makes many viewersThe crowd felt a play.
"Homecoming" is a story that happened in a foreign country. It shows us not only the strong diplomatic strength of our country, but also through this incident, we deeply feel the cruelty of war. As Douban Yi commented, "It is too narrow to regard it as a main theme movie only."
In such a place where stray bullets fly, there may be danger of death at any time. So we can still be calm one second in the film, and the next second there will be shells, which is exactly how Zhang Ning sacrificed. The driver who was traveling with Zong Dawei committed suicide in order to defend his faith in the country. Border officer Hassan also died tragically and was hanged from the tower by the rebels. These shocking images are thought provoking.
