Among all the domestic comedy movies, there is a movie whose name is unknown, but when I first watched it in 2008, it left a deep impression on me, "Blessed Ears". The film is directed by Northeast director Zhang Meng and starring Fan Wei, who is good at playing small characters. It tells the story of retired worker Wang Kangmei gradually adapting to another life after his retirement. It is full of the joys and sorrows of small characters. It makes you laugh when you should laugh, and inadvertently makes your nose sore. The reason why the film
has not received much attention may have something to do with its too nonsensical poster design.
The optimism of the little people in the Northeast
This movie was shot in the Northeast, and the scenes are everywhere after the decline of the old Northeast industrial base. Wang Kangmei, played by Fan Wei, retired honorably at the age of 55 and received a mirror from the factory with the words honorable retirement. With a pension of several hundred yuan a month, he was not rich in life. He also had a long-term sick wife in the hospital.
Wang Kangmei has the natural optimism of Northeast people. For example, while giving a massage to his wife, he said that our family must maintain the basic configuration of only one patient at most, otherwise it will not be financially affordable.
Before dinner, he went to the canteen downstairs to buy two bottles of beer. Others asked how to drink two bottles at once. Wang Kangmei said that he would drink one bottle for domestic news and one bottle for international news.
They can’t decide on many things.
He didn’t see his way. He ran to the side of the road to do a “computer fortune-telling”. He asked the fortune-telling girl where to take the picture first. The girl said, first pay. Therefore, Wang Kangmei took out the one dollar banknote with the words "Jay Chou" written on it. This was a foreshadowing, and finally the money changed hands several times and finally returned to Wang Kangmei.
The appearance of Wang Kangmei dancing in a group of dancing people is unforgettable. He found the simplest happiness, including him riding a dog and a rabbit with the accompaniment of the golden song. His feelings are very real. He sang a main theme song that influenced him when he was young, and finally sang tears. Facing reality, he was very helpless. He could not determine the happiness of his daughter's marriage, nor could he do anything about the neglect of his old friends by his children.
"Blessed Ears" deserves to be seen by more people.
"Blessed Ears" is a movie with tears in laughter. To a large extent, it is more touching than Zhang Meng's later "The Piano of Steel". More sincere. It's just that because there were very few announcements that year, not many people knew and watched this movie. It deserves to be seen by more people.
