On October 13, young director Li Pu's debut film "Years and Years" had its world premiere at the 7th Pingyao International Film Festival.
At the world premiere of "Years and Years", Pingyao International Film Festival artistic director Lin Xudong, director Li Pu, actor Zhao Zhengda, actor Xie Huiwen, photographer Wan Yuxiangma (from left)
The film was shortlisted for the "Hidden Dragon" of this year's film festival " unit, supervised by Xu Zhipeng, with Zhao Hua as the chief producer and Jia Xiaoyu as the producer, starring Zhao Zhengda, Xie Huiwen, Shen Shiyu, Li Shuying, Ji Yufei and others, with photography Wan Yuxiangma, art fan Yadong, recording Ma Cong, and voice Ren Yiming , editing Du Yu, color grading Jing Mingrui.
"Years and Years" world premiere
"Years and Years", formerly known as "Old Almanac", is the first feature film written and directed by Li Pu. Previously, the film was shortlisted for the "Developing Film Project" at the 5th Pingyao International Film Festival in 2021, and won the "Outstanding Production Project Award" at the 12th Beijing International Film Festival in 2022. The film mainly focuses on the relationship between father and son. In the film, Mi Xun finally returns to his hometown after learning that his father Liangzi died unexpectedly, and faces his family and friends again. He deeply feels the alienation from human feelings and the loss of himself. With regret and guilt, Mi Xun was haunted by nightmares, and memories were condensed, displaced, and constantly reconstructed in his mind. The dusty past and secret emotions are gradually revealed. Dreams and hallucinations kept intruding into Mi Xun's real life, and Mi Xun decided to make a movie about it. In the movie, Mi Xun reunited with Liang Zi, completing his farewell to his father and his own redemption.
Actor Zhao Zhengda (left), producer Jia Xiaoyu (middle), director Li Pu (right)
As a young director, Li Pu won the top ten in the country in the 6th "Green Onion Project" of the China Film Directors Association in 2021, and in 2022 Selected into the "Jackie Chan Film Plan A" and selected into the "Golden Rooster New Power" of the China Filmmakers Association in 2023. His directorial works also include the short films "Farewell" and "Mountain Beast", as well as the documentary "Wudaokou" and the feature film project "Yesterday". These works have also been shortlisted and won awards at many domestic and foreign film festivals such as the Pingyao International Film Festival, Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, Silk Road International Film Festival, Venice Contemporary Art Exhibition, etc., and have won praise from professionals at home and abroad.
Director Li Pu
Producer Jia Xiaoyu
Regarding the creation of "Year Years Year Old Years", director Li Pu said that most Chinese-style father-son relationships are very implicit, and neither party knows how to express love to each other, so that this Emotions are often misplaced, and in the end you regret it when your child wants to support you but your mother is no longer around. It would be great if you could undo some of the things you have done in the past, or make up for the regrets of not completing them. He said: "The magic of the movie is that it can reconstruct time, just like life can be repeated. The old almanac in the movie serves as a clue to the reconstruction of time and space. As a special symbol, it connects the complex emotions between father and son. It also represents traditional concepts and The collision of modern consciousness. In the psychedelic and jumping movie time and space, a long journey of farewell and search will begin again."
The film has received a lot of word-of-mouth recognition since its premiere, and is a work full of rich regional cultural symbols. , evoked many people’s childhood memories, and also allowed the audience to better immerse themselves in the story itself and empathize with the characters. Whether it is the text content, camera images or narrative rhythm, this film has something that makes people applaud.
Looking back, which cannot be achieved in reality, has a happy ending in the movie, with emotional progression and sublimation. What we see is not only the characters in the movie, but also the reconciliation of every father and son in front of the screen. Maybe there is destined to be a gap between parents and children, or maybe reconciliation is easy for some people and is just a matter of one step away. There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. If you can find your own unique feelings in this story, The meaning of this film.
"Year Years" poster
"Year Years" was shortlisted for the "Hidden Dragon" unit of the 7th Pingyao International Film Festival
"Year Years" is a typical local work created by a Shanxi team. It is not only shot in Datong, Shanxi. The film also uses authentic Shanxi dialect to express Shanxi stories. It is produced by Shanxi Lanchen Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd., and the co-producers include Shaanxi Pomegranate Film and Television Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Shanneng Cultural Tourism Group Co., Ltd. and Doppler (Beijing) Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.
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