The story of "Handan" takes Taitung's unique folk culture "Handan" as a clue, focusing on Zhengkun, who comes from a poor family but has both good character and academics. He secretly fell in love with Xuanxuan. However, the turning point of fate occurred on the night of the 15th day of the first lunar month, with gongs and drums roaring in the streets and Han Danye being bombed, an accident happened that changed everyone's fate. In this accident, Xuanxuan died and Xuanxuan's boyfriend Ayi was injured. Zhengkun also chose to give up his studies. The movie uses this dramatic love as a clue to depict the complex emotional entanglements between people.
In order to show the audience the most realistic scene of the cannon bombing Han Dan on the 15th day of the first lunar month, director Huang Chaoliang shot a documentary about "Han Dan Ye" before shooting the movie, and even made a "Han Dan Ye" himself. Regarding this special experience, he said, "The instantaneous explosion of firecrackers cannot be fully captured by current cameras, because the explosions in reality are actually full of smoke, so it is impossible to see people and the surrounding environment clearly. Firecrackers are close to you." Basically all the explosions are made with special effects, so I have to go up and observe the changes in these special effects. I want to make it real, perfect and beautiful."
In the film, Ayi, played by Zheng Renshuo, is deaf and takes drugs. He said, "In order to grasp the drug addict's feeling of being confused and inattentive, it is difficult to achieve the feeling of eyes not focusing. So choosing the stupidest performance is to let yourself I stayed in this state without sleeping for three days. At the same time, I went to find deaf people to interact with each other face to face, record and imitate all the behaviors." The director also praised Zheng Renshuo for being very dedicated and hardworking. Halfway through the filming, I could always smell his strong smell. The smell of alcohol, I later found out that he used this method of destroying his body to achieve the character's state.
After the screening, cultural celebrity Sima Nan gave high praise to Zheng Renshuo's performance, "The performance is not average, it is quite good. This actor should win an award." Emerging director Lai Guanlin said, "I haven't seen such an authentic hometown movie in a long time. The alternation and struggle between the two characters in the movie will resonate with us. For us, our emotional life, brotherhood, and family relationships There is definitely no way to fully experience the relationship, but the friendship gained from it is real. This is my biggest feeling today."
The movie "Han Dan" will be released nationwide on January 5, 2024.
