On January 6, the movie "Night is Coming" held its premiere at the Centennial Lecture Hall of Peking University. The film's director and screenwriter Haodong Suga, starring Liang Ji, Zuo Fei, producer Hao Yezi and other creatives made an appearance. The premiere also invited two important guests, Dai Jinhua, professor of the Chinese Department of Peking University, doctoral supervisor, and director of the Film and Culture Research Center of Peking University, and Wang Hongwei, vice president of the China Film Directors Association, associate professor of the Beijing Film Academy, film producer, and planner Attend the event to help support the film. Sha Dan, program planner of the China Film Archive, curator of the screening unit of the Beijing International Film Festival, and master's tutor, presided over the event.
"Night is Coming" will be released on January 12. The film previously won the "Fei Mu Honor for Best Film", "Cinema Choice Honor" and "Tong Ye Honor" at the 6th Pingyao International Film Festival held in January 2023. "Three honors. The film was also shortlisted for the Firebird Film Award in the 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival's New Talent Film Competition, and won the Most Noteworthy Director Award in the Focus on the Future section of the 13th Beijing International Film Festival and the Best Director Award at the 10th Chongqing Youth Film Festival.
The director of the movie "Night Is Coming" was born in Shanxi in 1989. He is now a contracted director of Bad Monkey Pictures. This film is based on the director's personal real life experience. In the movie, Liang Zhe, who has been away from home for many years, returns to his hometown in Shanxi and prepares to attend his grandfather's funeral, but the journey home is really long. On the way from the county seat to the village, he changed to four modes of transportation, met elders he had not seen for many years, an old classmate who drove a coal truck, met his first girlfriend again, and picked up a stray puppy. The fortune teller said that he was lucky. When he came to the ferry of life, his hometown seemed like a foreign land, and the scars of the years were still aching.
Haodong Suga said that although the film may give people a gloomy impression, it actually contains powerful power. This power is composed of a variety of emotions reflected in the film. It is hoped that it can deeply touch people's hearts and allow people to discover the existence of hope and warmth in every detail of daily life. He hopes that after the film is released, the audience will be willing to share their feelings about watching the film.
Dai Jinhua and Wang Hongwei spoke highly of "Night Is Coming" during the post-screening exchange session. Wang Hongwei also revealed at the scene that the Pingyao International Film Festival awarded Fei Mu the honorary best film award to "Night Is Coming". This was the unanimous choice of all the judges without any objection. Wang Hongwei believes that the film "Night Is Coming" is very profound in terms of imagery. Director Suga Haotong did not shoot this film according to the standards of a certain type of film festival, nor did he cater to or echo the film festival's judges. It is a film that deserves recognition. s work.
According to Haodong Suga, after receiving the award, he learned that the film's award speech was also written by Wang Hongwei - walking into memories during the long journey home, burying himself before the old man's funeral, the past has not It appears but it is extremely clear. The sadness has not yet come but it will definitely come as promised. The narrative is natural and powerful, the shots are simple and accurate, the character creation and performance control are consistent with the style, and the emotional expression is restrained but abundant, showing a calmness and determination that transcends the director's age and experience.
Dai Jinhua also gave the film high recognition. She said: "The movie I like is that each of us viewers can have a different opinion. You can treat it as a road movie, or you can treat it as a homecoming story. , you can think of it as 'writing one's own life' that young directors are very good at nowadays. In it, I can very clearly see the reflection of one of our common emotions - our confusion, our frustration, our Reluctant and a little restless, we want to declare failure comprehensively, but we still have a motivation that cannot be given a name at all. We can use this movie as such a mirror."
During the question session, The audience at the scene communicated with the main creators from different perspectives such as film shooting, story creation, audio-visual language, performing arts, and film editing. Talking about the audience's different interpretations of the film's plot, Suga Koudong said that "Night Is Coming" avoided straightforward statements during the creation process, and only presented the process without imposing an answer on the audience, leaving the audience with imagination. space. For example, at the end of the film, different audiences will see different answers.
The leading actors Liang Ji and Zuo Fei also shared their insights and gains during the filming process. Liang Ji said that in this work, he found a deep resonance with the character he played. By deeply exploring the inner emotional experience and carefully creating the stimulation of the external environment, he showed the unique and true character of the character. state. Every shot of the film embodies the creators' profound insights into life, and these insights will be conveyed to every audience through the screen.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Yang
editor/Cui Wei
