Spring Festival Gala skit "The House Is Not Cold", Ma Li's old junior high school classmate Shen Teng still can't forget her after thirty years, and wants to renew their relationship with her, and the character played by Shen Teng is named: Li Kui .
Unexpectedly, the Spring Festival movie " Article 20 " actually buried an easter egg linked to the Spring Festival Gala. Han Ming, played by Lei Jiayin, , and Li Maojuan, played by Ma Li, had a quarrel over their ex-girlfriend. Ma Li (Li Maojuan) ) angrily revealed that he had an ex-boyfriend named Li Kui...
The "Article 20" in the title of the film refers to Article 20 of the Criminal Law, which stipulates legitimate defense and excessive defense. Director Zhang Yimou used three cases to illustrate Article 20 is mentioned, tying together the whole movie!
The first case: Bus driver Zhang Guisheng, played by Yang Haoyu, witnessed a gangster bullying a little girl on the bus, so he stepped in to stop the gangster. The two struggled with each other, and finally after the gangster fell to the ground, Zhang Guisheng turned around, picked up the fire extinguisher and hit the gangster on the head, causing a skull fracture.
Lei Jiayin (Han Ming) was able to move from a small county to the city and work in the city procuratorate because he successfully handled the Zhang Guisheng case.
Faced with Zhang Guisheng’s many appeals after he was released from prison, Lei Jiayin (Han Ming) would take out a video and patiently point out to him where it was bravery for justice, where it was fighting each other, and where it was intentional harm...
It is a pity that this is what awaits Zhang Guisheng. Tragic fate.
Facing Zhang Guisheng who is riding a battery car to petition again, one second it was a funny scene where Lei Jiayin (Han Ming) and Ma Li (Li Maojuan) were shouting for him in the car, and the next second a big truck was speeding by. Zhang Guisheng was knocked to death.
In fact, it was this case that made Lei Jiayin (Han Ming) change from a fresh-blooded young man to a middle-aged and greasy man. He nodded and followed the leader's wishes at work, all in order to turn himself into a regular employee as soon as possible.
But witnessing Zhang Guisheng’s tragedy also paved the way for Lei Jiayin (Han Ming) to change again later.
In the end, Zhang Guisheng was posthumously awarded the title of brave citizen, and his children also enjoyed relevant policy preferences in terms of basic life, education and employment.
The second case: a case of bravery against school bullying
The sons of Lei Jiayin (Han Ming) and Ma Li (Li Maojuan) saw a classmate being bullied in the school's men's bathroom, so they stepped forward to stop him and eventually took the lead in bullying. The man's nose was broken.
There is no evidence to prove that the other party is bullying, and it is the other party who is injured, and the son will be prosecuted.
This case that happened to his family and his son made Lei Jiayin (Han Ming) realize more deeply that as prosecutors, they are not handling cases, but other people's lives.
In the end, the school verified the bullying incident, and the bully was given a major demerit and a warning.
The third case: the case of a village bully bullying a deaf-mute mother and daughter
is also the main case that connects the entire movie.
Hao Xiuping, a deaf-mute woman played by Zhao Liying , and her husband Wang Yongqiang have a daughter who was also born deaf and mute just over five years old. In order to treat her daughter's illness, her husband borrowed a loan shark from a bully in the village at a high interest rate, but was unable to repay it.
The bully Zhao Liying (Hao Xiuping) used this as a way to pay off her debt many times. Every time she entered the house, she would even tie her husband with a dog chain outside the door!
What happened to his wife made the husband heartbroken. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and he chased after her and started a fight with the bully.
But when the bully threatened to go to the car to get a knife, the husband rushed back to the house, took a pair of scissors and stabbed the bully 26 times, 2 of which were fatal. In the end, the bully died after staying in the intensive care unit for half a year.
This case has been delayed for up to half a year without prosecution. The key reason is that after the bully’s accident, the knife in his car was moved in advance. There is insufficient evidence to prove that the husband’s behavior was legitimate defense. The “sister-in-law” played by Gao Ye is responsible for this. The prosecutor general who initiated the case withstood multiple pressures and tried his best to collect evidence favorable to Zhao Liying (Hao Xiuping) and her family.
During the period, the bully family members and the gangsters in the village, led by Mr. Liu played by Fan Wei, kept putting pressure on the procuratorate and even chased Zhao Liying (Hao Xiuping) and her daughter to force her to sign a settlement agreement.
How desperate a mother must be to abandon her five-year-old daughter and commit suicide, just as Lei Jiayin (Han Ming) said in the end: Unfair trials will pollute water sources.
In the end, with the support of evidence witnesses, according to the provisions of Article 20 of the Criminal Law, the husband Wang Yongqiang was acting in self-defense and was not criminally responsible.
The gangsters headed by Mr. Liu (Fan Wei) were finally punished by the judicial authorities in accordance with the law for causing trouble and obstructing testimony, which is very satisfying!
