Please allow me to start with a few lines from the beginning of the play.
"Come on, let me pass, pass by, people coming from the south, people going north, people from Jiamusi, Hegang, people from cotton spinning, factories, people who are about to take over, people who go to the countryside, people who jump in the queue, there is no work unit on the way back. Those who speculate, those who cheat, those who commit petty theft and break the law are all honest..."
The finale of "South to North" has come to an end.
At this moment, words cannot express my feelings.
The drama "South to North" can be said to perfectly interpret the artistic conception of life's journey from north to south.
After watching the finale of episode 39, I was filled with emotions and could not hide my excitement. There is a lot to say in my heart.
This finale made me shed more tears than the finale of the 2023 New Year's drama "Hurry", or even the 2022 New Year's drama "".
Especially the scene of Uncle Ma’s sacrifice, I cried so much that my eyes are blurred while typing now.
In my opinion, "South and North", like "In the World", are extremely high-quality period dramas.
CCTV's average ratings have exceeded 3 near the finale, and the peak has exceeded 4, which can be regarded as the audience's recognition of this drama.
After watching the finale, looking back at the previous plots, I have a special feeling in my heart.
Tonight, we don’t care about east or west, we only go north and south.
1: About the finale
In the last episode of "South and North", when Uncle Ma was on his deathbed, he endured the pain and reluctantly looked at his apprentice son-in-law with tears on his face, and he had no choice but to take his last breath.
I'm sorry, I can't hold myself any longer.
This ending is so unexpected.
Because of the first two episodes, director Zheng Xiaolong actually made the film feel confident.
When the master and the apprentice are assigned to serve as criminal police officers to solve serial murder cases and arrest drug dealers, the plot tends to be urgent and thrilling, but the audience feels at ease.
Even Jia Jinlong couldn't escape Uncle Ma's nose these two times.
Before that, Ma Kui went from taking care of an old blind man with a keen sense of smell to becoming his teacher. His seemingly idle writing turned out to be a far-reaching secret and came in handy at critical moments.
Jia Jinlong should not have done anything wrong. He just let down his guard against the master and apprentice, let them get into his car, took them to his nightclub to drink, and even called a few of his subordinates to accompany him.
As a result, Ma Kui smelled the smell on them - drug dealers, a group.
Then Ma Kui deliberately leaked "intelligence" and set up a net to fish.
Sure enough, four caught two.
If Jia Jinlong wants to escape, there is only one way left - the railway.
At night, when the train arrived at the station and the passengers got on the train, Master Ma Kui and his apprentices also started to investigate. It was not difficult to find people.
The question is, after you find people, can you touch them?
This should be the best thrilling action drama I have seen in recent years. From the camera settings, character performances to atmosphere creation, it even surpasses those pure criminal investigation dramas.
From both sides preparing to attack, to Jia Jinlong and his gang taking hostages, the two sides faced off.
The story finally led to the finale -
From here on, I burst into tears three times.
The first time was Ma Kui's sacrifice.
Ma Kui offered to exchange himself for the hostages held hostage, but Wang Xin took the initiative to replace his master.
Next, Wang Xin showed what psychological warfare is.
On the surface, he was chatting with Jia Jinlong, but in fact, he was talking to his two subordinates.
Jia Jinlong was a monolithic man, but his two men quickly gave in. One of them was about to surrender, but Jia Jinlong raised his gun and killed one of them.
The other one completely collapsed and put down his gun and surrendered without saying a word -
When the opportunity came, Wang Xin immediately grabbed the gun and fought with Jia Jinlong. Ma Kui rushed up to help.
In an instant, the three people struggled together.
The gun is surrendered, Jia Jinlong, take control.
But Ma Kui did not get up, but lay down. Wang Xin was still teasing - "Master, did your waist slip again? Why are you rushing so hard?"
But when he opened Ma Kui, he immediately panicked - what was stuck in Uncle Ma's chest was a bright dagger.
Many viewers didn’t understand this: Jia Jinlong’s hands were not controlled, so why was there an extra dagger, and why was the dagger inserted into Ma Kui’s body again?
And why does Jia Jinlong’s last expression show a hint of conscience?
In fact, the answer is very simple, because Jia Jinlong took out the dagger in the chaos and wanted to kill not Ma Kui, but Wang Xin, his sworn brother.
Uncle Ma probably saw his movements and took the initiative to block him with his body, so the knife was firmly inserted into Uncle Ma's chest, and it was inserted so deep.
It is a pity that Uncle Ma has experienced ups and downs in his life. He finally smoothed the feud between two families, helped his descendants, and taught his apprentices. However, he fell under the knife of a drug dealer in the end. When Wang Xin helplessly called his master, Ma Kui was helpless. I closed my eyes and almost burst into tears.
Ding Yongdai played the feeling of dying but not letting go very well.
Bai Jingting was also completely involved in the drama. From the beginning when he was still joking with the master, to the panic and disbelief when he found out that the master had been stabbed, to finally breaking down and crying in despair, with his red face and bulging veins, all the performances were Just right.
I just want to say: Screenwriter, please give me Uncle Ma!
The second time was when I saw Yaoer picking up fireworks.
Jia Jinlong was arrested and will undoubtedly face the death penalty.
Niu Dali, who survived Yao'er's refusal to drink medicine, became a big boss 20 years later and found a girlfriend who is twenty years younger than him.
But just when he was happily strolling around the night market with his girlfriend, he saw Yao Yuling, who had a weathered face tortured by time, and she was setting up a barbecue stall in the night market with her son.
The flamboyant and beautiful Yao'er who liked bright colors, disco, and buying clothes to dress up was gone.
Some viewers said that Yao'er would not allow herself to be so sloppy, and that if she wanted to sell barbecue, she would do so in a well-groomed and beautiful manner.
I think it is more reasonable now. The previous friends underestimated the power of time.
The former lovers were speechless face to face, and Yaoer turned around and left in embarrassment.
I didn’t cry at all, but when Yaoer accidentally picked up the fireworks on the road, I couldn’t hold back my tears.
As luck would have it, those fireworks were just like Yao'er himself, who once emitted such a short and brilliant light.
are all gone.
Jiang Yan’s acting skills are really good. This actress turns out to have always been underrated.
For the third time, Peng Mingjie, played by Wang Jinsong, brought Lili's family to visit Ma Kui's grave.
Wang Jinsong probably thought that I didn’t cry enough. After the dialogue, I burst into tears again.
Who can see the sincere friendship between close friends and not shed tears.
All the knots were untied in front of Ma Kui's tomb.
years later, Wang Xin, who has become the Wang Bureau, finally caught the murderer of the corpse dismemberment case and settled a worry between his master and apprentice. But the person who helped him solve the case was still a few hairs left by Ma Kuirang.
Peng Mingjie told the truth of the year and solved the misunderstanding between Ma Kui and Lili.
Everyone has received a lot from Ma Kui, some of which are father's love, some of which are master-disciple relationships, and some of which are brotherly relationships.
It seems that everyone has returned to the same place, and everyone is reunited because of Uncle Ma.
All misunderstandings have been resolved.
All the regrets have been made up for.
People come from south to north, and from this cemetery, they return to their life of traveling from north to south. Only the deceased Ma Kui stays in this small land, and can no longer travel from north to south like before. .
Watching the end, Uncle Ma's old friend played by Wang Jinsong has a vicissitudes of life and full of emotion. After reading the last sentence, the voice was hoarse and choked with emotion.
As soon as this plot came out, I don’t know how everyone felt. I was really filled with emotions. Apart from life and death, life is all trivial.
2: About "South and North"
When I first watched "South and North", I didn't care. I have watched a lot of period dramas in the past two years. I always feel that subsequent dramas will never be able to replicate "People". "The World" was successful.
Unexpectedly, this drama took another avenue for period dramas.
Looking back at the opening of the story, it coincides with the beginning of reform and opening up, which brought order to things and everything was new. Ma Kui, a former policeman who had been unjustly imprisoned for ten years, started a train chase at the beginning, and formed a fate with Wang Xin.
Thinking about it now, the whole drama seems to be a smooth story, but every twist and turn is foreshadowing.
Especially after watching a few episodes, you will really get into the drama. The more you watch, the more addicted you will be. The more you watch, the more interesting it becomes.
On this train, there are couples who have fallen out with each other, habitual criminals like the old blind man played by Ni Dahong who evade fares and get on the train, and human traffickers who dare to ask the police to help find abducted children.
It’s all a show.
After reading it for a long time, I found that the story actually has three clear storylines.
First, the criminal investigation line.
At that time, there was a mixed crowd on the train, thieves and pickpockets were rampant, and child traffickers even formed groups to cause trouble.
Wang Xin even made the mistake of helping traffickers find children because of his lack of experience.
The whole drama includes ordinary cases of detecting theft, as well as dismemberment cases, abduction cases, and the drug trafficking case in the finale.
The line of criminal investigation does not seem to be there all the time, but there is no shortage of suspense and foreshadowing, and the climax sequence is even more exciting. It is worthy of the work of Zheng Xiaolong + Gao Mantang. Although the length of
is limited, in comparison, there is really no criminal investigation drama in the past two years that is better than it.
The second is the comedy line.
The master-disciple pair Ma Kui and Wang Xin love each other and bicker with each other every day, which is very interesting. The love line between Yao Er and Niu Dali is also full of joy.
The other characters also have their own sense of joy, making them lively and festive during the New Year.
The third is the line of favor.
After watching it for a long time, I realized that the screenwriter used a story on the railway to show the warmth and warmth of human relationships and the changes of the times.
uses the master and apprentice as clues to connect the stories on and off the train.
And in the end, everyone’s stories are actually just human relationships.
For example, in the opening scene, Wang Xin didn't understand that his master would actually pay for the blind man's ticket out of his own pocket.
Isn’t this just helping others do evil?
didn't know until later that Uncle Ma's intention was to do this.
Behind every traveler there are all kinds of things in the world, joys and sorrows. As a period drama, the good thing about "Northern and Southern Journey" is that it uses a train to tell the stories of so many people.
The older generation of viewers watched the crowds in the railway compound watching black and white TVs, using food stamps common to the planned economy, buying bulk wine and pickles in state-owned stores, riding Phoenix brand bicycles, visiting every household during the Spring Festival to pay New Year greetings, acquaintance society The simplicity is everywhere...
is like living in the story again.
Most of the plots of the play show the days of the older generation, but in the finale, after experiencing many joys and twists and turns, it gave a heartbreaking ending.
Although this plot is only for one episode, it successfully touches on the topic and completely sublimates all the previous plots.
ending The moment the song of Mao Buyi started playing, my heart surged, I couldn't conceal my excitement, I was speechless and choked, and shed tears of emotion.
For a time, all kinds of life scenes from north to south surged in my mind. People often say that good film and television dramas can make the audience empathize instantly, and "South and North" does it.
3: Regarding the acting skills of the actors
My initial impression of "Southern and Northbound" was that Zheng Xiaolong had recruited probably half of the best actors in domestic entertainment.
However, as the plot progressed, I found that I had forgotten the names of the actors, but remembered the names of the characters.
The acting skills of the three actors amazed me.
The first place is Hu Ke who plays the role of the master's wife.
Shi Niang has almost all the characteristics of the older generation of women, including tenacity, dedication, kindness, and hard work.The husband was unjustly imprisoned, and he had to endure all kinds of hardships to raise his daughter. He became ill and spent the last moment thinking about the separation of his family.
In the past, when many viewers saw Hu Ke, they would say Sha Yiwife, but after watching this drama, I think Hu Ke is really a seriously underestimated actress. Her acting skills are no worse than Sha Yi.
Especially the tired physical state is absolutely amazing.
The second place is Jiang Yan.
In the past, I always thought that Jiang Yan was just a beautiful actress.
I didn’t expect her acting skills to be so brilliant.
The role of Yao Er can be called the most vivid female character in the whole drama. From the fashionable girl who loves stinking beauty in the beginning, to the little lady who looks arrogant and wealthy after marriage, to the impoverished in her later years. The orphans and widowed mothers, especially the embarrassment they try to cover up when they see their ex while grilling mutton skewers, are so rich in layers.
The audience's good impression of Yao Er is largely due to Jiang Yan's performance. Her performance is vivid and the audience will fall in love with the character.
In the end, it was him -
who played our Uncle Ma, Ding Yongdai.
Actually, I was worried at the beginning, because each of the powerful supporting actors such as Liu Jun, Fang Fangbin, Song Jiateng, and Wang Jinsong gave unique performances.
The character of Ma Kui is somewhat similar to the old father of the Zhou family. I'm afraid that Ding Yongdai's performance won't be much different.
I slapped myself hard in the face.
Ding Yongdai’s performance was beyond my expectations.
First of all, the whole person's state is relaxed and relaxed. The performance has a light and humorous personal style, and he can perform comedy with ease.
Especially in the scene where the whole family is organized to vote for Ma Yan to resign, the role of a father who goes around canvassing for votes was played so well that I laughed so hard that I hammered the bed everywhere.
I didn’t expect you to be such an uncle.
But the character has another side, one is the hands, which are like pliers, and the other is the eyes, which are like the piercing eyes on the train.
As soon as these professional characteristics came out, Ma Kui immediately became different from the old father of the Zhou family.
But Ding Yongdai has another trick.
Character's love.
Uncle Ma had a rough life. He spent ten years in unjust prison for Wang Yongge when he was young, lost his wife in middle age, and died just when he was about to have a good life.
Such a sad character was played with a burst of vitality by Ding Yongdai.
No matter how many difficulties he encounters or how many setbacks he suffers, Uncle Ma always looks forward in his eyes without flinching.
treats his lover and family members in an amiable manner, especially his daughter, who has a cute temperament.
treats his disciples from deliberately suppressing them to softening his spirit, to training them, to secretly rejoicing when his disciples achieve something.
Ma Kui, portrayed by Ding Yongdai, is firm, righteous, kind, and a man of faith. He is cold on the outside and hot on the inside. All the advantages of the older generation are in him.
I still remember that when Uncle Ma saw Wang Yongge recovering from a serious illness and about to fall down, he felt compassion. He supported Wang Yongge, tore up his surrender letter, symbolically kicked Wang Xin and urged him to push the cart.
With one push, one tear, and one kick, Uncle Ma could survive.
Of course, there is also the finale. Ding Yongdai played the role of the character's tenacity to bite the drug dealer to death, the little tsundere who endured the severe pain after the drug dealer was arrested, and finally left silently and reluctantly with his eyes open, which was superb.
A two-minute play without a single line is more powerful than ten thousand lines.
This scene is definitely a God-level performance. What is silent over sound is all included in it.
Such a flesh-and-blood image also supports the framework of the entire drama, and my tears also come from this.
What is good acting is that the audience calls him from "Who in the World" to Ma Kui and finally Uncle Ma.
4: About traveling south to north in the human world
After watching 39 episodes of "Coming South to North", if you ask me what my impressions are, I will use 7 words to describe it: traveling south to north, traveling in the world.
The whole drama is one conflict after another, which is staged one after another, advancing the plot and pulling the audience, and there is no peeing throughout the whole process.
In the end, all the stories are like train cars, connected together, showing all kinds of life events, big and small, forming a complete picture of life.
The story combines the drama of criminal investigation with the narrative of life. The finale is as sweet and sweet as old wine, and it also reminds me of my own life.
"The train is running faster and faster, running towards the red sun in front, and yesterday's dusk behind it." Listening to Cai Xiaonian's last words, it is like the train that left in 1978 and has been running to at last.
comes from the south and goes from the north. From Jiamusi and Hegang.
are all from the human world.
Times come and go, and our lives are like a train that keeps moving forward.
In reality, does every good person have a happy ending? Will all criminals be caught? Can all regrets be solved? Of course
is not, that's why stories are needed.
For example, this train version of "The World".
After the Spring Festival, the story roared by as the train passed by. What was left behind were the interactions between the people on and off the train and the warm feelings of that era.
Life turns out to be a journey from south to north.
