Nandu News Reporter Lin Jingwu On March 9th and 10th, the movie "The World of Grass and Trees" appeared at the 17th Asian Film Awards. Director Gu Xiaogang, starring Jiang Qinqin , Chen Jianbin appeared at the post-screening meeting and awards ceremony. Due to its high-quality genre content and profound expression of social issues, the film was nominated for three nominations at the 17th Asian Film Awards: "Best Director", "Best Actress" and "Best Original Music". Leading star Jiang Qinqin also won the "Crazy Mother" award at the 17th Asian Film Awards. Wu Taihua" won the "Best Actress" for her wonderful performance. The film was previously shortlisted for the main competition of the 23rd Tokyo Film Festival. Director Gu Xiaogang won the "Kurosawa Akira Award" and was also the youngest winner in the history of this award.
Jiang Qinqin won the "Best Actress" for her mother "Wu Taihua".
As the second part of the landscape painting series directed by Gu Xiaogang, the film "The World of Grass and Trees" places the geographical space of the new story in Qiantang and Hangzhou, and slowly unfolds a new picture around the West Lake and Tea Mountain. At the same time, in addition to continuing the humanistic care and landscape expression of the previous work "Spring River Plumbing", it also uniquely focuses on the social issue of "pyramid selling". Through the lens language and the detailed presentation of the story content, "pyramid selling", a hugely harmful illegal activity, is The cocoon is peeled off and exposed, striving to bring a strong intuitive feeling to the audience, and restore the emotional logic behind "MLM" in an artistic way, so that more viewers can feel the harm of "MLM". The movie "The World of Grass and Trees" is also a rare anti-MLM film. After its world premiere at the Tokyo Film Festival, it also received praise from the first audience, praising its "unexpected angle and bringing a strong shock."
Jiang Qinqin and Chen Jianbin attended the award ceremony.
Director Gu Xiaogang and his wife Jiang Qinqin and Chen Jianbin.
The movie "The World of Grass and Trees" tells the story of He Mulian (played by Wu Lei ), a newly graduated college student, who sacrificed his life to save his mother Wu Taihua (played by Jiang Qinqin) when she discovered that she was trapped in a pyramid scheme. The crew made an appearance at the 17th Asian Film Awards. Director Gu Xiaogang also appeared at the post-screening meeting with the leading actors Jiang Qinqin and Chen Jianbin to communicate with the audience about their viewing experience and share behind-the-scenes stories. At the scene, some viewers said that they were always tense and did not dare to relax while watching the movie, because the rhythm of the movie was sometimes slow and sometimes rapid, like a symphony that directly touched the heart. The impression that "the madness cannot survive" "demonstrated the madness of MLM in depth", and some viewers even said that it was very enjoyable, "It was as if they had experienced a real MLM brainwashing, and the feeling of narrow escape from death emerged spontaneously." The audience had a strong sense of immersion. The sense of immersion is also the best compliment for the film. Chen Jianbin, who is also a rival actor, also expressed that he was very envious of the scenes between Wu Lei and Jiang Qinqin. "As an actor, not every actor can encounter such a tense role in his career."
