directed by director Gu Xiaogang and starring Wu Lei , Jiang Qinqin , Chen Jianbin , etc., the first domestic anti-MLM film " Grass and Trees in the World " was released today.
The film is set in the Tea Mountains of Hangzhou and presents a touching story about family love, redemption and growth. In order to find his father who has been missing for ten years, his son Mu Lian (played by Wu Lei) went to Hangzhou to study alone. In order to take care of Mu Lian, who is about to graduate from college, her mother Taihua came to Hangzhou to make a living by picking tea. The originally peaceful days gradually became turbulent due to the emotional change between Taihua and the tea-picking owner. Taihua accidentally fell into a fraud organization, and Mu Lian worked hard to rescue her. The storm seemed to have calmed down, but mother and son fell into an even more desperate situation.
Gu Xiaogang shared his original intention of creating the film and said that his family was once trapped in the quagmire of pyramid schemes. It was this experience that prompted him to shoot an anti-MLM film to remind more viewers to avoid being deceived. Gu Xiaogang said that "The World of Grass and Trees" is inspired by the ancient Chinese fable "Mulian Saves His Mother". The film is designed into three sections: the first part is "The World", the second part corresponds to "Hell", and the third part is Sublimating to "heaven" is a higher spiritual world.
"MLM is like an experimental field for mental anatomy, from which we can see many loopholes and weaknesses of human nature." Gu Xiaogang found during the investigation that many elderly people who buy health care products know that they are scams and that the products do not have much practical effect. , but couldn't stand the various flattery and "concern" of people selling health care products, "These old people spend money to some extent to buy this service, but ultimately it points to spiritual things."
Jiang Qinqin, in order to play the role of Moss Flower well, The mother who gradually went crazy while being forbearing and reserved mobilized real life experience and finally created a screen image that was completely different from the past. Gu Xiaogang revealed that there is a scene in the film where the mother and son Taihua and Mu Lian have a fierce argument, which requires the actors to fully open themselves and burst out huge emotional energy. He was a little worried before the shooting, but he didn't expect that Wu Lei and Jiang Qinqin's performance completely exceeded expectations, which moved him very much. For her role as Moss Flower, Jiang Qinqin recently won the Best Actress at the 17th Asian Film Awards.
