Yes, "City Within a City" has come to an end.
Because there are original novels, many people have read the spoilers about the ending of the TV series before it ends. The
TV series has greatly adapted many characters, such as Hu Yue and Tian Xiaohui, and added some new characters, such as Shen Jing.
The most disappointing person is Hu Yue.
She was an orphan since she was a child and met Wu Xianlong in a nightclub.
Because they have similar backgrounds and both are extremely smart, they have become close friends.
Moreover, Hu Yue, with her super high quotient, not only made suggestions for Wu Xianlong, but also used her own connections to connect Wu Xianlong.
In the end, after Wu Xianlong died and Zhao Hui was imprisoned, she transformed and became the financial director of a foreign trade company.
has completed a gorgeous turn and can be called a legend.
Another person who is regrettable is Su Jianren.
You can say that Su Jianren is sentimental. He was only passionate about Li Ying at the beginning and Zhou Lin, who later resembled Li Ying. But you can say that he is affectionate, and he feels sorry for his wife and son.
The complexity of human nature is evident.
The TV series version changed a lot from the original novel, but Su Jianren died in a car accident, but it didn't change at all.
With a "bang", a life disappeared in an instant.
"I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me!"
As Su Jianren died in a car accident, Zhao Hui also stepped into the abyss step by step under Wu Xianlong's calculation and use.
Yes, the suspense of "City Within a City" is almost gone, but CCTV has prepared another slightly "alternative" drama for those who follow the drama - "My Altay".
The drama is very likely to premiere on the evening of May 7th on CCTV's prime time slot, succeeding "City Within a City".
iQiyi will follow the broadcast simultaneously.
Are you looking forward to it?
The length of the first and eighth episodes, what exactly is "My Altay" about?
Yes, you read that right, there are only eight episodes.
Whether it is CCTV 1 or CCTV 8, such short TV series are rarely broadcast.
Even in online dramas, such as "The Hidden Corner" or " The Long Season ", which have become popular in recent years, they are still 12 episodes in length.
So why is "My Altay" so special?
Is it because the story is too thin to support a longer story?
certainly isn't.
The play is adapted from a collection of essays of the same name published by writer Li Juan in 2010.
In her preface, she said that all the texts selected for the book were related to her rural life in Altay.
When Li Juan was a child, she spent most of her childhood in Fuyun County, a small county town dominated by Kazakhs in the Altay region in the northernmost part of Xinjiang.
When she was a girl, she followed her family and lived for many years next to the nomadic Kazakh herdsmen.
Therefore, the story about Altay is actually Li Juan’s own story.
story, divided into two parts. The first part of
took place between 1998 and 2003.
records the details and perseverance of life in Kawutu and Akhara villages.
The second part takes place from 2002 to 2009, and depicts the daily life of Li Juan, her mother, and her elderly grandmother as they migrate and move with the herdsmen.
includes opening a grocery store, working as a tailor, going to the mountains to collect wild fungus, etc.
Second, let’s go to Altay.
Very early, I heard a saying:
If you want to see the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, then start from Xinjiang, it will definitely not disappoint you.
The scenery in northern Xinjiang is magnificent.
In the spring, there are bulging tents on the Shaihengbulak grassland, and in the summer pastures, there is a noisy and grand Aken music concert.
When winter comes, the snowy road becomes solid again.
But when I opened the trailer of "My Altay", what immediately struck my ears was this passage: "We are probably the last pure nomads in the world."
"Nomadic life is possible, in The next generation of you will disappear.”
What did we learn here in Altay?
——To love, to live, to get hurt.
Li Wenxiu, a young girl, failed to pursue her dream of literature in the city and lived with her mother who ran a canteen. Therefore, she was called the "canteen's daughter" by the locals.
In her body, we can see the persistence, sincerity and love of the girl, and we can also see the faded confusion after encountering setbacks in life.
At that time, Li Wenxiu was living in the countryside, but was out of tune with the reality around him.
But she cherishes the few interactions with her neighbors - the young man washing horses by the river, the "grievance" with Bahati's youngest son, meeting the young horse racing champion, and the beautiful young people at the country dance, etc.
Li Juan not only writes about the differences and emotional connections between the border areas, but also details the quiet life in the border areas.
In this aspect, just like Shen Congwen in the ancient city of Phoenix, Altay also has another kind of temperature and color in Li Juan's writing.
Not only this, Li Juan’s exploration of the boundary between humans and nature is also worth thinking about.
——When ragged and hungry people destroy the ecology by digging fungus, it is difficult for "I" to label this behavior right or wrong.
Human survival and cooperation with the environment are an eternal topic.
Third, the high-end texture complements the scenery, and there are those people
With only eight episodes, "My Altay" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes TV Drama Festival, and director Teng Congcong played a major role.
In her hands, the prose becomes a high-quality TV series or movie, and it is also a beautiful picture.
But what also moved me was "those people".
Let’s just look at the stills. Can you recognize that this is Ma Yili?
Ma Yili, who is 48 years old, is still looking for a real breakthrough, and her daughter Li Wenxiu is played by Zhou Yili, an actress born in 1995.
From the literary girl in the concrete jungle to the "daughter of the canteen" in the border area, Zhou Yiran is undoubtedly the most suitable among actresses of her age who can completely blend these two contradictory temperaments.
Zhou Yishang and literary films are a perfect match.
As for the male actors, Yu Shi takes the lead.
In "Fengshen" directed by Wu Ershan, Yu Shi played the role of Ji Fa, the male lead.
's image of a handsome and tough guy has won him the favor of a large number of audiences after the film was released. This time in "My Altay", Yu Shi's "Ba Tai" will become another of his representative roles.
In addition to the above three people, Jiang Qiming , Huang Xiaojuan and other powerful actors have also joined the show.
So will you come as scheduled on this journey between man and nature?
