No one should set limits on their life. Young people have unlimited possibilities. On May 10, 2024, the musical film "Tenor" starring mb14 was exclusively broadcast on Huanxi Media's streaming platform "Huanxi Premiere", and together with the rap Yuedong, injected vitality into this early summer.
If you care about trendy hip-hop, you will definitely not be unfamiliar with the name of beatbox celebrity mb14. With just one mouth, mb14 can form a "burning" band, enough to make anyone who doesn't know him quickly remember his name.
His honors include but are not limited to former member of beatbox gold medal group berywam, beatbox world champion, runner-up of "The Voice France", and phenomenal student of "Britain's Got Talent". However, this "great" figure who has become famous in the rap circle is more than that. In the tenth year after starting to "play music" - the musical movie "The Tenor" starring mb14 was born.
Beatbox, rap, and opera, these seemingly completely incompatible elements have been "revitalized" in the hands of mb14. The sushi boy who was fighting underground one second could perform a beautiful "Drinking Song" duet on stage the next.
He once made no progress no matter how hard he practiced, and he once sang until "smoke came out of his throat" and wanted to quit. In "The Tenor", mb14 is no longer the radiant king on the stage, and all his glory has been wiped out. In the movie, like the protagonist Antoine, he has talent, but is repeatedly questioned, and finally relies on With his own strength, he found his own direction.
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The young man Antoine is a food delivery boy living in the suburbs of Paris. As an immigrant, he lives at the bottom of society, and the romance of Paris has no chance for him. He and his brother were struggling on the edge of life, and the only way out was for him to work as an accountant and get a stable job.
Antoine doesn’t like the accounting courses in school. What he likes most is underground rap. In the moment of free battle with his opponent, he can finally release all the anger in his life and be himself.
Antoine thought he would fight for the rest of his life, but his life path was rewritten because of an order from the Paris Opera House. After a quarrel with an opera student, he instinctively "singed a few lines" to retaliate, which aroused the interest of opera coach Ms. Loiseau.
Ms. Loiseau believed that Antoine was a rare opera talent and tried her best to recruit Antoine to her name. Antoine was deeply touched when he entered the world of opera, but his humble background made him think about whether he was suitable for this line of work...
Opera has always been misunderstood as "high threshold" and "difficult to understand", but "The Tenor" " is a friendly film designed for "opera novices" to get started. The movie takes rap, which is loved by young people, as the starting point, and carefully selects popular operas such as "Essence of Love", "Rigoletto", "Madame Butterfly" and "Turandot", which are both enjoyable to listen to and watch.
The cast of this film is even more star-studded. Starring opposite mb14 is César Award-nominated actress Michele Larquet. The world-famous tenor Roberto Alagna generously sang the famous excerpt "A Secret Tear" in the movie. Young opera singer Louis de Lavigne and musical actor Marie Opel are all rising stars in the music industry in recent years.
mb14 I studied under the opera teacher Caroline Favre and received professional opera training for the film. Opera singers cannot "use the microphone" and rely on a fleshy voice and body resonance to spread the sound. mb14, who became a monk halfway, showed amazing musical talent in the movie.
The climax of the film, the opera excerpt "Nessun Dorma", was performed entirely by mb14 himself. This is completely different from the "double act" in other opera movies where the actor is responsible for the mouth shape and the professional opera singer is responsible for the voice.
The story of "The Tenor" is the true life trajectory of mb14. There was no musician in mb14's family, and his parents did not support him taking singing as a job. He studied law and management according to his parents' wishes.But in the end, it was his love for music and the stage that allowed him to be brave enough to be himself and live the life of his dreams.
The story of "counterattack" is not uncommon in the world of tenors: Mario Lanza, one of the top ten tenors of the 20th century, did not receive formal vocal training until he was 19 years old; Pavarotti worked as a primary school teacher and insurance salesman in his early years; my country The famous tenor Dai Yuqiang graduated from Beijing Coal Mine School majoring in civil engineering...
It is gold and will always shine! The story of "The Tenor" tells us this. As the "Father of Apple" Steve Jobs said: "To do something worthwhile, you must love the career you want to do. If you haven't found it yet, don't give up, keep looking. Just listen to your heart and when You'll know it when you find it. Like any great relationship, it gets stronger over time, so don't give up, keep looking."
Be true to yourself and be true to yourself, this is true for both rap and opera
In the summer of 2017, mb14 received "John Wick 4", "Mission: Impossible 6", " Midnight in Paris " producer Rafael Benoli I sent you a private message asking him to do some testing for a movie that would combine rap and opera. mb14 waited with excitement for four years. When he was finally cast in "The Tenor", mb14 burst into tears.
This film was shot at the Paris Opera House, the world's "largest lyrical theatre". Its lounge is comparable to the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles. It is a beautiful enjoyment to be able to appreciate the opera house up close in the movie.
"The Tenor" has been praised by many movie fans as the opera version of "无touch". In the film, human will overcomes social prejudice, giving young people a shot in the arm who are pursuing their dreams. The rap and opera in the movie seem to have no connection, but in fact they reflect the same theme - being true to oneself.
Antoine’s experience is inevitably reminiscent of Eminem’s semi-autobiographical film “8 Mile.” Rap, which was born in Brooklyn in the 1960s, was originally a niche music form created by black and Latino immigrants to resist white supremacy. Because of a blackout in New York, rap unexpectedly went mainstream.
Rap originated from the lower class. The violence, gangsters, and naked worship of money in the lyrics all described the real life of the young people at the lower class at that time. As for 2pac, one of the "50 greatest rappers in history" who appears in the movie, his rap career is intertwined with crime. He lived through the era of rap gang warfare and eventually died in a shooting.
"My words are weapons, and I move towards silence step by step", "The reason why I bear the guilt of my life is that I come from a broken family", "The police don't care about black people"... If you look carefully at 2pac's quotations, You will find that music is just his weapon, and his singing has been fighting for himself.
Just like in the movie, Hugo's poem can also be read in the form of rap - there is no distinction between art and form. As long as you have a dream, no matter where you are from, you can rely on your own hands to create a brilliant sky.
The movie "The Tenor" has been exclusively broadcast on Huanxi Premiere. As a selected movie platform that combines membership and paid on-demand, Huanxi Premiere selects high-quality film and television content at home and abroad for Internet users. Domestic masterpieces such as " Anita Mui " (Movie version & drama version) " School Dad " " Azolla " "Manslaughter" " One Second " "Crazy Alien" "Win the Championship" " The Party at Southern Station " "Wind Dog" "Young Sky", etc., and overseas masterpieces such as "Disillusionment", "Night of the King", "Howling Wolf", "All Creatures", "Stage Play", etc. At present, Huanxi Premiere has covered three major terminals: PC, mobile and TV, with a total download count of more than 38 million and a cumulative paying users of more than 11 million.
Huanxi Premiere is a streaming media playback platform under Huanxi Media. As an innovative film and television content investment, production and streaming media playback platform company, Huanxi Media has always adhered to the two-wheel-driven development strategy of "content + channels".
Huanxi Media is working steadily on the main strategy of "content is king" and is committed to developing high-quality and diversified film and television works through working with outstanding directors and professional creative teams. It is reported that the films produced by Huanxi Media and planned to be released in 2024 or the first quarter of 2025 include the film "The Stage" written, directed and starred by Chen Peisi; the film " Jiang Yuan Nong " directed by Chen Kexin and co-starred by Zhang Ziyi ; The movie "Alone on the Stage" directed by Chen Kexin and starring Hu Ge, Vincent Cassel, Hao Lei, etc.
In addition, projects invested and produced by Huanxi Media also include: the movie " Chaoyun Muyu ", directed and written by Zhang Guoli, starring Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu, which is scheduled to be released on May 17, 2024; directed by Gu Changwei, starring Ge You and Wang Junkai " the hedgehog "; "In the Name of the Father" directed by Chen Daming and starring Zhang Hanyu; "Safe Evacuation from the 21st Century" directed by Li Yang and starring Zhang Ruoyun and Zhong Chuxi; "Mermaid" directed by Cheng Er and starring Wang Yibo and Wang Chuanjun "Up the Mountain" directed by Wu Di and starring Tu Men and Wu Xiaoliang, as well as new works that Huanxi Media is planning to collaborate with Zhang Yimou again after the success of "River Red", etc.
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