If you care about trendy hip-hop, you will definitely not be unfamiliar with the name of beatbox celebrity mb14.
âWith 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".
âHowever, this "great" figure who has become famous in the rap circle does not stop there.
In the tenth year since he started "playing 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 be performing a beautiful duet of "Drinking Song" 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. In the end, Relying on his own strength, he found his own direction.
No one should set limits on their life. Young people have unlimited possibilities.
In this May, when the summer is coming, Huanxi premieres the French movie "The Tenor" exclusively online, and together with the rap Yuedong, injects vitality into this early summer.
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The takeaway boy's desperate counterattack
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 are struggling on the edge of life. The only way out is 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. When
had a free battle with his opponent, he could finally release all the anger in his life and be himself.
Antoine, who thought he would fight forever, had his life 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 is suitable for this line of work...
Opera has always suffered from the misunderstanding of "high threshold" and "difficult to understand", but " "The Tenor" is a friendly film created for "opera novices" to get started. The
movie takes rap, which is loved by young people, as a 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 CĂ©sar Award-nominated actress Michele Larquet.
The world-famous tenor Roberto Alanya generously sang the famous excerpt "A Secret Tear" in the movie.
Young opera singer Louis de Lavigne and musical actor Marie Opel are both 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 microphones" and rely on a fleshy voice and body resonance to spread their voices. 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 also 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 an insurance salesman in his early years;
Dai Yuqiang, my country's famous tenor, 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, 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, be true to yourself
This is true for both rap and opera
In the summer of 2017, mb14 received a private message from Raphael Benolier, the producer of "John Wick 4", "Mission: Impossible 6" and "Midnight in Paris" , to do some testing for a movie that blends rap and opera.
mb14 waited with excitement for four years. When "The Tenor" finally cast him, 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. Being able to appreciate the opera house up close in the movie is a beautiful enjoyment.
"The Tenor" has been praised by many movie fans as the opera version of "The Intouchables".
In the film, human will overcomes social prejudice, giving a boost to young people 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 can not help but remind people of Eminem's semi-autobiographical film "8 Mile".
was born in Brooklyn rap in the 1960s. It 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.
originated from the rap of 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.
And 2pac, one of the "50 greatest rappers of all time" who appears in the movie, his rap career is intertwined with crime.
He went through the era of rap gang fighting, and finally 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 Tenor"
happily premieres exclusively online
