The movie "Qiao Yan's Thoughts" starring Zhao Liying and Xin Zhilei has officially announced posters for the twin heroines. The image of the sisters lying on their sides in the same frame triggered a series of plot speculations.
It is reported that "Qiao Yan's Thoughts" is adapted from Zhang Yueran's novel "Da Qiao Xiao Qiao". The original work describes the changes in the fate of a family caused by a superborn child during the family planning era, focusing on the description of two sisters who bear different fates because of their "superborn" . At present, not much has been revealed about the plot of the movie, and the introduction is vague, using "anonymous blackmail" as a shadow, which leads to the entanglement of the relationship between Zhao Liying and Xin Zhilei.
In the original novel, you can see that the storyline has a strong sense of conflict, including "surrender", "petition", "unfair punishment", "parental care and foster care", "unmarried daughter", "suicide" and other possible themes. Elements that trigger social discussion. For this reason, some netizens believe that the movie's plot synopsis deliberately avoids these dangerous elements, fearing that the scale will not be accurate enough to trigger public opinion.
After learning about the original background of "Qiao Yan's Mind", some netizens were worried about director Zhao Deyin's ability and questioned his ability to control this type of subject matter. Director Zhao Deyin was born in Myanmar and went to school in Taiwan Province at the age of 16. He was later selected as a creative trainee of the Golden Horse Film Academy hosted by Hou Hsiao-hsien. He studied film with master directors such as Hou Hsiao-hsien and Ang Lee. He was shortlisted for three major European film festivals and won the 2016 Golden Horse Film Festival with his film "Goodbye Wa City". "Nominated for the Best Director Award at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards.
Judging from the director's resume, Zhao Deyin has a good record, but he has a fatal problem. He is good at shooting Burmese stories and is known as "Myanmar Jia Zhangke", but he has little understanding of mainland culture and life. He once said that his perspective is " "As an outsider looking at the Chinese world", it is difficult for such a director to be sympathetic when shooting mainland themes, and there is a high probability that he will not be accustomed to the local environment.
Chinese directors have made many overturns in local themes, but a theme like "Qiao Yan's Mind" involves the background of family planning and also talks about feminism, which is really worrying.
Back to the movie itself, fans are honored that Zhao Liying starred in the lead female role in "Qiao Yan's Mind" and feel that becoming a "big director" will have prospects for box office and awards. So, why did such a director who could make a thunderstorm at any time choose Zhao Liying? Many netizens think that it is to attract traffic, just like the one who found Ke Zhendong in "Goodbye Wa City". They want to consume buzz, but also consider themselves to belong to a niche and fringe culture, so they will not be burdened with pressure.
Zhao Liying is a popular actress, so she won’t suffer if she wants to collaborate with her in terms of topicality. At the same time, the director may not have the motivation to win the box office. It is reported that director Zhao Deyin’s highest box office record is 1 million, and "Qiao Yan’s Mind" is the literary film that he believes is most like a commercial film. Zhao Liying also directly directed "the first suspense film" The hot search for "film" shows that the whole team is working hard.
However, netizens are not optimistic about Zhao Liying's box office resistance, thinking that her hot search topics are highly consistent with the promotion period of "Article 20", and she has a lot of traffic from the beginning.
In addition, Zhao Lusi's new drama "Let Me Shine" and Zhao Liying's "Qiao Yan's Mind" are adapted from the same novel. The drama version has been changed into a female workplace growth drama, which is different from the background of the times. If the movie version focuses on the experiences of the two sisters, the director will be much less likely to make a mistake, but if "super beings" are used as the plot thread, the risk is extremely high.
In any case, I still hope that the director can faithfully restore the specific situation and not deliberately create conflicts to make the film taste bad. I also hope that popular celebrity artists can open their eyes and see more clearly when choosing scripts and lineups, so as to avoid laying the ground for themselves.
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