actor travels around 's new film " Dog Formation ", which will be released on June 15th. At this year's 77th Cannes Film Festival, "Dogs" won the Best Film Award in the "Un Certain Regard" category. The jury's award speech stated: "The film has amazing poetry and imagination."
In addition to "Dogs", Zhou You's other new film " Romance Generation " is the main competition of this year's Cannes Film Festival. Competition films in the unit. Two of Zhou You's new films were screened at Cannes at the same time. He is undoubtedly the Chinese actor who has attracted much attention during the film festival.
"The Romantic Generation" has not yet been released, so the audience can only keep looking forward to it. "Dogs" has already met the audience, and we can see the wonderful performance of Zhou You in the film.
"Dog Formation" tells the story of Erlang, a parolee, who returns to his hometown of Chixia Town. He has been in prison for 10 years. When he returns home, he has changed. The film focuses on how Erlang reintegrates into society. During this process, Erlang adopted a black dog, which became his spiritual comfort. As a good friend of Erlang, Nie Shili constantly provided him with selfless help to help him get back on his feet. Nie Shili and Erlang (played by Eddie Peng), played by
Zhou You, grew up together. As adults, their similar tragic fate and similar kind-heartedness allowed the two to continue their friendship. Nie Shili is like a mirror, reflecting Erlang's eccentric behavior in life; Nie Shili is like a family member, silently helping him in his life. The existence of Nie Shili gives the film a touch of warmth. Every time he appears, the fierce-looking Erlang relaxes his guard a little. This is an unforgettable character.
In the film, Zhou You portrays the character very fully. His screen time is relatively limited, but the audience is able to construct the character's life path in their minds through his traveling performances.
In a scene where Nie Shili first appeared, he was a busy chef in the back kitchen of a hotel, and Erlang was extremely kind to him when he saw him. As an experienced person, he taught Erlang how to work well with Uncle Yao (played by Jia Zhangke). Nie Shili looked back on his past. When he was young, he helped people fight and was imprisoned. After he was released from prison, Uncle Yao gave him a job and helped him master a craft.
Zhouyou gives the character a sense of vicissitudes beyond his age, because Nie Shili has also been in prison and has tasted the bitterness of the world. He is not only Erlang's "senior" but also Erlang's good friend. He hopes that Erlang can integrate into society as soon as possible. Erlang's today is his yesterday. The opening scene of
Zhouyou is about daily work and daily chatter. However, the actor's skillful cooking skills and insightful lines and tone accurately outline the character's history, and the audience can understand Nie Shili's background in an instant. His later help to Erlang and Erlang's trust in him were excellent emotional foreshadowing.
Erlang was bitten by a black dog, and Nie Shili "locked" Erlang and the black dog in a yard for isolation. In this scene, Zhou You completed the complete shaping of the character's personality. First, Zhou You shows the character's care and patience. Nie Shili delivered meals to Erlang for 10 consecutive days. He had no complaints about this and patiently enlightened Erlang. Such sincere friendship gave Erlang the courage to return to society.
Secondly, Zhou You grasps the literary and artistic heart of the character. Erlang blamed Nie Shili for giving up playing guitar, and Nie Shili was speechless. After being imprisoned many years ago and being busy with life in recent years, he had long lost his pursuit of music. However, after Erlang went out, Nie Shili picked up Erlang's guitar and gently plucked the strings. This simple action allows Zhou You to fully release the literary and artistic heart contained in the character. Nie Shili has not forgotten music, he just doesn't dare to touch this beautiful memory again. It was Erlang who triggered his sense of music.
Zhouyou shows the rich background and connotation of the character. Nie Shili is like an "iceberg". Only 10% of his part is shown in the film, and 90% of his past is hidden in the actor's performance. Therefore, everything Zhou You says and does in the film is the accumulation of the character's life experience. Zhou You has created a vivid Nie Shili on the big screen with his life-like performance.
After "Dog Formation", I am looking forward to Zhou You's performance in "The Romantic Generation".Both are reality-themed movies, and I want to see how Zhou You plays a brand-new character and brings a completely different viewing experience to the audience.
Cui Ting/text
