On July 19, a screening ceremony for the movie "Akhdala" was held in Beijing. The film is directed by China's national first-level director Zhang Zhong, supervised by Sirzati Yahefu, produced by Zhan Mengyao, and stars Li Xuejian, Du Shaojie and others.
The story told in the movie "Akhdala" spans sixty years. Through the perspective of three generations of Xinjiang aid cadres Tian Li and grandfather Tian Shundi who have supported Xinjiang, it reveals a long-lasting and affectionate past.
In the 1960s, many cadres who aided Xinjiang came to Akdala to support. Here Li Huaihe met the love of his life, Hao Chunli. They worked hard to plant white cotton in this vast Gobi. The scarecrow witnessed their vigorous and passionate dedication. of youth. But a series of accidents hindered cotton planting, and the whereabouts of Li Huaihe's lover, Hao Chunli, were also missing. In order to protect the achievements of his comrades in exchange for their blood, Li Huaihe chose to stay in Akdala and be with the Scarecrow. Sixty years later, Akdala faced another cotton crisis. Li Huaihe passed on his life's work to Tian Li, a new generation of Xinjiang aid cadres. This protection across time and space rekindled hope in this land.
According to reports, the film was originally titled "Cadres Aiding Xinjiang" and has now been officially renamed "Akdala". Producer Zhan Mengyao said that "Akdala" comes from the minority language and means white wilderness. It is a miracle that white cotton grows on a white field. It is in line with the narrative expression of cotton as the main line of the current film, and it also expresses the extensiveness of Xinjiang aid work in a more artistic way.
It is reported that in order to film this film, the crew lasted 70 days of filming. They successively moved to Qitai County, Mulei County, Manas County, Aksu region, Shanghai, Fujian and other places. They worked for more than 900 hours and shot effective materials. In 200 minutes, 15,000 vehicles of various types and 9,500 extras were used.
Rao Shuguang, president of the Chinese Film Critics Society, praised the film's choice of viewpoint. He said that "Akhdala" provided fresh experience in the debate between the internal and external viewpoints of ethnic-themed films. "In the past, we thought that only those of ethnic minorities were involved. Only the director or author can enter the inner point of view. "Akhdala" shows that as long as we adhere to the spirit and consciousness of the Chinese nation community and the Chinese nation as one family, the characters we choose can enter the inner point of view, which can make our narrative more emotional. , and such stories and films can transcend the past debates on national identity and find better narratives, making the expression of the story more powerful, humane, and acceptable, and can also play a positive role in international communication. "
Red Star News. Reporter Zhang Shihao Editor Zeng Qi
