Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Ai Xiuyu Photo/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Zhong Zhenbin On August 28, the 2024 "Going to the Mountains and Seas" Young Directors Creative Support Program (referred to as the Mountains and Seas Project) short film "Lu D

text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Ai Xiuyu

pictures/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Zhong Zhenbin

August 28, the 2024 "Going to the Mountains and Seas" Young Directors Creative Support Program (referred to as the Mountains and Seas Project) short film "Hearth Cake is Waffles" "Cake" was launched in Taishan, Guangdong.

The film is based on the two snacks of "Lu Di Ci" and "Eel Rice" and tells the story of "Linda, a female white-collar worker, wanted to meet an old friend in the most primitive way of waiting, but she ushered in a misplaced encounter." In a short period of two days, Linda embarked on a journey of memories with Azu, a young man from a small town whom she had just met. At the end of the trip, what awaited them was both closure and rebirth.

The concept poster "Lu Di Ci is Waffles"

"Lu Di Ci is Waffles" brings together a creative team of nearly 30 people from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong. Producer Yang Pingdao is a well-known film director, screenwriter, and writer, and his films have won awards at major film festivals. Director Zhang Yichuan is also a curator and university teacher. He studies Italian youth films in the 1960s and pays attention to social reality in the modern context. Director of photography Zhou Zimo once worked at the China Film Group Film Production Base and had in-depth cooperation with directors such as Wong Kar-wai and Diao Yinan.

The male and female protagonists of this film have distinct character characteristics. The heroine Lin Lin (Linda) is capable and elegant. She is a real estate agent who lives in many places at home and abroad. She is played by Chen Yujie, a Hakka born in Guangzhou in 1999. She has participated in the works "A Situation" and "Aru Moli" 》was shortlisted for the 17th First Annual Film Festival. The male protagonist Azu, who has a free and loose personality and runs an eel restaurant, is played by He Xujian. He was born in Foshan, Guangdong in 1991. He participated in the work "Transcendent Journey" and won the gold medal at the Guangzhou Drama Festival.

Director Zhang Yichuan (first from left) communicates with the actors at the filming site.

Director Zhang Yichuan said that "Lu Di Ci is Waffles" is a love letter to Taishan, which is mixed with the spatial memory, time memory and relationship of Taishan people. Attachment to specific foods.

In order to tell this "story that can only happen in Taishan" well, the crew will panoramically display the natural and cultural features and urban life of Taishan, the hometown of overseas Chinese, from the storyline, cultural elements, spatial scenes and other aspects.

It is worth mentioning that as an important scene in the film, the Ludi Cake Shop borrowed the real scene of Guiyi Ludi Cake Shop, the oldest local store. The store opened in 1993 and has a history of more than 30 years. It is the first Ludi Cake shop in Taishan. Dizi shop. In the film, the owner of the Ludi Cake Shop, Lao Xu, also makes a cameo appearance.

Taishan Ludici

In order to complete the shooting with high efficiency and high quality, the main creative team of the film arrived in Taishan on August 16 to start the preparatory work. After a week of visits and screening, it was finally determined that it will be filmed in Shuibu Town, Taishan City, Jiangmen, and Dawan, Doosan Town Filming was conducted in various locations in the village, Baisha Town and Taicheng Town. On August 28, the first scene of the film was a scene in which Azu rides an electric car and drives Linda in the Shuibu neighborhood. This scene is the first "intimate contact" between the two after they met, and it plays a role in the plot of the short film. It plays an important role in connecting the previous and the next.

"Lu Di Ci is Waffles" was filmed in many places in Taishan City

"Lu Di Ci is Waffles" has received strong support from the local government, enterprises and people. The Propaganda Department of the Taishan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Taishan Water Conservancy Bureau provided shooting coordination and personnel support for the film. Taishan City People's Government, Taicheng Sub-district Office, Taishan City Shuibu Town People's Government, Taishan City Baisha Town People's Government, Taishan City Dooshan Town People's Government, Taishan City Doushan Town Dawan Villagers Committee, Taishan City Shuibu Town Luxia Villagers Committee , Gangning Village Committee, Shuibu Town, Taishan City provided filming location support for the film. Taishan Cultural Tourism Group Co., Ltd., Taishan Travel (Taishan) Tourism Development Co., Ltd., and Zhuhai Guangrui Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd. Taishan Branch provided accommodation, outreach, co-production and vehicle support for the film. In addition, Taishan Wudong Popular Beef Restaurant provided some props and technical support for eel rice production to the crew.

It is reported that the film will be completed on August 30 and enter the post-production stage.