.com.cn: "The Beneficiary" not only allows us to see the new director's bid for the Olympics, but also allows us to see the future of Chinese directors.
The movie "The Beneficiary" starring Dapeng and Liu Yan broke 100 million at the box office a week. Judging from the box office performance, this film is not outstanding. But judging from the starring, content and director of the film, this film is still worth talking about.
starring and dedicating the best acting skills
most of the audience know that the name Dapeng should come from the sitcom "Diaosi Men" starring him. It can be said that Dapeng had already revealed his talents at that time, and he alone served as the director, screenwriter and lead actor of this show. But what really made the Dapeng popular was "Pancake Man" which he directed, starred and participated in the script creation in 2015. Although this film was complained by many viewers that year, it achieved quite good results, with a box office exceeding 1.1 billion.
Two years later, Dapeng brought his new work "Sewing Machine Band" to pay tribute to rock and roll. He is still the director, starring, and scriptwriting. Compared with the first screen work, this time it has improved a lot.
After this, Dapeng mostly appeared in the film, and did not star in other movies. Until the 55th Golden Horse Awards in 2018, the short film "Auspicious" directed and written by Dapeng won the best creative short film. This story about small characters made the audience shine. After
won the award, Dapeng did not stop his pace. In 2019, he first released the movie "Let's Take Risks", playing a small character-the owner of a car repair shop. "The Beneficiary" is the second movie he starred in this year. He is still a low-level character-the father of his son suffering from asthma. Regarding the performance of this film, the audience said that Dapeng "dedicated his best performance since his career." This evaluation is high enough, but it is also an affirmation of his continuous search for breakthroughs.
As for the heroine Liu Yan, her performance this time is also surprising, because this character is similar to her own experience. She herself is a real north drifter, especially the last clip of the film, saying directly that she "I am 38 years old" At that moment, she seemed to see all the experiences in her life and the relief after speaking in her eyes, real and moving.
The audience's impression of Liu Yan has always been her sexy figure, and there are not many works that impress the audience with her acting skills, but this time, her performance is really remarkable, and this work will also become her career. Masterpiece. The two actors of
have dedicated their best acting skills in this work, and their sincere acting skills can impress and be recognized by the audience. Dapeng was no longer that funny person, and Liu Yan was no longer that vase. The content of
is not yet ready for the fire.
This film mainly tells the driver Wu Hai (played by Dapeng), in order to treat his 6-year-old son who suffers from asthma, under the instigation of his friend Zhong Zhenjiang (played by Zhang Zixian), he deliberately met one Miao Miao (played by Liu Yan), an online female anchor who is also at the fringe and bottom with him, is determined to brew a story of marriage fraud with ulterior motives.
Judging from the subject matter, "The Beneficiary" is first of all a comedy. But outside of comedy, the whole film creates a reversal of the plot before and after, and this contrast also reveals social reality.
films depicting small characters have the potential to become so-called "explosives", such as the previous "No Name", "Donkey Gets Water" and "I'm Not the God of Medicine" and other well-known movies of this type, with comedy The form reflects the reality of suffering.
"The Beneficiary" is definitely not a bad film, but it has not been able to become a phenomenon-level film. On the one hand, it is because of the high reputation of "Young You" during this period of time. On the other hand, the film itself is still short of fire. . Although the actors have contributed their best performances and have the courage to be close to reality, they are still not enough to expose the reality. In the words of netizens, they are "lack of the courage to give up at the critical moment. Everything is almost impossible." Meaning." The director
wants to come from generation to generation. Compared with the actors and content, what attracts more attention is the director of this film-the Olympic bid. Perhaps the name sounds a bit strange, but if you mention Ning Hao, you will not feel unfamiliar. The Olympic bid is the director of Ning Hao's "Bad Monkey 72 Film Project".
In 2016, Bad Monkey Pictures launched the "Bad Monkey 72 Movie Project", which aims to escort 10 new directors. The purpose of Ning Hao’s film plan is to foster young directors, because he himself is also in Andy Lau’s "New AsiaUnder the support of the "Star Guide" plan, he completed his first cinematic movie "Crazy Stone" and was a "beneficiary." "The beneficiary" of
's Olympic bid is the third work launched by "Bad Monkey 72 Film Project". Before that, the series of "Xiuchundao" directed by Lu Yang and "I am not the God of Medicine" directed by Wen Muye were both From Bad Monkey Pictures.
Although "The Beneficiary" is the first big screen show of the Olympic bid, his strength cannot be ignored. In 2010, he won the first China International New Media Short Film Festival with his short film "He Long Chuan Gang" Awarded Jinpeng Best Short Film Award. Since then, I have also filmed short films such as "Tide Chasing the Waves" and "I'm Not Brave".
is under Ning Hao's banner, and this "Beneficiary" of the Olympic bid will inevitably be called "Ning Hao style". "This is not surprising, because Ning Hao has read the script over and over again, and it will definitely have its own style. This does not affect, "The Beneficiary" is just a new beginning for the Olympic bid.
is just like Ning Hao said: "The directors do not come one by one, they come from generation to generation. We have to engage in an act, and this act is a group of people appearing together. Not to mention the "Beneficiary", Ning Hao’s starting point for training a new generation of young directors is commendable. From Lu Yang, Wen Muye to the Olympic bid, these young directors are not only directors, they also participated. The script creation and the works have a good reputation. It is the various works they continue to create that enrich the film industry, and they are the future of Chinese directors.
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