directed by Diao Yinan, starring Hu Ge and Gui Lunmei, Liao Fan and Wan Qian's special film "The Party at Southern Station" will be released nationwide on December 6. The film is not only the only Chinese film shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival this year, but also the director’s new expression of crime genre films in the local context following the Golden Bear Award work "Fireworks in the Day" try.
combines the local crime subject matter with the exotic temperament.
The story of the film "The Gathering at Southern Station" is inspired by real news events. It tells the story of Zhou Zenong, the leader of the car theft gang, who embarked on the road of escape with a huge reward, struggling to seek self-salvation. story.
As early as 2014, Director Diao Yinan won the Golden Bear Award for Best Picture at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival for his "Fireworks in the Day". When the film was released in China, he created a box office record of over 100 million yuan in non-popular periods. Established a new commercial benchmark for domestic crime films. And Harbin, where the story took place, also produced a unique regional charm under the director's lens, which made the audience talk about it.
If "Fireworks in Daylight" is the director's dramatic depiction of northern customs, then "The Gathering at Southern Station" is a visual reproduction of the humid south. It is reported that the movie "Gathering at Southern Station" was shot in Wuhan, and the actors used the Wuhan dialect throughout to ensure the immersive sense of the film. For this choice of space, Director Diao Yinan has his own intentions: "Such a space can lead characters and stories and wait for them to open up. What I want to express is the mystery and anxiety of life, which is also a projection of my heart." From "north" to "south", from "days" to "night rain", environmental elements are becoming more and more varied, and Diao Yinan's attempts at crime genres in the local context have also been evolving and upgrading.
"Gathering at Southern Station" has been conceived and created for many years, and continues Diao Yinan's personal style. In terms of crime types, audiovisual language and emotional relationships, it has a more extreme performance than "Fireworks in the Day". The film gazes at the fate of marginal characters in a cautious manner, and combines local crime themes with strange temperament, showing a different style of crime. Diao Yinan once said: “When you combine drama and stylization, you can easily make movies that are both author’s expression and good-looking. Today’s Chinese social environment is also a fertile soil for creators, allowing us to create Such works."
Hu Ge's first challenge to the complex fringe character
, Zhou Zenong, played by Hu Ge, is a leader of the Yeetang Lake area theft gang. When the internal branches of the gang compete for the interests of the territory, his team and Rushing tragedy broke out on the other side and was wanted by the police and became desperadoes. Although Zhou Zenong is a member of a car theft gang, he has been betrayed all the time and he has been charged with passive charges. The Captain of the Criminal Police Brigade (played by Liao Fan) and the underworld forces are desperately following the traces of Zhou Zenong. Zhou Zenong decides to hide in a humble lakeside resort town-Wild Goose Pond. Here, Zhou Zenong met the local prostitute Liu Aiai (played by Gui Lunmei). With her help, Zhou Zenong successfully sent a message to his wife Yang Shujun (played by Wan Qian) who had not seen her for many years. When the police offered a reward of 300,000 yuan, Zhou Zenong made a small calculation and wanted his wife to report him, so that he could leave a sum of money needed for his family's life.
Hu Ge also gave his own understanding of such a tragic character who bloomed with life on the run: "This character has not been home for five years. He feels that he cannot give his wife and children a good life. I imagine he is right. A person who has no hope in life lives at the bottom of the fringe. It was not until he knew his life value was 300,000 yuan that he gave him new support.” For the first time,
challenged this complicated fringe figure. Hu Ge said: “The biggest The problem is that I approached this character in terms of temperament. It did go through a torment process. Not long after I started up, the director asked me how I felt, I said that regardless of the physical, emotional, or spiritual, good or bad, I kept the negative. Because of this anxiety , The sense of insecurity is consistent with the role.”
Diao Yinan also interpreted the theme of the film: “I hope everyone will get a new experience. A man completes the redemption of life at the last moment, the woman wins, and the man also takes on the responsibility of life. Responsibility, responsibility to the family.”
A few days ago, this film held a special screening event of Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers in Xiamen. Hu Ge accompanied the audience throughout the film. The film not only received enthusiastic praise from fans of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, but also attracted guests such as Lu Yan, Zhang Yi, Zu Feng, Zhang Songwen, Li Landi, Li Xiaofeng, etc.Show up to watch the movie. Regarding the story of "getting life for bounty", the audience expressed "awesome", "wonderful", and "all the acting skills burst in a silent". (Chen Juhui)
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