On November 28, the movie "Sunflowers in the Evening" held a premiere press conference in Beijing. Director Li Xu, starring Na Renhua, screenwriters Liu Yibing and Yao Wanli, photography directors Jin Guirong, art directors Cao Jiuping and Yu Shuyao, editing director Zhou Xinxia,

On November 28, the movie "Sunflower in the Evening" held a premiere press conference in Beijing. Director Li Xu, starring Na Renhua, screenwriters Liu Yibing and Yao Wanli, photography directors Jin Guirong, art directors Cao Jiuping and Yu Shuyao, editing director Zhou Xinxia, Styling director Tong Huamiao, composer Guo Haowei, sound director Liu Xiaofei, as well as the film's chief producer Li Jinyun, and supervisory producer Li Xingguo appeared on the scene and shared their creative concepts and the stories behind the scenes of the film's shooting with the audience. The

movie "Sunflowers in the Evening" conveys the philosophical propositions of life and death to the audience through a prose-poetic image expression. The film tells the story of the terminally ill heroine Xu Manfang, who gave up treatment in her last days and returned to the village where she lived with her late husband when she was young, trying to leave with the beautiful memories of her youth.

The film is Li Xu’s directorial debut. He said, “Evening represents the darkest moment in life. Everyone will face their own dilemma, but when this darkness and abyss comes, are people willing to chase it like a sunflower? Running under the sun? Are you still willing to face difficulties in the dark? Are you willing to live optimistically in difficulties? This is the idea that the film wants to convey."

"Sunflowers in the Evening" has almost no external strong dramatic conflicts, and the overall rhythm is It is also very soothing, but it can make the audience's mood fluctuate continuously with the changes in the fate of the protagonist, thinking about the meaning and value of life and death. This all depends on Li Xu's "taking out time" technique. "There is no need for external plots and conflicts, no deliberate art design, try to remove all external and concrete things from the film, then only the heart of the heroine can fill the film."

starring Naren Hua described Li Xu as a "bold" director, who dared to boldly touch on such a subject for the first time in a movie, and boldly adopted a "one-man show"-like setting, which gave Narenhua a whole new acting experience. As an actor, it is a blessing to meet a good director, and Na Renhua also has a very good cooperation with director Li Xu.

art director Cao Jiuping described Li Xu as a director who "makes decisions and then acts." He believes , Li Xu is a director who knows very well what he wants. He has very strong creative intentions and will not give up his pursuit because of other interference. This kind of personality charm will "elevate" the creative state of the crew. . At the premiere of

, many people in the industry also expressed their love for the film. Screenwriter Wang Haiping praised Li Xu's talent and innovative thinking, and said that "Sunflowers in the Evening" touched people's hearts and saw the spring in Li Xu's film. Full of life, the splendor of spring. Director You Xiaogang used the word "pure" to describe the movie, "Those who sit here and watch the movie are fascinated by the exciting rhythm of the entire movie, the expression of audio-visual language, the story it narrates, especially the performances of the characters. , all done very purely. "Director Zhang Li said that it is very rare to suddenly have a movie like this in such a noisy era, and the theme of living towards death makes him feel very involved.

It is reported that the movie "Sunflowers in the Evening" is directed by Li Xu and stars Na Renhua, Starring Li Yufeng, Li Lecheng, Niu Hongtao, Li Xu, Yue Yaqiong, etc., screenwriters Liu Yibing, Yao Wanli, Li Xu, Jin Guirong as photography director, Cao Jiuping and Yu Shuyao as art directors, Zhou Xinxia as editing director, Tong Huamiao as styling director , Shen Xinghao is the artistic director, Guo Haowei is the composer, and Liu Xiaofei is the sound director. It will be released nationwide on November 30.

[Source: China Central Radio and Television International Online]