Back to 1942

Back to 1942

  • Director: Xiaogang Feng
  • Countries of origin: China
  • Language: Mandarin, English, Japanese
  • Release date: November 29, 2012
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Nan doi 1942
  • "Untitled Remembering 1942 Project" is a joint production of Huayi Brothers Media Group and CFG , based on Zhenyun Liu 's novel " Untitled Remembering 1942 Project ", directed by Xiaogang Feng , Zhang Guoli , Chen Daoming , Li Xuejian , Zhang Hanyu Disasters starring et al; history; drama; war movies   .
    The film is based on the historical events of the great drought in Henan in 1942, when millions of people left their homes and went out to flee the famine. It is narrated in two clues: one is about the people on the road to escape, mainly the two families of the old owner Fan Dianyuan and the tenant Xialu. The core; the other is the Kuomintang government, whose indifference and corruption, their contempt for the people pushed and deepened the disaster. In 2013, the film won the Best Cross-Strait Chinese Film at The 32th Hong Kong Film Awards , and the Best Film at the 3rd Beijing International Film Festival Tiantan Award   .
    The film officially started on October 19, 2011, and was released in mainland China on November 29, 2012   .

    Details

    • Release date November 29, 2012
    • Production companies China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), Emperor Film Production, Huayi Brothers Media

    Box office

    Budget

    $33,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $312,954

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $105,702

    Gross worldwide

    $918,487

    Movie reviews

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    • By Grace 2022-12-15 05:10:27

      "Nineteen Forty-two" after watching

      There is no human heart, no human heart, no human heart, whoever devours the good, who is indulging in the devil's light, but it is full of filth, filth, nobility and lowliness, this man-made disaster, who can escape this superfluous How can anger and goodwill be against the flood of evil in this ignorant fog, how much is a human life worth? How many times has the empty belly drowned out the rationality? Can you ask yourself how much of that cheap morality is left? The high-sounding words...

    • By Stephan 2022-11-29 05:01:20

      Early death, early childcare, positive despair

      "1942" is undoubtedly Feng Xiaogang's best work. It is very shocking. It is more substantial and heavier than I imagined. After sweeping away the cliché of the extended TV series "Tangshan Earthquake", it is not hypocritical and extremely tragic. The film unfolds the disaster from the perspectives of the victims, the Nationalist government, Western journalists, missionaries, and Japanese forces. The two-and-a-half-hour movie wanted to accommodate so many grand, complex and intertwined clues....

    • By Bettie 2022-11-28 00:06:22

      If you don't eat it, will you die? Eat, you can live?

      Regarding life and death, two sentences are often mentioned, one is: it is better to die than to live, and the other is: early death and early life.

        For so many years, we have all lived in a state where it is better to die than to live. Whether it is natural disasters, government corruption, or being bullied by bullies, we can endure it as much as we can. It's really rare to see it at every turn and say: I'm fighting, even if I don't want this life, I have to figure out why! But...

    • By Eldon 2022-11-23 15:57:10

      I'm so dumbfounded to see so many stars

      Not to mention literary youth, I, after reading it, there is no ethnicity or history, and I bow my head and talk about a few details.

      1 Chiang Kai-shek was sitting in the car, and there were duplicitous cheers from the people outside. Jiang lightly said that when he missed the Northern Expedition, the people responded to what the people wanted, and now there are too many helpless things in his position. I had mixed feelings at that moment.

      2 When Xingxing cooked the cat, he tore...

    • By Bennie 2022-11-04 09:14:13

      Very heavy and desperate!

      It's too miserable, too cruel, too cruel, and the people watching it are very depressed and desperate. The subject is as heavy as the Tangshan earthquake, and the painful scenes are vividly expressed. It turns out that Feng Xiaogang can not only make funny scenes, but also cry. play.
          I just hate that missionary, it's superfluous! I can't tell why, although I like bloody men very much, but I don't like Zhang Hanyu. He is a pure man, but I don't like anything he plays. Inviting so many...

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    • By Wellington 2023-09-11 06:19:11

      It's too boring, I don't know why there is this film, I left the scene after 70...

    • By Letha 2023-08-12 13:04:01

      Look at life, taste life. The nature has changed when disasters become a moneymaker for directors. If you have the money to watch this movie, it is better to do some charity and buy a piece of clothes for the children in the western mountainous...

    • By Milton 2023-08-08 09:24:11

      Invincible bad movie Xiaogang you can't be a...

    • By Jerad 2023-08-06 21:16:38

      Feng Xiaogang, can you not pretend to be coercive and go back to filming your...

    • By Ambrose 2023-08-06 05:27:58

      Tears flowed in my heart, restraint, not sensational, very...

    Movie plot

    Untitled Remembering 1942 Project, because of a drought, there was a famine in Henan. The old owner is called Fan Dianyuan. In the year of the catastrophe, the war was approaching. He drove a carriage with grain on it, and his family sat on the grain. He also joined the flow of people fleeing to Shaanxi. Three months later, at Tongguan, the car was gone, the horse was gone, and the people in the car were gone. At this time, the old...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    (1) During the filming, actors such as Zhang Guoli , Zhang Hanyu , Feng Yuanzheng , Xu Fan , Mo Zhang , etc. not only had to lose weight to meet the requirements of the characters, but also practiced dialects to stay close to the character prototypes   ;
    (2) During the filming process, once the plane did not listen to the remote control and flew directly to a household in the countryside   ;
    (3) During the actual shooting period, the...
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    Filming Process

    The filming of "Untitled Remembering 1942 Project" spanned 7 locations and lasted 135 days   . From the beginning of the scene selection, the production director Hu Xiaofeng felt the difficulty of this play: the number and span of the film’s location is very large, the location is from Shanxi, Chongqing to the Northeast Diaobing Mountain, and the filming time in Shanxi is the longest. ; And Xiaogang Feng's requirements for another...
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    Reviews

    As a commercial story film, "Untitled Remembering 1942 Project" has a complete structure and a full plot (reviewed by China News Weekly)  .
    The adaptation of the film is a good combination of storytelling and documentary, with clear priorities and orderliness. In the form of expression, director Xiaogang Feng effectively utilizes the successful elements of past films, such as the reconstruction of human nature after natural disasters...
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    Negative Review

    "Untitled Remembering 1942 Project" is a cruel story about "human cannibalism", but director Xiaogang Feng simplifies a complicated story. The film exposes a great void, such as the abruptly stopped priests and clues of faith, a sense of negativity that cannot continue to be explored. In terms of the most basic response to the victims, "Untitled Remembering 1942 Project" is not too convincing. At least in terms of actor performance and...
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