In the filming of the China Film Archive, after "Lorna's Silence", it was originally scheduled to release "Antichrist", but it was said that the large-scale work did not pass, so it was changed to South Korea's "Bat." . If there is any connection between "Lorna's Silence" and "Bat", what I think of is this "Bai Lan". The theme of its relationship with the former is all about weak countries and strong countries. All of the immigration issues tell about the difficulties of life as an immigrant; and the connection with the latter is not only Korean movies, but also the starring roles of Korean phenomenon-level big names. In "Bai Lan", Choi Min-sik, " In "The Bat" is Song Kanghao. Based on the deep impression of "Bai Lan", although this is not a film I watched recently, I will write it here.
Movies like "Bai Lan" are mixed with dark elements such as gangsters, violence, blood, death, etc., and at the same time have a warm plot such as fresh, plain, quiet, and moving, and they almost perfectly combine the two in the same movie. In the movie, it is really rare. As an old film, let me tell the feeling of this film by telling the plot. The story is interpreted in a montage way, with two parallel clues advancing at the same time, and the last two clues are combined into one. This technique is actually not new. It has been used in too many movies, but in this film, it is presented in two completely different ways, telling about two completely different worlds and worldviews. People brought two different emotions, and the shock of the final combination.
Let’s start with the clue of Kang Bailan played by Cecilia Cheung. After the death of her mother, this Chinese girl went to join her uncle in Incheon, South Korea. But after that, her uncle had already immigrated to Canada and fell into a lonely foreign country, Bai Lan’s life. In a difficult situation, the most difficult thing is that she did not have a South Korean ID when she wanted to work. Bai Lan's biggest wish to live a life is to be able to obtain legal immigration status, and the acquisition of this status requires her to marry someone. Korean. But as a poor Chinese girl, who would want to marry her? Finally, someone named Li Jiangcai was willing to marry her, and she didn't need to pay anything, and sent Bailan a picture of him. Bailan finally survived legally in South Korea because of her marriage, working desperately to earn money and striving to support herself. The greatest spiritual sustenance of living in a foreign land is the husband who lives in a distant place. Although he has never seen himself before, looking at his simple and honest face, he knows that he will be a good person. , Otherwise, why would he be willing to marry her poor and humble woman? Bai Lan wrote all the gentle love for her husband in her heart, but she did not send it. She even went to search for him, but she finally failed. Unfortunately, she was found to be terminally ill and finally died. But to death, the love in her heart is still beautiful, she has always been grateful to her husband and loves him with all her heart. This world, for Bai Lan, is not a failure, because she finally has love and someone who can put her thoughts on.
The story on the other clue is not what Bai Lan imagined. The middle-aged Li Jiang is just a street gangster, the most extreme kind of underworld. When the people who came out together when he was young became the eldest brother, he is still the smallest brother, and even his The son despised him. This kind of guy, except for looking for a bit of comfort in front of the game console, may not have even considered what life is like. He obeyed the instructions from his elder brother and lived blankly, with little value. One day, his elder brother was entrusted by others and ordered him to marry an immigrant. He just did it, what the eldest brother asked to do, this is just a normal part of the operation of the underworld. After completing the mission of the eldest brother, he forgot about it. He didn't even remember that he was married, and his wife was an immigrant from China. Until one day, Yousi found him based on the woman named Bailan's relics and asked him to collect the woman's ashes and relics.
This reminded Li Jiang of the marriage that year. He was a little curious and heard that she had come to him. Li Jiang just went to the place where Bai Lan lived, and as a result, he saw the letter Bai Lan left her. This letter knocked him down all at once. When he is a little bastard who doesn't seem to be of any value in the eyes of others, even when he doesn't have any thoughts about himself. But he didn't know that his unintentional act, that ordered marriage, made another woman feel grateful for him, and the kind of love and respect he had never felt before. A man, wimpy, without any sense of dignity, but in an instant, it was like discovering the New World, his existence itself was value. He can be loved, respected, considered valuable, and full of admiration and love for him. This is too important for a man. Li Jiang cried bitterly, a man who was crying bitterly. However, all this came too late, and the woman who was so good to him had already passed away. This made Li Jiangcai's crying even more sorrowful. How could his true love be? The things he had just discovered had already been lost, and the years he had lost have rediscovered himself in front of the deceased Bailan.
This self-discovery is meaningful to Li Jiangcai. If the movie stops in this place, it will still be a good romance. But the film didn't. Instead, Li Jiang returned to his original life, and finally got a man, but was killed by the underworld in this man. When his neck was strangled and his eyes gradually blurred, he saw Bai Lan. The two entered the same world and finally came together.
The Bailan portrayed by Cecilia Cheung may not require any acting skills, but the pure image full of infinite love and her simple view of the world brought people a lot of emotion. The revival of the male spirit that belongs to Li Jiangcai, coupled with Cui Minzhi’s old and spicy acting skills, brought the whole image to life and also drove the texture of the whole movie. It is said that it is a romance film, but it is full of roughness. There are also various feelings of vicissitudes, which are not simple and innocent, and the emotion left behind behind death is also that long. This kind of movie, that kind of sad feeling, can't help but not move. At least, I was very moved when I watched it, and when I watched it again, I was still very moved when I think about it.
For Choi Min-sik, as a first-class actor in South Korea, his performance in "Old Boy" can be said to shock the whole world. The director Song Hae-sung also became the leading director of Korea because of "Bai Lan". His latest work is the villain Wu Yu-sen's "The True Colors of Heroes."
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