"Return" is adapted from the novel "Lu Yanshi" by Chinese-American writer Yan Geling. I have this book on my Kindle Paperwhite, but I haven't read it yet. There are 37 chapters in the original work, and the director naturally did not put them all on the big screen. However, the bridge segment presented on the screen is enough to induce tears.
Speaking of director Zhang Yimou's works, in fact, except for the "Blood Labyrinth" that pays tribute to the Coen brothers, but I always appreciate "Three Guns", which I regard as a permanent stain on Zhang Yimou's directorial career, I have never been interested in Zhang Yimou's other film works. All of them were well received (including "The Golden Armor", which was ridiculed as a big steamed bun, and "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", which made many film critics indignant and accused the disadvantaged groups of consumers. I can't change the critics' point of view, but I My own opinion is that I see a lot more bright spots than those people). Therefore, many people say that this "Return" is Zhang Yimou's return after breaking up with Zhang Weiping. It announces the nirvana rebirth of the leader of the fifth generation of directors. I have reservations about this statement, not Zhang Yimou. The work has become beautiful again, to apply the slogan of Nature Hall - you are beautiful!
The content of the movie will not be spoiled (or will be repeated). In fact, the protagonist Lu Yanshi officially announced his "return" in about 30 minutes of the film's opening, but it was his return that led to the biggest conflict in the movie - Gong Li's role Lu Yanzhi's wife, Feng Wanyu, has completely lost sight of her husband, whom she hasn't seen in 20 years, and her lover does not know each other. The furthest distance in the world is this. "Wan Yu doesn't know Yan Shi" has become the main line throughout the whole film. Yan Shi's repeated attempts to awaken his lover's memory failed, causing the audience in the theater to sigh again and again. At the end of the film, Lu Yanshi, who can only accompany his lover as the reader, carries the elderly and seriously ill Feng Wanyu to the platform, waiting for the "Lu Yanshi return" who wrote the letter saying that the fifth is coming back. Waiting, it has been going on for several years, and I can't tell how many times it is...
The ending song "Follow You to the Sky" sounded, the cast appeared, and my mother was full of praise for the acting skills of Chen Daoming and Gong Li (the two main characters' performances are absolutely hallowed, I know this, although the newcomer Zhang Huiwen was always in love at the beginning. My eyes are wide open, but after I recognize my father, my performances are natural.), I personally have a deep impression on the two scenes in the movie. The first one was Lu Yanshi fleeing home to meet his wife across the door to meet at the bridge. On the same day, seeing that the two were about to meet again, they rushed out to capture Lu Yanshi. Gong Li shouted "Yanshi, run" at the bridge, which was extremely sadistic. Very sad; the second is that Lu Yanshi wanted to wake up his lover's memory by playing the piano, but it progressed to the part where both of them have embraced affectionately, but Feng Wanyu suddenly fell ill and didn't know it. The performance of turning sadness into anger was superb, and the plot was cruel. Upgrading, the corners of my eyes turned red for the second time. Throughout the whole film, there is almost no deliberate sensationalism in the film, but it still makes people cry, and the audience's inner emotions are nothing more than the word "sorrow". As a youth living in the moment, the practical significance is to cherish the people in front of you. Whether it is your lover, parents, relatives, friends, cherish every moment with them! Don't wait until you "don't know what you don't know", it's too late to regret it!
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