This society is getting better and better, and it needs the promotion and persistence of more media and ordinary people.
Braved the rain to go to Shanghai Cinema.
Mainly for a rare movie.
Xu Zheng is one of my favorite actors, and one of the reasons is that he is not handsome.
Maybe as an illustrator, PS draws and retouches pictures, but I prefer real and imperfect things. When watching movies, I now watch less and less domestically-made handsome men and beautiful women➕ a bunch of movies with special effects and computer effects. On the contrary, the stories of little people like Xu Zheng from time to time attract me more. It feels very real, so it is very touching.
In fact, just one poster, 5 people are laughing. It's hard for you to tell what kind of story this is, it's more like a warm family ethics drama. Then the story is not so simple.
5 people, 5 kinds of life, men and women, old or young, urban and rural, believers and non-believers, fathers, and runaways. But because of a cancer drug linked together. Crying together, laughing together, eating hot pot together, going to the police station together...
The movie is based on a true story, and the background is like this.
There is a special cancer drug, and the price is sky-high. There are very few people who can save people but can afford it.
Indian copycat medicines that are not domestically certified can save people, with the same efficacy, but the price is only 500-5000 yuan. You can survive if you eat it, but you can't buy it in China. If India buys it and brings it back, it is smuggling counterfeit medicines.
The male protagonist "Brother Yong" is actually a little common man. Or in other words, "ordinary people" who are very poorly mixed and whose quality is lower than that of ordinary people. Selling Indian aphrodisiac drugs but unable to pay the rent. His ex-wife is going to immigrate with his son. His father is critically ill and needs to be hospitalized for surgery. Smuggling to become a cancer drug dealer is really the last way to get to Liangshan.
So when I went to India and took the risk to buy medicine, Brother Yong spoke with a generous expression about the situation of the Chinese patients, (Brother Yong: "They can't afford the genuine medicine at all, so they just wait for me to bring the medicine back to theirs. life") This is when there is no "pain" on his face. He's not a savior either, he wants to make money.
The heroine is a single mother
The way he appeared was also amazing.
And behind the single mother who danced "dancing" in the bar, there is a daughter with cancer,
The child's father disappeared when he knew that the child was sick!
This disease is not incurable, there is a life-long use of a medicine, there is hope of life.
but……
Just like in the episode of the play being arrested by the police but not willing to tell the source of the medicine, the old lady of the patient said, "40,000 yuan a bottle, I was sick for 3 years, ate it for 3 years, and sold it. The house has also brought a huge burden to the family, ... but, I don't want to die"
But the amazing thing is that this mother didn't give up,
Even if you go to the bar to dance to make money, you must insist on saving the child.
Male 2 Lu benefited, and the 3-layer mask when he debuted immediately brought a comedic effect.
It was his appearance and departure that made Brother Yong embark on a completely different life.
The first time Brother Yong walked into Lu's family life was very touching.
Lu looked at the child in the cradle and said, "When I first got sick, my wife was only 6 months pregnant, and she wanted to die every day."
This plot is actually very reminiscent of the sheriff who committed suicide because of cancer in the previous Oscar-winning "Three Billboards" for fear of affecting his family.
Yes, if you have a disease that cannot be cured, and the cost of medicine is so expensive that your family will leave you, death is not really scary, but it is more scary to slowly get through this time that gets worse and worse and eventually leads to death. .
Lu's 3-layer mask clearly shows that he actually wants to live. He looked at the child and said softly, "Maybe I can see my grandson", expressing his incomparable desire for life.
The gratitude of his wife for drinking the first glass of wine in front of Brother Yong has given countless people "hope for life"
In the late stage, Lu once again thought of the helplessness of suicide, and the treatment was accompanied by Lu's groaning in pain and his wife's numb expression, which was also a heavy blow to promote another turning point in Brother Yong's life.
The role of the priest is very good. From the beginning to the end, the priest preached "truth, goodness and beauty", and the line when he appeared was "unlawful things cannot be done"
"But the truth that smuggling illegal drugs can save lives." Under the elaboration of Brother Yong, who can't tell the difference between Buddhism and Christianity, it is actually a hard truth.
One of the most outstanding characters is actually the yellow hair that feeds the pigs.
I don’t talk much, I don’t read a lot, I don’t know who the boss is, and I don’t know how to flatter. But he has his own right and wrong inside. See everyone clearly, and sincerely express every "justice" that I think in my heart. It is precisely such a gangster similar to Young and Dangerous that can finally take Brother Yong's personality to a higher level. Even the real counterfeit drug dealers say that he is "honesty", and even at the most critical moment, The first thing that comes to mind is to cover others from taking the medicine.
Of course, the fake drug dealer in the film is actually a little villain at best. For the patient, the real "enemy" is someone else. In order to ensure economic interests, Indian pharmaceutical factories can be forced to close, and legal means can be used to get Yong to court or even jail.
China is a society governed by the rule of law, and the law is greater than the love, so no matter what your situation is, illegal smuggling still requires a sentence.
Even so, the expected ending is still surprisingly moving.
At this time, Brother Yong's statement was still the same as what he said at the beginning with the Indian pharmaceutical company, but his experience and the transformation of his personality, but every word on his face vividly depicted pain and helplessness.
There are no passionate speeches, only helpless facts.
(Brother Yong: They can't afford the high-priced imported medicines, they can only wait to die)
The last few minutes of delivering the torture car are the most touching.
Along the way, in the car window facing Brother Yong's face, the faces of countless patients saw off. Many patients who were still desperately trying to survive took off their masks silently, facing Brother Yong's slowly passing by. Car dealer attention ceremony.
In fact, this plot is in stark contrast to the first time Brother Yong gathers patients from various hospitals to buy medicines.
(At that time, Brother Yong was just an untrustworthy drug dealer, and the group leaders of the patient groups in various hospitals who were in self-protection wore masks without exception. A thin mask was a heavy one between people. wall)
Although Yong Ge's personal ending is not so ideal, his actions have promoted the progress of society as a whole.
The law is ruthless, but the law is made by people to protect people.
Therefore, the film finally gave the real data. This sky-high drug has entered the medical insurance drug list of many provinces and cities, and more patients have hope for life.
In fact, the reason why this play is said to be a rare and good film is that the subject matter is rarely found in China.
Reminiscent of two very good American films,
One is "Never Compromise" by Julia Roberts,
The other is "Dallas Buyers Club" by Matthew McConaughey
Both of these two films are adapted from real characters' stories, and the great and sturdy protagonists who really exist all rely on their own efforts to fight against big financial groups and even some authoritative departments of the state, just to achieve justice, thus Change the law to move society for the better.
In this domestic film, there is also a real character.
"Brother Yong" in real life did not go to jail. Because he has never sold drugs for the purpose of making money. Just to help patients to buy.
After the incident of Brother Yong, anti-cancer drugs, as said in the movie, have gradually been included in the medical insurance coverage of more provinces and cities.
The movie doesn't have too many crying scenes. But not joking, I secretly wiped my tears several times. In particular, the last part of the drug entering medical insurance is almost the last scene of the film. After that, the applause of the audience lasted for more than 1 minute. It was that spontaneous applause.
At the meeting at the end of the film,
Compared with Xu Zheng, the director Wen Muye said very few words, he just said a few words: "I hope to be able to transmit positive energy" "If you are sick, even if you are injured, don't be sad, you must face it head-on and laugh."
Few words, but every sentence in my heart.
To be honest, from the perspective of film theme, another reason why this film is rare is that generally few directors are willing to touch this theme, except that it is not easy to shoot, all media people know that this is very easy to get wrong. Not only is it unpleasant, but it is also something that will be difficult for many years to come.
About 10 directors will shake their heads and do not want to touch such a subject.
However, from another point of view, film directors and actors who are cultural communicators also really choose the theme and direction they think are right like "Brother Yong", and put the truth, goodness and beauty as well as everyone's growth and personality in this play. The transformation and sublimation performance is vivid and vivid.
It is not an easy task to explain the roles of patients and their family members and observe from the perspective of bystanders (Brother Yong, the police), and to correctly express this emotion to the audience.
Here is a topic that has nothing to do with movies.
I have a girlfriend who is small. Growing up together, she was there at every stage of my life. When she got married, I went from Shanghai to Beijing to be a bridesmaid. It's okay to wear a pair of pants. About a few years ago, I went back to Beijing during the Spring Festival, and when we met, I found that her appearance had changed a lot. After chatting a lot of common topics, she suddenly told me: "I have a tumor in my brain, which will compress the nerve, but because of the special location, I can't do surgery, so I rely on injections every month to maintain it. It's been more than half a year, and everything else is fine. , that needles are very expensive, 10,000 needles a month..." She said calmly, as if she was telling someone else's story. And I cried all night the night I met her. Then the next day, she called her with red eyes and said, "Is there enough money? If you are short of money, tell me, I will try to find a way to sell iron..." At that time, her daughter was only 4 years old.
Two years later, the drug she injected was included in the national medical insurance. At that time, I was really happy for her.
Last year, she gave birth to 2 children, and now the family of 4 is very happy.
This is not a story I made up, it is real.
When we were young, we rarely encountered heavy topics such as pain and death, and we preferred to watch handsome men and beauties travel through fantasy, love and romance. Who can not get sick when people eat whole grains? Although "birth", "oldness", "sickness" and "death" are natural phenomena, not every word in them can be dealt with calmly.
I don’t know if there are many heroes behind the scenes who have made unremitting efforts in the process of the drug my girlfriend used being included in the medical insurance, but after the drug for 10,000 yuan per injection is included in the medical insurance, it can bring a family back to normal. The happy life of people is a fact that I really see.
So I also believe in the final statement of "Brother Yong" in court:
I believe the society will get better and better.
At the same time, in the process of this society getting better and better, more media and ordinary people are needed to promote and persevere.
thanks.
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