After "The Intruder", Wang Xiaoshuai has launched a new film again. It is no exaggeration to say that this film can be regarded as the masterpiece of Wang Xiaoshuai's personal works. Behind it is Wang Xiaoshuai's ambition.
In terms of the time span and narrative structure of the story, this film can't help but think of Jia Zhangke's "Old Man in Mountains and Rivers", which is also China undergoing great changes, the same situation of ordinary people who have experienced different eras, and the same changes in people's hearts. Change, of course, the difference between the two directors is also obvious. Under these decades of changes, Jia Zhangke is more concerned about the power of the times on people, and this epic written by Wang Xiaoshuai, although every Individuals also have the typical imprints of various eras, but the core of the story ultimately points to the inner emotions and feelings of people in the torrent of fate. This kind of starting point can easily make people feel empathetic and tear-inducing. It is quite obvious that the techniques such as interludes and flashbacks have well achieved the literary effect of novels, and they are not tricky or boring.
Wang Jingchun and Yongmei won the best actor and actress in Berlin, and they deserved their name. They never felt like they were performing from beginning to end, and the other supporting roles were not weak. The characters were all in the play, even if they were Wang Yuan also completed the task very well, and his participation also opened up a new way of thinking in the marketing of such realistic films, maybe we can try more.
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