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Cheng Yu'an is very different from the fifth generation in that he does not criticize reality in the film.

Even if you make a film with the main theme of "The Martian", the angle you look for is the protagonist's personal optimism and persistence, and the big country aerospace is second.

Cheng Yu'an is obsessed with digging deep personal feelings and emotional changes, and her perspective is often too small to rise to social reality.

"Hunting" first reflects the influence of the environment on the individual, but it is also controlled by Cheng Yu'an within a very small range around the protagonist.

When "Hunting" first came out, the academic circles thought that Cheng Yu'an would also take the path of criticizing reality, but "Old Father" returned to the rhythm Cheng Yu'an is most familiar with.

Before the screening, as usual, Cheng Yu'an talked about his starting point for making this movie. He felt the aging of his two grandfathers and wanted to make a movie that records the lives of the elderly.

"It's a gift for the old people in the world." Cheng Yu'an also raised a banner.

Several main actors also shared their thoughts on filming. Tong Liya said: "I have acted in relatively few films. I am very grateful to Director Cheng for giving me such an opportunity."

After the short pre-screening sharing, the host announced: "Thank you to the director and the leading actors for sharing, the film will be screened soon, please watch the film quietly, thank you."

Cheng Yu'an added a lot of narrative techniques to "Old Father", and even the first third seemed to play tricks on the audience.

The reason why the film has not been renamed "Father Trapped in Time" is to maintain the mystery of the plot.

The movie is shot with the rare No.1 perspective. From the second the opening music starts, the audience is pulled into the perspective of the leading actor Zhang Zhiqiang.

If it appears under the name "Father Trapped in Time", it will destroy the immersive viewing experience brought by the No.1 perspective at the beginning.

Therefore, at this time, there were already slight buzzing and discussions in the viewing hall.

The movie-watching experience at the beginning was indeed not very good. The narrative was fragmented and non-linear. The overlapping names of the characters made it difficult for the audience to tell who was who. .

Very uncomfortable prelude.

But soon, the professional judges and media people at the scene realized that this movie was not shot from the perspective of the director or the audience, but from the first point of view of the male protagonist.

Zhang Zhiqiang suffers from dementia, and all the awkward narratives and overlapping characters that the audience sees are Zhang Zhiqiang's personal feelings.

In the eyes of Alzheimer's patients, the world is messy and illogical.

This can also explain why Zhang Zhiqiang's apartment layout is Western style, not Chinese style.

The division of multiple rooms and the slightly messy interior layout reflect Zhang Zhiqiang's messy and fragmented inner world.

Li An in the front row nodded, this method is very novel.

At the end of the movie, Zhang Zhiqiang, wearing a white hospital gown, asked the female nurse in the nursing home: "Then... what about me? I... who am I?" Zhang Zhiqiang was seriously at a loss.

"You? You are Zhang Zhiqiang."

"Zhang Zhiqiang? That's a good name."

"Yes, a very good name."

"This name should be given to me by my mother, hehe, do you know her?"

"Who?"

"My mother."

"do not know."

"Oh, she's beautiful, with big eyes, I can picture her now.

"Er... she used to, I used to hope that she... would come to see me once in a while. What do you think, my mother, she... you said she would come here occasionally on the weekends."

"That's your daughter." The nurse smiled wryly. She had seen a lot of old people with dementia, and she was very skilled in dealing with them.

Behind is a freeze-frame shot, looking directly at Zhang Zhiqiang's face.

"No." Zhang Zhiqiang's emotions began to break down, and his words began to choke, "It's my mother." After this sentence, Zhang Zhiqiang cried uncontrollably, "I miss my mother, I want my mother, and I want to leave here." Zhang Zhiqiang clenched his fists and cried Be like a child.

"Yes...is anyone coming to pick me up?"

"Don't be like this, you..." The nursing home nurse offscreen tried to comfort him.

But Zhang Zhiqiang's mind has collapsed: "I want my mother, I want her to come pick me up, I...I want to go home."

"What's wrong with you, Zhiqiang?" The nurse started calling him like coaxing a child. Zhang Zhiqiang really looked up at the nurse on the opposite side, but still didn't believe her, and just continued to cry: "I feel...I feel that all my leaves are It's going to fall out."

"Your leaf?" The nurse remained out of the picture, and her voice was always opposite Zhang Zhiqiang.

"Ah."

"Your leaves? What do you want to say?"

"Those branches, those storms, I... I don't know what's going on, do you know what's going on?
"What happened in that house, I... I have no place to live anymore. But I know that the watch is still in my hand, I still know this, and it has accompanied me through this journey."

Only then did the camera show the nurse sitting across from her, her face was full of pity.

And Zhang Zhiqiang's voice came from outside the screen: "Without it, I don't know I would..."

The nurse stretched out her hand, the camera panned down, and Zhang Zhiqiang also shook hands with her, but he didn't have the watch he cherished.

It means that after he forgets (loses) himself, even time is lost.

The nurse took his hand and sat on the edge of the bed.

"I don't know I will...will take...to..." Zhang Zhiqiang tilted his head on the nurse's shoulder, he didn't finish his sentence, he just leaned on the nurse's shoulder, like a child leaning on his mother, coughing and crying with.

The nurse said, "Shall we change our clothes first?"

"Yes." Zhang Zhiqiang agreed like a child.

"Let's change our clothes and go for a walk in the park, shall we?"

"Okay." Zhang Zhiqiang still lowered his head.

"Okay, let's go and see the trees, and the leaves, and then we'll come back and have something to eat."

"Ah."

"And then take a nap, okay?"

"it is good."

"If you feel better, let's go to the park again, just the two of us."

"it is good."

"The weather is really nice today, the sun is shining outside, we should take advantage of the good weather to go out for a walk."

"Correct."

"It's rare to see good weather like this."

"Yes."

"Then... let's change clothes. Shall we?"

"No."

"Okay, darling."

"Do not."

"It's okay baby. It's okay, it's okay. Relax, relax. You'll be fine soon, I promise you, everything will be fine."

The two were speechless so far, and the camera slowly panned to the window, where the sun was shining brightly and the trees were shady.

The movie is over.

The audience was silent for five seconds, and then there were warm applause and cheers.

"Jiao Huang contributed the most perfect acting skills this year in that 1-minute-long freeze-frame shot." Li An also gave a standing ovation after watching the movie, and said to his colleagues beside him.

European audiences are indeed more accepting of art films than other regions, and films like "The Old Father" have been warmly welcomed by them.

Nicole Kidman said to Li An: "This year's Palme d'Or and best actor's biggest hits have appeared."

Li An nodded, agreeing with her point of view: "It's hard to imagine that he only celebrated his 31st birthday last month."

Nicole shrugged: "Sometimes God is so unfair."

Cheng Yu'an took several main creators to the stage and bowed to express his thanks.

At the end of the show, except for the judges who were not allowed to comment on the film, all the guests present expressed high praise for the film.

Especially the French local media, some magazines even told Cheng Yuan: "If you don't give you the Palme d'Or this year, it will be a disgrace to Cannes."

　"Father Trapped in Time" is my favorite foreign language film in the past two years. I really recommend everyone to watch it.

　　


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