China News Service, April 30. The movie "Above the Cliff" jointly produced by China News Service was released today. It is the first spy war theme film directed by Zhang Yimou. It is translated by Zhang, Yu Hewei, Qin Hailu, Zhu Yawen, Liu Haocun, Ni Dahong, Li Naiwen leads the starring, Yu Ailei and Feifan starring, and Lei Jiayin and Sha Yi specially invited starring.
At present, the film has started three rounds of advance screening, and the first is not shown. It has received rave reviews, with a score of 9.1 on Taobao ticket and 9.2 on Maoyan. With its excellent reputation, it has been rated as a "must-see movie during the May 1st holiday" by the audience.
So, what are the highlights of "On the Cliff"?
Movie "Above the Cliff" poster
Highlight 1: Zhang Yimou's first spy war theme movie
In recent years, Zhang Yimou has been very productive. After last year's "One Second", he released a new work "Above the Cliff" after a lapse of six months.
High yield comes from hard work and love. Zhang Yimou once said frankly that "work makes me full of vitality."
"Above the Cliff" is the first time Zhang Yimou directed a spy war theme. He led a team to shoot in the snowy forest at minus forty degrees in the northeast. The actor's face was frozen red in extreme cold weather, and the white breath exhaled from his mouth and nose. Unable to achieve it with post-production special effects, Zhang Yimou laughed and said, "Haqi is the most valuable."
In addition, the crew 1:1 restored 30,000 square meters of Central Street, as large as buildings and streets, and as small as glass ice flowers on the windows. Each setting is exquisite and every detail can withstand repeated scrutiny for the audience to see. There is a feeling of traveling back to Harbin, the capital of Eastern spy warfare in the 1930s.
At the opening ceremony of the film, Zhang Yimou once said: "I hope this film will give the audience a cold, cold, and cold viewing experience. It will be different from all the domestic spy war movies we have seen."
Highlight 2: Zhang Yi Yu Hewei leads the full acting school
The movie "Above the Cliff" brings together a strong lineup of all actors, with many characters but all of them are distinctive and three-dimensional. To this director Zhang Yimou said: "11 actors, all of them need to have a play, this is the first time in my career as a director. It's a test of the director's homework."
Zhang Yi plays the veteran agent Zhang Xianchen, who is subjected to the enemy's electric shock and torture is extremely realistic, making the audience "feel pain across the screen"; Zhou Yi played by Yu Hewei calmly restrained, the eye scenes and micro expressions are full of interpretation space, and the burns are extinguished with bare hands. The note made the audience take a deep breath; Wang Yu played by Qin Hailu is not only an agent but also a mother. The silent crying scene overflows the screen. Some viewers commented "Qin Hailu cried and I cried"; Zhu Yawen and Liu Haocun played A pair of young lovers perfectly showcases their youthful passion and agility.
The villains in the film are also impressive. The high section chief played by Ni Dahong is suspicious and vicious, and was rated as "there is a drama under the eyes" by the audience; Li Naiwen, Yu Ailei, Feifan, and Sha Yi play the cruel and vicious spies, and Lei Jiayin plays the traitor. Let the audience call out and didn't recognize it at first glance.
Not only the starring in all the acting online, the supporting roles and extras in the film are also very brilliant, the trembling agent before being shot, the shoe repairer on the roadside, and the little beggar in front of the Martier Hotel, each role is unforgettable. .
Aspect 3: Family, love, and friendship hit people's hearts
The movie "Above the Cliff" is based on Quan Yongxian's original story. In the 1930s, four communist agents who had received special training in the Soviet Union formed a task force and returned to China to perform a secret operation code-named "Utra".
Due to the betrayal of the traitors, they were already in the snare laid by the enemy from the first moment they parachuted and landed.
Revolutionary husband and wife Zhang Xianchen and Wang Yu, young lovers Chu Liang and Xiaolan, were separated when they landed. They reluctantly separated from their lovers and formed two teams to perform their tasks.
Zhang Xianchen and Wang Yu agreed to "go find the child alive." Xiaolan worried about Chu Liang's safety, Zhang Xianchen told Xiaolan that he should be considered dead.
They embarked on the battlefield with the determination to die, and their lives were hard to save, and they still missed their loved ones and loved ones in their hearts.
Based on the suspense and excitement of the theme of spy warfare, the film focuses more on the portrayal of people and the expression of emotions.
Regarding the creative concept, screenwriter Quan Yongxian introduced, "Above the Cliff" focuses on expressing the emotions of spy fighters. There are loves for children and family, which will cause tears."
Director Zhang Yimou said that there are many emotions in the film, including lovers, husband and wife, father and son, mother and son, and comrades-in-arms. He hopes that each group of emotions will impress the audience.
Aspect 4: Pay tribute to the unsung heroes whose hearts are at dawn
The agents in the movie "Above the Cliff" are the epitome of countless unsung heroes who have fought on the hidden front. There are too many unsung heroes in history that we don't know, but they have used their dedication and sacrifice in exchange for it. Our dawn and dawn today.
The real experience they have experienced is far more tragic than what is shown in the movie.
After watching the movie, some viewers commented, "Watching the movie was too devoted and forgot to eat popcorn, and suddenly realized that they died for us!" "Those great people have made us who we are today."
The name of the Utra team is derived from the Russian word for dawn. The classic lines in the film, "It's just dawning" and "I want you to live to see the dawn" have become the golden sentence of many audiences after watching the film. These unsung heroes themselves failed. Seeing the dawn, we are now living after dawn, in the dawn created by our ancestors. They left the last bullet for themselves, and everyone who died for the dawn is worth remembering. (Finish)