China News Service, Beijing, February 14 (Reporter Gao Kai) Reporters learned on the 14th that Sony Pictures and Xinli Media recently officially announced a global distribution cooperation for the new film "Hot and Spicy" directed by Jia Ling.
"Hot and Hot". Photo courtesy of the film crew
"Hot" is jointly produced by Xinli Films and China Literature Film and Television, both under the China Literature Group. It is also the first mainland Chinese film that Sony Pictures did not participate in the production but purchased the global distribution rights.
According to reports, Sony Pictures previously purchased the rights to remake the English version of "Hello, Li Huanying", the first collaboration between China Literature Group and director Jia Ling. "Good stories are a global language. The universal core of loving yourself and being yourself is the basis for "Hot and Spicy" to attract global resonance across cultures." Hou Xiaonan, the producer of "Hot and Spicy" and CEO and President of China Literature Group, said.
Currently, "Hot Hot" is being screened in theaters across the country. The film tells the audience the story of a decadent heroine who has hit the bottom of her life and regains her fighting spirit after experiencing a series of setbacks, and finally finds herself through the boxing stage. The film has gained recognition from the audience for its joyful comedy qualities, vivid group portraits and warm emotional core. It currently leads the Year of the Dragon Spring Festival with a box office of over 1.8 billion yuan.
"Hot and Spicy" cleverly uses "love yourself" as a breakthrough in the realistic implementation of the plot, combines comedy with boxing themes, and based on observing the real context, actively explores how young people should rekindle their fighting spirit when facing difficulties in life. , making the film "grounded". This new expression of genre films highlights the "warmth" quality. As the audience follows the protagonist Du Leying in the process of losing and finding herself, they realize the core theme of the film "Love yourself and win once".
"Hot and Hot". Photo courtesy of the film crew
In the characterization of the protagonist Le Ying, the film adopts a reverse comedy expression method, making the originally decadent character full of fireworks and comedy charm. As Le Ying's growth path from being confused to coming into contact with boxing and working tirelessly for it gradually becomes clear, the audience can gradually get closer to the character and empathize with it.
Through the "window" of "Hot and Spicy", the audience can also get a glimpse of many hot issues in real life, such as family relationships, reality and dreams, social identity and self-identity... In the film, Leying participated in a job-hunting TV program It is not only one of the elements that defeated her and promoted her transformation, but also satirizes the phenomenon of "malicious editing" by some unscrupulous media in reality; the sister relationship played by Jia Ling and Zhang Xiaofei shows a picture of contradiction and warmth, and in the end they are happy. Dan's line "Why continue to fight when we clearly can't win?" allows the audience to see Le Ying's transformation and persistence from a third-party perspective in the film.
In addition to leading the audience to experience comedy and excitement, the more valuable thing about "Hot and Spicy" is that it conveys a positive value core, allowing the resonance to extend to ordinary people's lives, and conveying positive and positive values to people. The two people who competed hard during the boxing match were able to hug each other in the end, which deeply touched Le Ying, who was kind to others but always hurt. From "staying at home for ten years" to "wanting to win once", Le Ying learned "love yourself".
The coexistence of humor and warmth makes "Hot and Spicy" more like a heart-to-heart talk between Jia Ling and contemporary young people to jointly explore "how to live meaningfully." Leying withstood the storms of life, resolutely chose to face it with her head held high, and finally learned the way to love herself. While telling stories, the film strives to have a deeper exploration of life. Just like the English name of the film, "You Only Live Once", in the only life, it is hot and hot, and you try your best to live. live. (over)