The new film "Wading through the Sea of Anger" is directed by director Cao Baoping, and the film's stamina is very strong.
A week after the film's release, the box office reached 39.1 billion, while the Douban score is 76。
The film, which has been gone for 4 years, challenged the scale of Chinese cinema and became the only film to warn "audiences under the age of 18 to choose carefully" on a poster, and is also recognized as one of the most amazing films of 2023.
The story of the mysterious death of a Chinese female student in Japan, who was not only stabbed 17 times, but also hidden in a cupboard, was told. An angry father crosses the sea to avenge his daughter.
The plot twists and turns are bizarre, and the truth is not revealed until the last moment.
Filled with a strong sense of pain and gore, a large number of vivid details bring the characters to life.
On the basis of the director's conception, the actors brilliantly completed the "battle of the trapped beasts"-like performances, and each showed the most wonderful acting highlight moments in recent years.
It is recommended to bookmark this article before watching it, as it contains some spoilers.
Yan Ni, also known as "Gu Hong", is a resentful woman full of guilt.
Gu Hong" is played by Yan Ni, who is the mother of the victim female student "Jin Lina".
She and her ex-husband "Lao Jin" (played by Huang Bo) went to Japan to find her missing daughter. As soon as they met, they fell into a one-sided accusation, and she blamed her ex-husband for running boats at sea all the year round and not caring about her daughter at all;Blame him for missing his daughter's distress call because he was busy with work**.
She constantly expresses her dissatisfaction, and on the surface it seems that her mother's love is overflowing, but in reality she just finds an excuse to vent her resentment for years.
She actually abandoned her daughter since she was a child, leaving the child to her ex-husband who was away from home all day. When the child disappeared, she was anxious to shift the blame to her ex-husband, but kept silent about her absence and dereliction of duty as a mother.
When Gu Hong was cremating her daughter's body, her actions left a deep impression.
She suddenly fell to her knees solemnly, showing deep guilt and reluctance for her daughter.
In general, parents do not kneel to their children. Her actions are obviously to express her inner touch, as if she is "performing" her inseparable and sorry feelings for her daughter.
She chose to keep her mouth shut about her ex-husband's daughter after the funeral, and even though her ex-husband was out of control, she still hung up indifferently, this behavior undoubtedly shows that her "lack of love" for her daughter is obvious, and these performances are just to take revenge on her ex-husband.
Zu Feng plays the hypocritical loving father Li Lie in "Li Lie".
Although Zu Feng does not have many scenes in the film, he is deeply impressed every time.
He is not only the father of Li Miaomiao (played by Zhang Youhao), but also the ex-husband of "Jing Lan (played by Zhou Xun)".
He is the most ruthless "madman", relative to others.
He showed himself to be the most rational father, resolutely opposed his ex-wife covering up for his son, and advocated handing him over to **.
In the face of Lao Jin's revenge, he behaved bravely and firmly, but when he learned the truth, he suddenly lost his fighting spirit and was unwilling to punish this father who fell into madness because of the murder of his daughter;
When everyone is in a runaway rampage, he is the only one who remains sane and cooperates....
It wasn't until his disguised "loving father" was exposed that he revealed his murderous ambition to get rid of future troubles.
Zu Feng's performance made the father look unusually "innocent", and even though he had committed homicide, it was still difficult for many viewers to accept.
Everyone couldn't help but feel sympathy for him in their hearts, feeling that he was actually a poor father who was driven crazy by his son, and his resistance was just a helpless move.
Zu Feng portrays a ruthless father who looks decent on the surface, but in fact he is extremely hypocritical.
The fourth place is "Jin Lina" Zhou Yi, who is a victim of disgust.
Nana's first impression on many people is her unabashedly "upside-down" nature......
However, the truth is that all her seemingly crazy behavior is nothing more than an expression of a strong desire for love.
Because her parents divorced when she was young, she was kicked around the family like a ball, and the lack of family affection distorted her understanding of love, so she grew up to become a girl who longed for love but was not loved.
At the same time, she has an inferiority complex, believing that "if someone really knows me, they can't like me anymore".
As a result, she constantly asks for love from others, tries to fill the emptiness in her heart, and persistently searches for evidence of being loved.
Her boyfriend threw away her shoes, and she felt that it was because he was reluctant to let her go, because he loved her to the point of "jealousy of your shoes".
In order to let her lover warm her hands, she will deliberately put her hands in the refrigerator to refrigerate.
She is always indulging in the high-intensity stage before the "love" is about to disappear, and only an unusually twisted relationship can make her feel strongly "loved".
Eventually, she becomes a love-hungry "monster" who goes mad for lack of love, expecting an unhealthy mercy in the abyss, not realizing that this is actually the opposite of the "love" she craves.
She holds in her hands the sense of powerlessness and brokenness in the center of patriarchy.
She said "love......No", the sadness of embarrassment and frustration on her face made it difficult not to feel pity for her.
Zhou said during the roadshow that after filming this movie, she couldn't get rid of the role of "Jin Lina" for a whole year, she would cry from time to time, her emotions fluctuated abnormally, and all her emotions seemed extremely real.
The actress is a post-95 generation, and she unreservedly devoted herself to the role and her work, showing a scale-breaking performance, playing a much-hated victim who is full of contagion.
The third place is Zhang Youhao, known as the ultimate evil boy Li Miaomiao.
It's hard to believe that the "** boyfriend" in the movie and the innocent "Migu" in "Three Lives, Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" are the same person, this contrast is too great!
He is the most obedient child in his mother's heart, but at the same time he is a ruthless bad guy.
He always looks like a simple "mommy" call for his mother played by Zhou Xun, and he looks very "mommy".
In front of others, he did not hide his malice, and was called a "born villain".
Bad guys are usually good at disguise, and they are the best at exploiting the weaknesses of their loved ones to show very different sides in front of their family members and outsiders.
The kind of "bear child" who laughs from ear to ear for a while, but suddenly shoots his bodyguard the next second.
He is Xi of using radical behavior to gain attention, because his father fears him and his mother indulges him.
In order to save his parents' marriage, he would bombard frogs with firecrackers.
In order to win favor with his sister, he actually threw a three-year-old girl off the trampoline, and as a result, the little girl was seriously injured.
In order to pursue the girl, he designed to break his front teeth with his rival in love, and threw the turtle he raised into instant noodles and boiled it.
Once the girl filed a claim, he would not hesitate to pull out his own teeth as reparations.
As Kim chases him, he runs away while immersing himself in the thrill ......and pleasure of cat and mouse
His congenital nature is somewhat bad, coupled with the neglect of discipline in his acquired family, which leads him to behave out of line, often using extreme ways to maintain and preserve his love, which is often incomprehensible.
In the movie, Zhang Youhao's design of small movements and micro-expressions is very detailed, and the clear juvenile atmosphere is mixed with the atmosphere of a beast.
Not only can he deal with the teasing of his predecessors, but he can also easily switch between the two images of "sick girl" and "evil boy".
Huang Bo's "Golden Meteorite" won the runner-up, and his role is an angry father.
Many netizens have doubts about Huang Bo's father's emotional attitude, and are not sure whether he really loves his daughter.
This is exactly what the director wants to achieve.
In this film, each character can be seen as a "performer".
Everyone's love does not come from the depths of their hearts, but from the characters and scripts given by society, who are forced to rush on stage to interpret the sadness, anger and despair that everyone expects.
Therefore, when Lao Jin learned of his daughter's death, he locked himself in the closet, hit his head on the wall with a bloody mark, and shouted "My daughter is gone, I have to hurt!".”
The performance "went too far", frightened the residents of the entire building, and also attracted the attention of the Japanese **, successfully showing how "crazy" the father who lost his daughter is.
However, when he actually saw his daughter's body, his first reaction turned out to be that he vomited with nausea;
When he confessed the truth to the police, he revealed that "the whole badger island knew that it was my daughter", and he felt "ashamed" in front of his brother, and what happened to his daughter made him unable to raise his head and ruined his life, so he decided to avenge himself.
He can do anything to get revenge, but he can't give his daughter respect and understanding while she is alive.
The "fatherly love" shown by Lao Jin is actually just a perfunctory and funny "role-play".
He believes that as long as he finds ** to take revenge, it will be considered "love" for his daughter.
He tries to show himself in every situation, whether it's anger or sadness, but these emotions don't come from the heart.
Although it shows an obsession with love, many details actually convey the message that "love does not exist".
He casually told outsiders about the violation of "Nana".
On a rainy night, he ran to the cemetery, wept bitterly, and sprinkled gold paper, but on the day of the funeral, he left the body of "Nana" and ** to find the person who took revenge, just when the family needed him the most.
From the initial resentment to the later confession, he thought that his love and anger were real, but in fact it was just a self-moving "performance".
The light and shadow in the movie present a very textured effect, making Lao Jin look like a hero walking alone in a dark alley, but in fact, what kind of hero is he?
One audience member said during the roadshow: "'Old Kim' clearly doesn't care about his daughter, he sees her as a tool to prove himself, and when someone violates his 'possessions', his hysteria is completely out of selfishness, not out of concern for his daughter." He's not meant to be a father, he just enjoys what it's like to be a father. ”
After listening to this speech, Huang Bo immediately responded that the audience's opinion is basically the same as what the director said at the filming site.
Huang Bo used his acting skills to vividly interpret such a complex father figure, showing the burning pain, undying ruthlessness and hidden psychological motives, which is indeed incredible.
Huang Bo successfully interpreted the director's intentions, and the audience also deeply understood it, which is really great.
Therefore, don't underestimate the audience, and don't underestimate the excellent actors, as long as the creator makes a good work, the message that the film wants to convey will always be understood by the audience!
Zhou Xun won the first place for the role of the she-wolf who played the cub guard in the movie "Jing Lan".
Zhou Xun is known as an actress who has "won all the awards", and she deserves her name.
Whenever she appears in a movie, your eyes will unconsciously be drawn to her, which is exactly the kind of charm that exudes from her performance from the inside out.
Her performance in this film is like a chill that makes people shiver, as if lifting the quilt of winter.
Her eye performance is particularly wonderful, and she can accurately express the inner world and emotional changes of the characters.
She pretended to negotiate with "Lao Jin", secretly hiding her son, trying to hold back the emotions that came to her heart, and constantly testing the other party's intentions.
She looks defenseless and relaxed, but her cunning eyes are full of penetrating and persuasive power, using the empathy of being a parent to deceive the other party, staring at the victim's father without dodging at all.
The soul of this character is contained in every micro-expression and every demeanor.
When she saw the evidence of her son's misdeeds, her eyes widened in disbelief at first, then she was forced to retreat by the unbearable images, her pupils vibrating, looking up and down, and the muscles in her face shaking as she was pressed to question.
When she was about to fight back, her eyes immediately became ** as if she was about to devour, and the enraged she-wolf was preparing to launch a deadly attack;
After her out-of-control outburst, her body quickly became weak, but the emptiness and confusion in her eyes showed that she was just fleeing from the emotional outburst in a hurry, rather than really letting go of her inner obsession.
She only cared about keeping her son alive, because it was an important task for her to fulfill her mother's responsibilities, and she didn't care if it was right or wrong.
She thinks that as long as she can help cover up her son's crimes, she is expressing her "love" for him.
It wasn't until her son died that she was finally freed and immediately flew abroad, completely getting rid of her disguise. After so many years, she finally completed her "mission" to become a mother.
Her eyes are enough to reveal the development of the plot.
Zhou Xun and Huang Bo are evenly matched in a series of rival scenes, and they can be included in the textbook level, and even have the potential to crush, which is really worthy of Zhou Xun.
* In this movie, it feels like hitting it cotton, and it has no effect.
The so-called touching love of parents is actually the culprit that pushes the child into the abyss.
The storyline is extremely closed, interlocking, and the pace is tight and fast, with almost no superfluous strokes.
The actors' performances are fully engaged, and every detail is handled very well, which is one of the best performances in recent years. Huang Bo and Zhou Xun waded through the sea of anger