The movie "Lighting Store" is a suspenseful fantasy film directed by Cai Er and starring Zhang Ruonan, Bai Yufan, Liu Yijun, etc., based on the comic of the same name by Jiang Cao, and the film has been released in Chinese mainland on December 8.
The comic author Jiang Cao is famous for "the creepy horror love story in the hot summer", and the comic "Lighting Store" has a Douban score of 91 point, was named a "masterpiece" by netizens.
The movie version follows the structure of the comics "scared to death in the first half, crying to death in the second half", and tries to retain the classic elements in the comics, such as famous scenes such as fingernails and "ghosts", and uses step-by-step reversals to dissipate the previous horror, and finally becomes a touching story of warmth.
The whole film tells the story of a "lighting shop" that has been lit up for many years and has an endless stream of customers of all kinds, outlining a picture full of suspense and warmth.
At the end of the deep alley, a "lighting shop" has been lit up all year round, and the mysterious owner (played by Liu Yijun) carefully wipes every light bulb, and there is an endless stream of customers of all kinds.
* Xu Nian (played by Zhang Ruonan) and her boyfriend Zheng Man (played by Bai Yufan) moved into an apartment near the store.
She gradually discovers that everyone here has an unspeakable secret in their hearts. On a stormy night, she walked into the lighting shop at the end of the alley, and the answer was gradually revealed.
The story begins with a series of strange events after Xu Nian and Zheng Man move into a new house, they find that the neighbors seem to have inexplicable secrets, there is no one else in this place, just those few families, and each family feels that there is something behind it, and everyone is not normal.
For example, Liu Yan's mother, Sister Mei, has very strange fingernails, and she has some sad eyes from time to time.
The old man here sang a children's song and held an umbrella, saying that he couldn't finish the song and couldn't get out of the alley.
Near this apartment, there was even a driver covered in sand and two shadow girls ......
The strange children's songs that Liu Yushan heard when she lived alone, the mysterious figure flashing outside the window in the middle of the night, and the strange nails of her neighbor Sister Xiaomei all constitute a bewildering mystery of the story.
As the story develops, Xu Nian meets the mysterious boss (played by Liu Yijun) in the lighting store at the end of the alley, where the light bulb represents life, and the boss is like a guide between life and death, carefully wiping each light bulb, expressing his cherishing of life.
However, when the story takes a turn, the audience discovers that there are deep thoughts and emotions hidden behind all this.
It can be seen that the movie version of "Lighting Store" has made a lot of efforts to restore the comics, such as the horror atmosphere with the same fantasy sense as the comics.
The film opens with thunderstorms, lightning, hazy streets, eerie apartment buildings, and ...... of strange people in betweenIn the vicinity of this apartment, there are men with water under their feet, mothers dragging their daughters with gloves, girls with two shadows, old people with yellow umbrellas in their hands who can't find the door, and men covered in sand ......
Every viewer can follow the perspective of the protagonist and enter a world full of suspense - the lighting store.
However, the movie has done a lot of down-to-earth and localized processing in the emotional expression of each character, and the story also unfolds the emotional entanglement of life and death in various emotional relationships such as couples, mother and daughter, father and son.
The reversal of emotions is the climax of the whole "Illumination Shop", and when it comes to the horror atmosphere of nearly 40 minutes, the film will come to the most emotional part. Every storyline in the movie is losing something. Five story lines, five helpless and erroneous lives are intertwined because of an accident, but the core of the movie is about cherishing.
The several groups of characters outlined in the film seem to be unrelated, but in fact, they convey the core emotions and connotations of mother-daughter affection, personal growth, lovers' love, father-son relationship, and personal reconciliation. Characters in the film, such as boyfriend, girlfriend, mom, child, dad, son, sister. They have some characteristics of their own.
For example, the father in the film got lost with Alzheimer's disease, and everything in life is so easy for him to forget, but he still remembers that he once brought an umbrella to pick up his children from school at the school gate.
This is a very down-to-earth, universal expression of the phenomenon.
Through the imagery of several groups of characters, an accident, a lighting store, and a few light bulbs, the film conveys the concept of facing death and parting. Tell us how to cherish the present, how to face death well, and how to learn to say goodbye to the people we love.
In the story of "The Lighting Store", everyone in the space has to walk to the lighting store to get their own light bulbs, but everyone has the key to getting them the light bulbs. It may be family, love, friendship, ......Different emotions bind them.
Only by exploring the truth of these emotional stories step by step can we reach the most sincere and touching part. And the perennially lit shop at the end of the alley attracts all kinds of people to find answers.
After watching the whole movie, it will dawn on you that the lighting store is an unknown territory between life and death. Everyone, for different reasons, is reluctant to go into the lighting store to retrieve the light bulb with their name written on ......it
But only in the face of death, be calm, be natural, and believe that all the sadness and sadness will eventually pass. The deceased may not be around, but they can always be in their hearts, so that they can truly find light in the night.
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