On July 8, 2022, mainland theaters released a movie called "Hidden in the Dust", which is more than two hours long and simple in content, mainly interpreting the local story of Ma Youtie and Cao Guiying, a marginalized couple in the northwest countryside, who depend on each other and work hard to live.
The film style of "Hidden in the Dust" is very similar to that of a documentary, with forbearant and restrained characters, simple but highly poetic lines, easy-to-understand stories, and a helpless and sad ending.
The story of "Hidden in the Dust" is dirty, but the characters it interprets are evocative, and there are always many uneasy emotions in the throat.
is such a very rustic, very simple film, its fate is like the fate of its protagonist, hidden in the dust.
The title of "Hidden in the Dust" is a prophecy about his own fate.
The actor of the film is named Ma Youtie, and his actor is named Wu Renlin, who is the brother-in-law of the director of this film, Li Ruijun, and is an authentic farmer in Zhangye District, Gansu.
Wu Renlin has participated in several of Li Ruijun's local movies, but almost all of them are supporting roles, and the impression left on the audience is not very deep.
Wu Renlin played the leading male lead in "Hidden in the Dust", and his role is huge, which is unmatched by the rest of the roles.
The heroine of the film is named Cao Guiying, and she is played by professional actor Haiqing.
Haiqing's acting skills are indisputably excellent, and his starring film and television dramas such as "The Beautiful Times of Daughter-in-law", "Double-sided Tape", "Wang Gui and Anna" have left a very deep impression on the audience.
Director Li Ruijun In order to reduce the cost of filming "Hidden in the Dust", Wu Renlin is his brother-in-law, and he starred in it with 0 pay;Haiqing is a friend of Li Ruijun, and he also starred in 0 pay.
Under the careful calculation of director Li Ruijun, Li Ruijun's relatives can use everything, even Li Ruijun's daughter-in-law and children and his father all play a small supporting role in the film, "Hidden in the Dust" was filmed for more than 10 months, the cost was 2 million, and the box office reached a gratifying 10.4 billion yuan.
Farmer Wu Renlin became famous by relying on the role of Ma Youtie in "Hidden in the Dust", and after becoming famous, Wu Renlin started from filming down-to-earth small ** such as serving crops, cooking and eating, and was once again active in everyone's sight as a self-** person.
Wu Renlin, who has been a small ** for more than half a year, has become an Internet celebrity with more than one million fans, and the ultimate road of Internet celebrities is live broadcasting.
Wu Renlin also joined the ranks of online salesmen without exception.
Wu Renlin spoke a strong Gansu Zhangye dialect and began his live broadcast road.
During the live broadcast with goods, Wu Renlin's daughter also assisted her father in the live broadcast together, and the live broadcast of the father and daughter was impressive, but there was no shortage of ridicule and ridicule from netizens in the live broadcast room.
But Wu Renlin is still good-tempered, for those not very friendly netizens commented, Wu Renlin pretended to turn a blind eye, concentrated on eating the goods with taste, and experienced the deliciousness of the goods he brought.
Most of the time it is Wu Renlin's daughter who shouts and introduces goods in the live broadcast room.
Wu Renlin's daughter has a good image and temperament, and her speech is closer to Mandarin, which is better than her father's Zhangye dialect and easy for netizens to accept.
If there are subtitles in the live broadcast, then Wu Renlin's dialect is still relatively close to the people;Otherwise, it is not conducive to netizens to hear clearly, and it has a great impact on live broadcasting, after all, live streaming is for netizens all over the country, not just netizens in Zhangye, Gansu.
Although some netizens are resistant to Wu Renlin's live broadcast, but for Wu Renlin, who is a little famous, live streaming is understandable, and making movies does not make money
In the movie "Hidden in the Dust", Ma Youtie, played by Wu Renlin, worked as a cow and a horse for most of his life, sold all the year's grain income, and earned 2,400 yuan.
When his wife Cao Guiying was still alive, Ma Youtie also painted a big cake for Cao Guiying and said: Buy her a big color TV that she has been longing for, take Cao Guiying to play in the city where the two have never been, and take Cao Guiying to the hospital in the city to see her.
If Cao Guiying hadn't died unexpectedly, how disappointed Cao Guiying would have been when he followed Ma Youtie to the city.
Ma Youtie's entire annual grain income was only 2,400 yuan when the rations were sold, and this 2,400 yuan could be done for Ma Youtie and Cao Guiying
Ma Youtie, who has worked for most of his life, is still poor and has a family of four walls.
The impoverished Ma Youtie disappeared into the dust, and the "reborn" "Ma Youtie" Wu Renlin realized that nothing is good without money.
Poor couples mourn everything.
Ma Youtie" lives transparently: while the popularity of "Hidden in the Dust" has not subsided, while there are still people who remember "Ma Youtie", live streaming is the king.
On the other hand, "Cao Guiying" Haiqing.
Originally, Haiqing's role in "Hidden in the Dust", his wonderful performance was obvious to all.
If you just look at the performance, then Haiqing is likely to win the award with the role of Cao Guiying.
However, the reality is that "Hidden in the Dust" is not in the eyes of domestic judges, let alone won domestic awards.
Later, "Hidden in the Dust" was even removed from the shelves.
Today's Haiqing seems to have a preference for this kind of bitter role.
Haiqing starred in "I Am a Mountain" adapted from the true deeds of Principal Zhang Guimei, and Haiqing's character image is infinitely close to Principal Zhang Guimei.
The film has been released in theaters on November 24, 2023, but so far there has been no rating on Douban for more than a month.
And the Douban comments of this film are as high as 23,636, but they can't be scored, which is puzzling.
Regarding the content of the movie "I Am a High Mountain", it caused some controversy after the broadcast, and some netizens said that the adaptation was a little untrue, and even Zhang Guimei did not comment on a word after the film.
Originally, a positive movie like "I Am a Mountain", as long as it is filmed well, it is likely to win various domestic awards, but at present, Haiqing's chances of winning the award with the role of Zhang Guimei in "I am a Mountain" are a little ambiguous, and the future of winning the award has become unclear.
Hidden in the Dust", Haiqing embarked on an artistic road of chasing fame, which is understandable.
Just like "Ma Youtie" Wu Renlin chose the road of profit-seeking with live broadcast after "Hidden in the Dust", "Cao Guiying" Haiqing embarked on the road of chasing fame by relying on film and television roles.
Whether it is Wu Renlin's pursuit of profit or Haiqing's pursuit of fame, it is a life choice, which has nothing to do with other people's likes and dislikes, only about one's own needs and desires.
This may be the epiphany of Wu Renlin and Haiqing's respective lives, right?