On February 6, the highly anticipated emotional group drama "South to North" was officially launched on CCTV 8 and iQiyi. The play is co-directed by famous directors Zheng Xiaolong and Liu Zhangmu, and starring Bai Jingting, Ding Yongdai, Jin Chen and other powerful actors, presenting the audience with a touching story spanning 40 years during the Spring Festival.
Focus on new themes and open up new ideas
"South to North" is based on railway police officers, telling the story of the inheritance of the old and new generations of police officers and their perseverance and dedication in the rapid development of the motherland. In the play, the master-apprentice combination of the old criminal policeman Ma Kui and the young policeman Wang Xin is quite interesting, and the two have gone from misunderstanding to tacit cooperation, and jointly composed a hymn to the inheritance of the police soul.
In terms of directors, the strong alliance between Zheng Xiaolong and Liu Zhangmu has added a lot to the play. As an older generation of film and television directors and artists, Zheng Xiaolong has directed excellent works such as "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "Red Sorghum" and "The Legend of Miyue", which have been widely praised in the industry; Young director Liu Zhangmu won the Best Chinese TV Drama Award at the 26th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award for "Icebreaker", and was nominated for Best Director. The cooperation between the two powerful directors also made "South to North" arouse the strong attention and expectations of netizens.
It is worth mentioning that "South to North" was filmed at the end of 2022, during the epidemic. The background of the whole drama involves multiple cities and regions, so it was difficult to shoot, but with the joint efforts of all the staff, the filming of "South to North" was orderly and finally completed as scheduled.
has not been broadcast first, and "South to North" has begun to show the potential of "hits".
This time, "South to North" was set for the Spring Festival ** file and was "highly praised" by CCTV, which shows its "explosive" potential. The play has a novel and unique theme advantage, and integrates the cultural exchanges between the north and the south through a train, providing the audience with a rich "resonance point". At the same time, it is not difficult to see from the previous rounds of trailers that its excellent production level and the unique personal style blessing of the two directors make the show expected to become a new round of phenomenal works. In addition, the show also has quite a highlight in terms of casting. In addition to the starring Bai Jingting, Ding Yongdai, Jin Chen, there are also Ni Dahong, Liu Jun, Zuo Xiaoqing, Wang Jinsong, Wang Xun, Bao Bell and other powerful actors to join, the lineup of the three generations of old, middle-aged and young actors has both traffic popularity and acting strength, which provides a strong guarantee for the final presentation of the series.
The excellent work itself is a double "reactant" of heat and topic, for "South to North", it is difficult to "get out of the circle", but the sense of belonging to the era and the spirit of dedication of grassroots railway officers and police, and the thriving development and changes of the motherland in the past 40 years are bound to bring an emotional experience and topic discussion to the audience.