Judging from the film's public evaluation and box office performance, the work "Article 20" is actually greatly underestimated.
In the box office ranking of new movies during this year's Spring Festival, "Article 20" ranked fourth, and has achieved a box office of 500 million so far, which even surpasses the animated film "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space".
Compared with "Hot and Hot" and "Flying Life 2", the gap between the two is really huge.
Despite getting 7A positive score of 9, but that's not much different from those two films, which are closely related to the theme of Article 20.
Although there are some comedic elements incorporated into the film, the core content of the film is still the provision of "justifiable defense" in article 20 of the Criminal Code.
For viewers who are more inclined to enjoy family fun, "Article 20" is not their first choice, which also has an impact on the film's box office. However, there is a view that "Article 20" may be a real unexpected choice for this year's Spring Festival.
The subject matter of this work is novel, the perspective is sharp, the casting process is very precise, and every highlight is carefully selected.
However, after the movie, Zhao Liying is still the person I want to praise the most. It has been verified that the 36-year-old has gone further and further on the road to becoming a "non-famous" actor.
Challenging the image of a deaf and dumb person, three scenes shocked four audiences.
Hao Xiuping is a central character in Article 20, and her original image is not the deaf and mute we usually see.
In order to get closer to real life, Zhao Liying deliberately set a difficult problem for herself after receiving the script, and discussed it with Zhang Yimou, hoping that Hao Xiuping could also become deaf and mute like her daughter in the movie.
Zhao Liying not only needs to master sign language, but also has to show a variety of emotions without lines at all, and every moment of emotional outburst brings her a great test.
Zhao Liying honed her skills off stage, and on stage, she won wide acclaim from the audience with three wonderful performances.
The first game was to take away his daughter.
Hao Xiuping's husband was imprisoned, and in order to avoid harassment by the village tyrant, she took her daughter to the station, but the village bully was one step ahead of her and almost took her daughter into the van and took her away.
When Hao Xiuping saw the village bully holding her daughter tightly into the car, she eagerly opened her mouth to try to take the child. Since she can't call for help, Hao Xiuping can only open her mouth as much as possible, showing a gesture of wanting to shout loudly, as a way to show the shock and anxiety of the character.
The way Zhao Liying appeared was shocking in itself, and although she had successfully portrayed the role of a village woman before that, her image was not so down-to-earth.
Her hair was messy, her clothes were shabby, and even her bags were old.
However, Zhao Liying's acting skills and exterior design did not live up to her true feelings. When she got into an argument with the village tyrant, Han Ming and the others happened to arrive at the scene. Zhao Liying frantically got rid of her arm, but her body always protected her daughter, and in the process of pulling her daughter, she did not exert too much force.
This behavior perfectly shows a mother's protective instinct for her child, and Zhao Liying's facial expression profoundly reveals the character's inner fear and uneasiness.
In the second scene, it is learned that the daughter is missing.
For Hao Xiuping, her husband has already been put in prison. In this case, she could not be sure whether her husband would be able to be released from prison, because her daughter was like a part of her life to her, her all hope of survival.
Although Hao Xiuping entrusted her daughter to Li Maojuan, when she went to find Dayong herself and found the whereabouts of the knife, she found that her daughter was gone.
When she was unsure about the truth of the news, her first thought was to ask what had happened to her child. Zhao Liying tried to make gestures, but her expression was still open, giving people a clear sense of nervousness and worry.
Because Zhao Liying didn't get a clear answer, her body movements became bigger and bigger, and her eyes were full of tears. Whether it's anxiety because the other person can't understand her sign language, or heartache because of her daughter's disappearance, she can only express herself with more exaggerated body language.
In that particular moment, we can feel not only her helplessness, but also the deep despair in her gaze.
In the third scene, in desperation, he chooses to jump off the building.
After successfully ascending to the rooftop, the emotions reached a complete explosion.
Hao Xiuping and her husband are both at risk of being sentenced, and her daughter is missing, and Hao Xiuping has also been subjected to bullies many times.
At this moment, she has lost any hope for any life, and choosing to jump off a building is her only way out, and she also realizes that jumping off a building may bring a glimmer of hope to her daughter and attract everyone's attention.
Zhao Liying's face was filled with tears, her gestures became more powerful, her hair was messy in the wind, and the green tendons on her tough neck were also shocked red.
When I saw Zhao Liying convey her emotions to the audience so accurately, I felt a deep empathy for Hao Xiuping.
Tears also fell from her eyes the moment she reached out to Han Ming, but her eyes were full of a glimmer of hope, as if she had found the last straw in her life.
Zhao Liying's three roles in "Article 20" make her the undisputed protagonist, and her acting skills and appeal are on par with other actors.
"Do You Know" has brought new changes to Zhao Liying, and "Article 20" has opened up more creative space for her.
Compared with the other 85 actors, Zhao Liying's acting skills have awakened more deeply.
Do You Know" The TV series has had a profound impact on Zhao Liying, and the role of Minglan has deeply touched her. After this work, her love life finally came to an end, and in just a few years, her life changed dramatically.
Zhao Liying showed through this work that as the pinnacle of house fighting dramas, she not only has the ability to perform ancient puppet dramas, but also supports such high-quality dramas.
After that, she got involved in suspense works, such as "Who is **", "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes" with a rural theme, and "The Wind Blows in the Summer" with a commercial theme.
The film's approach to presentation is completely different, but the characters created by Zhao Liying have shocked the audience every time.
This time she cooperated with Zhang Yimou and played the role of a deaf and mute in "Article 20", which undoubtedly opened up more performance opportunities for Zhao Liying.
In the past, film and television works were mainly focused on the small screen, and rarely played a major role on the big screen, but "Article 20" does show that Zhao Liying's acting skills have withstood the challenge of the big screen.
In the past, Zhao Liying's popularity often exceeded her strength, but with the growth of age and the accumulation of character homogeneity, this popularity gradually declined. However, with the release of a number of high-quality works and "Article 20" on the big screen, Zhao Liying is gradually seen as a "not very famous" actor.
Only by relying on our own ability and strength can we go further, and Zhao Liying is indeed worthy of everyone's appreciation!
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