After watching Zhang Yimou's "Article 20", I just want to evaluate the film in two words:
Surprise!
Surprised by the acting skills of all the actors!
Pleasantly surprised by Zhao Liying's breakthrough in performance again!
I was even more surprised by the scale of the film!
The film reviews of netizens also fully affirmed the success of director Zhang Yimou this time:
Zhang Yimou's most life-like movies in recent years, with a good balance of realistic themes and comedy elements. ”
Really awesome*! ”
Zhang Yimou's shot is still stable", "It's surprising".
The script is solid", "there are no waste characters".
And the golden lines in the film are even publicized by the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
What is the cow in this "Article 20"? Let's chat!
Article 20 has done a lot of work in casting, and most of them are familiar faces and powerful factions.
Lei Jiayin, Ma Li, Fan Wei, who are good at comedy;
Gao Ye, Wang Xiao, Pan Binlong, Zhang Yi;
Old drama bones Yu Hewei, Xu Yajun, Li Naiwen.
and, Zhao Liying, who has attracted much attention.
What's even more rare is that with such a huge lineup, there is no "waste chess", all members are strong, and almost everyone is in the best state of their acting careers.
Let's talk about Zhao Liying first.
Zhang Yimou said: ".She gave me a big surprise."
After watching the movie, I can say with certainty: "Zhao Liying."It was a real surprise. ”
Her crying scene is very infectious, and the despair in her eyes pierces people's hearts.
Not only does she "cry", but she is also immersed in the role from her body to her demeanor, bringing the audience the energy of empathy.
For this role, I suggest you bring an extra pack of tissues when you watch the movie.
Fan Wei is a mature comedian, but this time, his performance has nothing to do with comedy.
In the film, he plays the father of a village bully.
looks like a mediocre little old man, but forces the disabled Hao Xiuping (played by Zhao Liying) mother and daughter to be cornered.
Director Zhang played by Zhang Yi, he relied on legal principles and did not read human feelings, obviously his own son bullied his classmates before he was injured by righteousness, but because the other party couldn't produce evidence, he had to sue the other party at every turn.
Wang Yongqiang, played by Pan Binlong, is Hao Xiuping's husband.
In the film, he was bullied by the village bully Liu Wenjing (played by Aruna), tied to a tree like a dog, and he also performed the embarrassment, helplessness, and despair of "dogs", and the performance was very tense.
Lei Jiayin, Wang Xiao, and Gao Ye are the third prosecutors with different personalities.
Han Ming, played by Lei Jiayin, is a temporary prosecutor, and what he is thinking about is becoming a regular.
Years of workplace trials have made him pursue justice while being a little flattering, tactful, and a little cowardly.
Deputy Procurator General Tian, played by Wang Xiao, already has a certain status in the workplace. While holding the posture of a superior, he said that he would be a superior, he did not dare to take responsibility, did not do practical things, and there were piles of correct but useless nonsense.
The prosecutor Lu Lingling played by Gao Ye is an admirable character who is not bending, and it is also a headache for colleagues and superiors.
Counting the actors and characters in the film, everyone has a distinct image and character.
Each of them is also a delicacy, and when they come together, it is a feast full of color and flavor.
Article 20 is a work with a serious core wrapped in a comedy coat.
Since it's a comedy, you can't miss it.
Its power lies in the fact that its "stalks" are not made up, but grow naturally in the lives of the characters.
As Zhang Yimou said, comedy can't be written, but saved.
In the film, the burden of comedy is mainly borne by Han Ming played by Lei Jiayin and Li Maojuan played by Ma Li.
They are a middle-aged couple.
Like all middle-aged couples in life, they are running around for work, worrying about their children's education, and occasionally encountering some unexpected bad things.
It is in such a life full of fireworks that they create jokes one after another.
For example, their son Han Yuchen was beaten by four thugs to the point of being naked, but it was not serious enough to file a case, and Han Ming, who has been engaged in legal work for 20 years, opened his mouth and said:
Four people fight, hit so lightly? ”
Listen, does this sound like what a dad says? It's no wonder that his wife immediately called him a "beast".
Han Ming and Lu Lingling cooperated in handling the case, because the two were lovers in college, in order to reassure his wife, every time Lu Lingling called him **, he panicked and called him "Wang Tiejun".
As a result, Gao Ye, the sister-in-law in "Hurricane", had the nickname of "Wang Tiejun".
No matter how the product has a kind of contrasting and cute joy.
The little "burden" in the film naturally appears in such a fireworks daily life.
Some viewers commented that this is the real daily life of parents.
is so laughing, it is not in vain that Fei Lei Jiayin is worried about the "burden" all day long.
The film has a lot of jokes, and under the jokes, it is a torture of the law.
The title of the film "Article 20" refers to the provisions of Article 20 of the Criminal Law of our country on justifiable defense, and the story of the film also revolves around the definition of justifiable defense.
Hao Xiuping in the film is a deaf and mute mother, and she and her husband Wang Yongqiang have also been bullied and bullied by Liu Wenjing for a long time. One day, Liu Wenjing finally couldn't bear it anymore and stabbed Liu Wenjing with a knife, causing Liu Wenjing to be seriously injured and killed.
So, Wang Yongqiang's injury to Liu Wenjing was justified defense, excessive defense, or intentional injury?
From the perspective of human feelings, the consequences suffered by the bullying party are self-inflicted, but the law is about legal principles and evidence.
When judicial habits and human feelings are at odds, what should be done? As a law enforcer, how can we uphold fairness and justice? This is the powerful torture of the film.
At the same time of torture, the film also gives the answer:
"Everything right has a price, but you can't stop doing it just because it has a price. ”
Hao Xiuping's family is a small person who is choked by fate, and they are powerless to resist the hardships in life.
In times of despair, the only hope they can place in is the fairness and justice of the law.
Fortunately, they met a prosecutor who could administer justice for them, and as for the process of them obtaining fairness and justice, it is the wonderful thing about the film, and everyone can go into the theater to watch it.
I have to say that the core of Article 20 is subversive.
To the authority of the law, it says:
Fairness and justice are the authority of the law, and the authority of the law comes from the most simple emotional expectations of the people.
The fairness and justice that the common people want is that the evildoers will be rewarded for their evil, but the law defines "evil" to a certain extent and restricts it conditionally.
This also leads to a situation where legal principles and human feelings are at odds.
In this case, the attitude of the law enforcers is crucial.
In the film, there is a ringing line:
"We are not handling a case, we are working on someone else's life. ”
The letter of the law is calm and objective, but people are not.
A law enforcer's actions affect the direction and definition of the life of the person being judged.
When the law is contrary to human feelings, how to make a decision?
In the film, there are two teenagers' questions.
One is Han Ming's son Han Yuchen, who asked his father:
I stopped the bullying, how did this happen? ”
Han Ming said:"The law is right".
He asked again"So who's at fault? ”
Han Ming was speechless.
The other one was a little girl.
Her father spent three years in prison for wounding an abuser.
She firmly believed that her father was righteous, so she urged her father to petition, but it indirectly led to her father's death.
She asked Han Ming if her father was guilty? Is the verdict of the law against her father, fair?
Han Ming was speechless again.
The question of the two teenagers, to a certain extent, also tortures the humanity of the law enforcers.
Law enforcers are human beings, and on the basis of not violating procedural justice, they may also make choices to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages.
For example, in a case similar to Liu Wenjing, since he injured Wang Yongqiang after Wang Yongqiang's infringement was over, according to judicial custom, he was undoubtedly guilty of intentional injury.
There is no procedural problem with such a trial.
If you want to subvert judicial customs, the hardships involved are unimaginable, and they are even more likely to be thankless.
While enforcing the law, the law enforcer is also an ordinary office worker.
The heart of a teenager cannot tolerate flaws, but adults who have experienced social beatings may bend their backs.
For example, Han Ming. When he was in college, because of his righteousness and bravery, he was assigned to a small county town after graduation and spent half his life.
Later, all he pursued was to get a regular job and his son to be admitted to a good university.
Therefore, he greeted his boss and bowed to the leaders of his son's school.
When Hao Xiuping's family's case was difficult, he also had the heart to retreat.
Fortunately, his youthful heart did not die, and in the end he gave the people involved a fair and just the justice they expected.
There is such a line in the film:
What is Law? I don't believe in the law of the country without the law of heaven, and I don't believe in the law of heaven without human feelings. ”
The torture of the law and the ** of human nature make the "Article 20" not stop at showing one or a few cases, but have a deeper concern for reality.
This care belongs to the characters in the film, and it also belongs to every ordinary person, and it also belongs to the 73-year-old Zhang Yimou's spicy insight into reality.