Directed by Zhang YimouThe movie "Article 20" is really good! After Zhang Yimou returned to realistic films, the connotation and quality of the film have been greatly improved, and this "Article 20" is reminiscent of Zhang Yimou's movie "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" made 32 years ago, which is a movie of great practical significance, much better than last year's "Man Jianghong".
Article 20" through the main character of Han Ming played by Lei Jiayin, strings together three cases, from the bus driver's righteous and courageous case, to the case of stopping campus bullying, and then to the case of Hao Xiuping being insulted by the village bully and her husband stabbing the village bully to death, through these three interlocking cases, it reveals the connotation of Article 20 of the Criminal Law, that is, the connotation of the "legitimate defense" clause, and also reveals the correct identification of "legitimate defense", the arduous and tortuous course that the judicial department has gone through, and also reveals the desire of ordinary people for fairness and justice.
The film is not only informative, the cases in the film directly correspond to the reality of the "Yu Huan's Mother Murder Case" and "Yu Haiming's Anti-Murder Case", and the plot wraps the core of tragedy and reality with comedy performance, which makes people laugh while being amused by Lei Jiayin, Ma Li, Chen Minghao and others, and sympathize with tears for the tragic experience of the deaf-mute girl Hao Xiuping and her husband.
The cast of "Article 20" is very strong, and the cast of "Hurricane" plus "The Long Season" and "South to North" can be called a powerful gathering, whether it is the protagonist or supporting role, the number of scenes, the acting skills are very good.
And the three heroines in the film are all very eye-catching.
Li Maojuan, played by Ma Li, is a housewife, she has a little menopausal symptoms, and she is very sensitive to her husband and her first love and ex-girlfriend Lu Lingling working together, for fear that their old relationship will relapse, which has produced many quarrels and jokes between the two people.
However, Li Maojuan is also a kind and middle-aged woman with a sense of justice, she was talking to her husband Han Ming, and suddenly heard her husband say that it was a pair of orphans and widows who beat him, and immediately began to criticize her husband Why didn't he say earlier, people are orphans and widows, and you don't care at all.
After seeing Hao Xiuping's mother and daughter, and seeing that Hao Xiuping's mother and daughter were both deaf and mute, Li Maojuan's eyes were immediately overflowing with sympathy, and she and her son Han Yuchen brought food, drink, and a change of clothes for the mother and daughter.
Regarding her son's courage at school to stop campus bullying, Li Maojuan thinks that her son did the right thing, so why should she apologize to Director Zhang's son, who bullied his classmates. When she finally went to apologize, Li Maojuan herself couldn't hold back and beat the sanctimonious Director Zhang.
Ma Li is a well-deserved queen of comedy in the film, her quarrel with Han Ming, especially the quarrel scene with Han Ming and her brother (played by Chen Minghao), can be called one of the high-energy clips of the film, showing the super line skills of the three powerful actors.
Lu Lingling, played by Gao Ye, is a prosecutor, and a prosecutor who adheres to justice, sympathizes with the weak, dares to resist power and evil forces, and speaks out for the disadvantaged.
It can be said that a prosecutor like Gao Ye, who is honest, kind, principled, and compassionate, is a clear stream in the judicial circles, and should become the mainstream. It was precisely because of Lu Lingling's words that Han Ming, who had begun to surrender to reality and power, suddenly woke up and stood up mentally again.
Gao Ye is especially suitable for this kind of sassy and independent female role, and interprets Lu Lingling very well.
And Hao Xiuping, played by Zhao Liying, is a representative of the disadvantaged women at the bottom, a weak woman who has been insulted and hurt, and a sympathetic representative.
Although Hao Xiuping doesn't have many scenes, and because she is deaf and mute, she doesn't have a single line, but Hao Xiuping played by Zhao Liying is pitiful, her eyes are full of despair and fear, which instantly makes people empathize with this role.
Especially in the scene of jumping off the rooftop, Zhao Liying vividly interpreted Hao Xiuping's inner grief, despair and despair through her eyes, movements and expressions, which made people cry when they saw it.
The three heroines have different looks and temperaments, and the roles they play are also different, but their acting skills and performances are very good, Ma Li is funny, Gao Ye is sassy, and Zhao Liying is sad.
Article 20" ranks first in this year's Spring Festival in terms of story content, actors' performances and practical significance. But the box office is not as good as the zero-publicity cartoon "Bear Infested", and it is far inferior to "Hot and Hot" starring Jia Ling and "Flying Life 2" starring Shen Teng.
The reason for this is likely to be caused by the "misalignment" of the publicity and distribution before the release of "Article 20".
Before the release of Article 20, everyone saw the most heated discussions on the Internet, all about the deaf and mute girl Hao Xiuping in the film. So many people may think that this is a film that tells a tragic story, which is not suitable for the Spring Festival atmosphere of family carnival, so many viewers who want to watch comedy will not take this film as their first choice.
Coupled with the heated discussions and inspirational feelings caused by Jia Ling's **100 catties, "Hot and Hot" has attracted more people's attention.
In fact, although "Article 20" is essentially a realistic film, its overall style is undoubtedly a comedy, but when the crew was announced, because they saw the clips and topics of Hao Xiuping played by Zhao Liying, they took Zhao Liying and "Hao Xiuping" as the focus of publicity, but as everyone knows, the popularity on the Internet is not the same as the offline popularity, let alone the box office.
Because in the group photo announced, Zhao Liying has been "standing in the C position", and it has also aroused questions from many netizens, thinking that Zhao Liying is only three times in "Article 20", and she is a "special starring", why do she always stand in the C position, and let the female number one Ma Li and Gao Ye, who obviously have more roles than her, stand on both sides of her.
Because of the controversy over Bai Jingting's "Shangchun Mountain" program in the past few days, some netizens also called Zhao Liying's behavior of always standing between Ma Li and Gao Ye during group photos and roadshows as "film version of Shangchun Mountain".
In fact, after watching the movie, you will understand that this position should not be "preempted" by Zhao Liyingcbit", but the arrangement of director Zhang Yimou and the crew.
Although Zhao Liying has high traffic popularity, she does not have much weight in the film industry, in front of the director of the National Congress Zhang Yimou, she dares to make a second to grab the main position?
As long as an actor has a little emotional intelligence, he will not do such a thing that destroys his future in the film industry.
Before the release of the movie, it can be seen from the photo of the film's actors and Zhang Yimou that Zhang Yimou deliberately let Zhao Liying sit in the middle. Although Ma Li was sitting on the side, she was sitting next to Zhang Yimou, the closest to Zhang Yimou.
As a director, especially a director of Zhang Yimou's status, it doesn't matter where he is, he just sits in the corner, even without showing his face, he is also the most eye-catching and heavy director, and his position in the crew is very important.
Let Zhao Liying sit (stand) in the middle, there should be two reasons:
First, Zhao Liying's character Hao Xiuping, who seems to have few scenes in the film, but is the key figure in the whole story of the film, and it is precisely because of Hao Xiuping's desperate "jump" from the rooftop that it shocked the hearts of many people and changed the final ending of this story. Let Zhao Liying sit (stand) in the middle position, which should be to highlight the criticality of her role.
Looking at this group photo of the three female leads, Zhao Liying stands in the middle, Gao Ye and Ma Li stand on both sides, forming a state of "protection" for Zhao Liying, which is just in line with the plot in the film, Hao Xiuping, a vulnerable woman played by Zhao Liying, needs Lu Lingling, played by Gao Ye, to uphold justice, and Li Maojuan played by Ma Li needs help.
Second, compared with actors such as Lei Jiayin, Ma Li, Gao Ye, etc., Zhao Liying has the dual attributes of an actor and an idol star, and Director Zhang Yimou must have taken this into account when he invited Zhao Liying to play this role, thinking of using Zhao Liying's traffic attributes to attract Zhao Liying's fans to pay attention to this movie and pay for this movie.
Lei Jiayin, the male number one in "Article 20", once said in an interview that in Zhang Yimou's film crew, no one cares about the protagonist and supporting roles.
Lei Jiayin said: "No one here cares, you are No. 1, or No. 2 or No. 3, who plays more and who plays less, there is no such thing." In the director's place, you can find the ultimate happiness of an actor. ”
During the roadshow, Ma Li also said that some netizens should not think too much, they usually have a good relationship. From the group photo, it can also be seen that the three actresses get along happily.
Therefore, for a realistic film, there is no need to care about the "position" of the actor like those idol dramas, no matter how many scenes there are, they are an organic part of the whole film, and it is the joint efforts of all actors that make a good film.
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