The new year brings a new atmosphere, and most of the Spring Festival movies welcome the New Year with the theme of celebration and joy.
Among the films in the 2024 Spring Festival file, there is a movie called "Article 20", but unlike other movies, it is not full of celebration and joy, and even carries some heavy and depressing emotions.
How deep is the heaviness of this film? Although audiences already know that the quality is quite good, most fans are afraid to go for it, fearing that the heaviness of the film will replace their only moments of joy in the year.
After all, the content of this film is so real that it is a little scary.
Director Zhang Yimou directed this film, starring actors such as Zhao Liying, Gao Ye and Lei Jiayin, which is a drama comedy film.
Some people may wonder how a comedy movie can feel heavy. Seeing this, some people may be confused.
In fact, this film is a popular legal film presented in the form of a comedy. As the title "Article 20" suggests, the whole film revolves around Article 20 of China's Criminal Law.
Among these stories, the storyline with Hao Xiuping (played by Zhao Liying) as the protagonist is most impressive about its depression and despair.
Hao Xiuping, played by Zhao Liying, in this storyline, is an unfortunate woman with a bumpy fate, she has been disabled since she was a child, and has a rather serious communication barrier.
Although they were lucky to meet the love of their life Wang Yongqiang (Pan Binlong) as an adult, their children unfortunately inherited the flaws of their wife Hao Xiuping.
For the illness of his wife and daughter, Wang Yongqiang worked tirelessly every day, even though this may make him exhausted, but he never dared to slack off.
Despite this, Wang Yongqiang's monthly income is still quite small.
Wang Yongqiang was cornered by the condition of his wife and daughter, and the situation became increasingly serious, and finally he had to borrow medical expenses from Liu Wenjing (Aruna), a bully at the head of the village.
Regrettably, however, Wang's hasty medical treatment has led to an even more desperate situation for the entire family.
Although he promised to provide assistance to Wang Yongqiang's family, the bully Liu Wenjing completely ignored it.
Not only did he brazenly extend his poisonous hand to Wang Yongqiang and his wife many times, but he even increased the interest layer by layer on the grounds of asking for debts.
On the one hand, he tied Wang Yongqiang to a dog chain, and arbitrarily destroyed and injured him, on weekdays; On the other hand, they began to extend their poisonous hands to Wang Yongqiang's beloved wife Hao Xiuping, and bullied and defiled her!
Wang Yongqiang may still tolerate his behavior, but Liu Wenjing has caused all kinds of harm to his beloved wife, which is simply not a human thing.
Hao Xiuping's crying and scars particularly hurt Wang Yongqiang's heart, and also aroused his anger, and he could no longer bear all this.
Wang Yongqiang began to resist, because Liu Wenjing did not ** the illness of his wife and daughter, which made him feel hopeless.
One day, Liu Wenjing, as usual, insulted Wang Yongqiang, and even picked up a knife like crazy to intimidate his life.
Wang Yongqiang really couldn't bear it any longer, so he didn't hesitate to pick up the scissors next to him to fight back, stabbing Liu Wenjing into a blur of flesh and blood, and even causing personnel **.
Wang Yongqiang was originally in a legitimate defense, but he was imprisoned for seriously hurting others, even if Hao Xiuping tried his best to plead, it was to no avail.
Even so, it's okay, after all, the husband may only be locked up for a few years because of his excessive defense, and they still have a chance to wait. She can wait with her children.
Liu Wenjing's father used his power to organize a group of lawless people to intimidate and coerce Hao Xiuping's mother and daughter, and even forced them to not return home. That's the crux of the matter.
Although prosecutor Lu Lingling has a strong sense of justice and reached out to help Hao Xiuping's mother and daughter after discovering the truth, her strength still seems insignificant.
Hao Xiuping was cornered by the gang of fanatics, and we can only witness her despair, and finally jump from the tall building.
The audience was deeply shocked, even the prosecutor Lu Lingling in the film was no exception.
Why does excessive defense have to be equated with two sides fighting each other? Can't we give a glimmer of hope and a glimmer of warmth to these people in difficult circumstances?
These audiences are convinced that the law should do everything in its power to protect these victims.
Some gangsters should not be allowed to take advantage of loopholes in the law to further harm victims.
Even the highly praised teacher Luo Xiang was also very shocked by this incident.
Luo Xiang, a well-known law professor, made this high-profile popular law film after the official release of "Article 20".
After this law lecturer ** saw this film, he was greatly touched.
Mr. Luo Xiang embarked on the road of popularizing legal knowledge because of the justifiable defense provisions of Article 20 of the Criminal Law.
It's been a journey, but it's not very smooth, that's all.
At the bottom of the comment area, some self-proclaimed rational legal scholars angrily scolded Luo Xiang for not knowing the law when Mr. Luo Xiang was very emotionally talking about the "2018 Kunshan Yu Haiming Anti-Murder Case".
They believe that the case can be viewed in two parts. The first part is part of Yu Haiming's choice of legitimate defense when he is injured, and the second part is part of the abuser Liu's attempt to flee but is still pursued and slammed by Yu Haiming.
This is no longer legitimate self-defense, but obvious intentional harm!
They claim to be rational, but they ridicule Luo Xiang with a rational appearance, and also laugh at those viewers who support Luo Xiang.
This so-called rationality aroused the anger of Mr. Luo Xiang.
I still stick to the idea of not looking at things from God's point of view, and not always commenting wisely in hindsight.
Yes, you have this angle and are sane and sober, but what about the parties? They can't do it, they're hurt, how can they be as rational as you say?
Don't you think it's too much to ask for that?
Mr. Luo Xiang believes that in this world, even in the field of law, there should be no absolutely rational people, let alone robots.
We are just ordinary people, flesh and blood, and no matter how good we behave, we are just imperfect ordinary people.
Teacher Luo Xiang emphasized in ** that we should not become robots, nor can we become robots.
Mr. Luo Xiang always believes that it is unfair to criticize defenders too harshly.
After all, neither the law nor the enforcers should be seen as cold.
The film "Article 20" can be described as a great success in terms of impact, after all, both the famous law professor Luo Xiang and the audience have benefited greatly from it and have a profound emotional resonance.
At a roadshow on February 14, 2024, "Article 20" showed some unsatisfactory performance.
Before the start of the movie, Wang Xiao played one of the important roles in the film, and made a promotional speech for "Article 20" at the beginning.
Before Wang Xiao could stay on the stage for a while, an audience member impatiently scolded him, insisted on driving him out, and sarcastically said that he was just an inconspicuous fifth-tier star.
The atmosphere on the stage became extremely awkward for a while.
The good thing about Wang Xiao is that he maintained a good demeanor and did not fight back, but left gloomily after apologizing. However, the loneliness and sadness he revealed when he left made people feel distressed.
But strange to say, there will be a roadshow for a period of time when the film is screened, and they even communicated with the cinema in advance, which is normal.
However, the problem is that sometimes the theaters don't schedule the films properly, which also leads to conflicts between the roadshow and some films, and the movie theaters are also responsible for this.
This is too outrageous, if all the responsibility is put on Wang Xiao.
Epilogue. Although the roadshow was not as good as it could have been due to some unexpected circumstances, on the whole, the work "Article 20" showed superb and excellence.
In this case, why ask too much for the film?