"My Motherland and Me" is directed by Chen Kaige and co-directed by Zhang Yibai, Guan Hu, Xue Xiaolu, Xu Zheng, Ning Hao and Wen Muye. A drama film starring Huang Bo, Zhang Yi, Wu Jing, Du Jiang, Ge You, Liu Haoran, Chen Feiyu and Song Jia. It was released on September 30, 2019 in Chinese mainland. On January 11, 2020, at the first "Light and Shadow China" Film Honor Ceremony, it won the 2019 Annual Honor Promotion Film. On September 26, it won the Best Picture Award at the 35th Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Films.
Through 7 stories, the film strings together the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China in chronological order, and those memorable glorious moments tell the stories of ordinary people closely related to the republic, and each story is touching.
《Eve》
On the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949, Lin Zhiyuan, the designer of the electric flag-raising device, in order to ensure the smooth raising of the national flag of the founding ceremony, persistently did experiments again and again, racing against the clock to eliminate all difficulties, and used a thrilling sleepless night to ensure that the founding ceremony was "foolproof", and the flag protector Lao Fang and other thousands of staff and people participating in the founding ceremony worked together to overcome one problem after another, and finally ensured that the five-star red flag flew smoothly over Tiananmen Square.
In this short film, we not only see the spirit of the older generation of revolutionary workers, who are conscientious and selfless. I also saw that thousands of ordinary people yearned for and trusted new China. As soon as they exhale, they come like a tide, they hold the child's longevity lock, the copper iron spoon for eating, the metal frame of the glasses, the only gold bar in the family, and even the long knife of the drama actor... These may be the only metal things they have, and they are willing to give them whether they are useful or not. As Professor Tsinghua said: "This is the last piece of nickel chromium in our laboratory." "In the era when we have just experienced a cruel war, economic backwardness, and lack of materials, it is these thousands of ordinary people who have united as one and worked together to get through the difficult times. This is the cohesion, the people's will, with such a person, how can we not succeed?
"Encounter"
In 1964, the development of the atomic bomb had reached its final stages. A malfunction occurred during a nuclear test, and the crowd was ordered to evacuate. At this time, an ordinary scientific researcher Gao Yuan, suddenly thought of the cause of the accident, rushed forward to eliminate the fault, but he was seriously ill because of the nuclear radiation body and was admitted to the hospital. It was because of his discovery that the research and development work was completed ahead of schedule. On October 16, he sneaked out of the hospital and boarded a bus, only to meet his girlfriend, whom he had not contacted for three years. They were originally lovers who loved each other, but due to the high secrecy of the atomic bomb research and development work, their lives have only met, not met. On October 16, 1964, everyone rejoiced in the successful detonation of China's first atomic bomb. But no one noticed that in the bustling crowd, the four-eyed lovers were relatively silent. This is their reunion, and it is their farewell.
Behind the success there are always people crying, some people laughing! Behind the development of the atomic bomb are those researchers who are silently dedicated! When we are immersed in the joy of success, we do not know how many people who silently sacrifice behind them, because of the particularity of work, they leave their families, they cannot contact their lovers, families, and friends, they are willing to hide their names, pay silently, and even sacrifice their lives, they deserve to be remembered by each of us.
"Win the Championship"
On August 8, 1984, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the Olympic Games and won the first three consecutive world championships. At the same time in Shanghai's Shikumen Lane, black and white TELEVISION sets are placed in the middle of the lane, the front row of mazas, the middle chair, the back tiptoe, the neighbors are stacked together to watch the exciting game, the roof antenna needs someone to manually look for signals from time to time, whenever the Chinese team scores, the cheers seem to be able to break through the sky.
This work uses the perspective of ordinary primary school students Ton Dong to show the spiritual encouragement of the women's volleyball team to the Chinese. The little winter, that is, I want to send off Xiaomei who wants to go to the United States, and I have to adjust the antenna again and again so that the neighbors can see the game. He kept running, kept climbing up and down, and finally gave up his ignorant "first love", resolutely turned and climbed onto the roof, and raised the antenna with his young arm until the end of the game. After seeing his father, he couldn't help but cry, complaining that his antenna was too old. At that time, they may not understand what kind of emotion this is. However, the fighting spirit of the women's volleyball team and the motivation to win glory for the country have been deeply buried in their hearts, which is patriotic feelings. How much later, Dong Dong and Xiaomei met again, and both of them were already leaders in their respective fields of work.
"The Return"
On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong was returned to the motherland. In order to ensure that the five-star red flag flutters over Hong Kong every second, the flag raiser Zhu Tao trained hard and did not slacken off, the female Hong Kong police sister Lian worked diligently to keep the peace, the diplomat An Wenbin negotiated with the British for 16 rounds of minutes and seconds, and the watchmaker Hua Ge used exquisite technology to ensure that the Chinese and British representatives and the female Hong Kong police watch were accurately proofread.
They are Chinese diplomats, honor guard soldiers, Hong Kong policemen, watch masters, different identities, but they have a common wish - to raise the five-star red flag on time at 00:00 on July 1. They have done their best in their respective posts to ensure that Hong Kong's return to the motherland is "not a second bad".
《Hello Beijing》
Taxi driver Zhang Beijing unexpectedly obtained a ticket to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, which is difficult to buy. It's ridiculous to be triumphant and turn on the pendulum mode to show off. After showing off a lap, he met a Sichuan boy who was eating Shaqima and sitting on a rental, and quietly exchanged 800 yuan for tickets for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Zhang Beijing, who knew nothing, took the ticket to his son's birthday party, and showed off in front of his son's classmates, but found that the ticket was missing. After Zhang Beijing found the boy, he experienced a chase of chicken flying dog jumping.
After learning that the boy's family was killed in the Wenchuan earthquake, the boy was left alone. Because the boy's father was once one of the builders of the Olympic project, he came to Beijing by all means, and he wanted to see it with his own eyes and touch the pillars built by his father. After knowing the truth of the matter, Zhang Beijing gave his ticket to the boy. Although his actions are unknown, so what, it is his act of kindness that helps this suffering child to fulfill his wish and plant in the child's heart the seed of helping others and being kind to others.
《Midnight Meteor》
The brothers Wardle and Hazab, who left their barren hometown after the death of their parents, wandered around. They fight and steal things with a little note. Their uncle asked Lao Li, the retired director of the Poverty Alleviation Office, to discipline them. Old Li devoted his life to poverty alleviation, but he was seriously ill and had no money for medical treatment. Old Li took the brothers home, boiled water to bathe them, changed into clean clothes, and ate a full meal. However, the two brothers stole the life-saving money that everyone had collected for Old Li's medical treatment and prepared to escape. After being caught by the police, Lao Li did not blame them, but instead told the police that the money was given to them and asked the police to give them a chance to change. Old Li's act of kindness impressed the two brothers. Lao Li took them to see the successful landing of the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft, a major historical moment, but he fell in the vast grassland.
This short film combines poverty alleviation with the successful landing of the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft. If the two brothers felt warmth in Lao Li, then when the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft crossed the sky, the dazzling light was their "daytime meteor", their light of hope. I believe that those who have been greatly impacted and baptized will certainly change from evil to righteousness and conscientiously take every step of their future path.
Escort
As the best female pilot in the Chinese Air Force's flying team, Lu Xiaoran was unexpectedly notified to withdraw from the parade as a substitute before the military parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War on September 3, 2015. She was unwilling in her heart, but with tears in her eyes, she chose to accept the order. When the fighter jets glided and took off, the sword pointed at the long sky and approached the review, Lu Xiaoran, as an "escort and prepared to fly", witnessed this glorious moment at the same time, but also helped his teammates to troubleshoot, completed his mission excellently, and won everyone's respect.
This short film retraces the mental journey of female pilot Lv Xiaoran , from childhood to adolescence to the various setbacks she experienced in the process of growing up. She has to defeat the shackles of gender concepts and make choices about not being able to balance love and career. These memories, together with the main line of "escort flight", create a vivid image. Not only let us see the cool and heroic posture of the female pilots, but also let us see the soldiers who could not participate in the military parade, they trained hard every day, silently defending our motherland and guarding our peace. They are equally good and worthy of our respect.
"My Motherland and Me" has seven stories and seven distinct styles, which are both magnificent and real and touching. In these stories there are our ancestors, our fathers, and each of us. Through the sense of responsibility and dedication inadvertently revealed by the little people, the film, coupled with the background of the big era, stimulates the purest patriotic feelings of ordinary people. Every time I saw the five-star red flag slowly rising with the national anthem and fluttering in the wind, I couldn't help but feel excited and tearful. After watching the film, "I and my motherland cannot be separated for a moment, no matter where I go, a hymn flows..." The melody of this song has been rippling in my heart. Yes, each of us has an inseparable connection with the motherland, the country is strong, the family is strong, the Guotai is the people's security, and having a prosperous and powerful motherland is the foundation for us to live and work in peace and contentment. Motherland, what a sacred and heavy word, my motherland is China! It is also a source of pride and pride for each of our Chinese.