Source: People's Daily - Entertainment Channel
The realistic entrepreneurship film "City of Dreams", directed by director Liu Shujuan, as a gift film for the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up, was recently performed at the 27th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival held in Foshan, Guangdong Province, and received praise.
"City of Dreams" is jointly produced by China Film Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Film (Group) Co., Ltd., and has been highly valued by the Foshan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government of Guangdong Province. The film tells the story of Song Beibei (played by Jin Qiaoqiao) after graduating from university to the frontier city of reform and opening up - Foshan, in the face of the changing tide of the times, Song Beibei and Ye Zhikuan (played by Bao Jianfeng) have experienced setbacks and tribulations in their careers, but they can always maintain their original intentions and harvest the success of career and love. It shows the storms and life choices experienced by ordinary little people on the road to entrepreneurship.
Yan Conghua, the film's producer, said in an interview with the media that "City of Dreams" leads everyone into the time tunnel to the first year of reform and opening up in 1978 through the narrative expression of small people and big times, reflecting the story of industrial changes, cultural rise and fall and reform recognition in the 40 years of reform and opening up, allowing the audience to relive a magnificent era.
According to Yan Conghua, "City of Dreams" was launched in Foshan on June 15, 2018, starting the "journey of struggle" of "City of Dreams".
"Guangdong is the forefront of reform and opening up, and Foshan, located in the core area of the Pearl River Delta, is a famous manufacturing city, playing an important role in the 40 years of reform and opening up, and has its own unique position." Yan Conghua is very fond of Foshan's economy and culture, "Foshan is a great city, so the film takes Foshan as the material and runs the Culture of Foshan through it, reproducing the personality charm and fighting spirit of Foshan people who dare to be the first."
The speed and quality of the film's success and approval for film festivals in just four months was also impressive, with nearly 800 spectators exiting the show. It shows that the characters and plot of the film have captured the hearts of the audience, because the narrative of the film tells the story of small people in the background of the big era, which is very real.
The film's cast is starring Jin Qiaoqiao, Bao Jianfeng, Wen Zhaolun and Song Xiaoying, and starring Li Muzi, Zhang Jie, Du Juan, Li Zi'er, Yang Zhenning, Xu Wenguang and Wang Siyi.
Yan Conghua revealed that the crew still spent a little effort on the combination of actors, and the time span of the story is also as long as several decades, which requires the actors to have skillful acting skills, and it should depend on the personal temperament of the actors and the fit of the film characters. "We not only want the box office of the film, but also the reputation of the film." Yan Conghua said.
With the role of Feng Xiaoya, a general practitioner in the medical theme movie "If You Are Okay", Li Muzi, who won the best new actress of the year at the Sino-US Film Festival, played a Sichuan girl working in Foshan in the film, Tiantian, who finally returned to her authenticity after experiencing many losses and ups and downs.
Li Muzi said that the role she plays comes from the bottom of society and feels that she is very humble, but she also has her own dreams and wants to work hard for life, or to fight for a better life. At first, she thought that her boyfriend who was also from Sichuan was poor and broke up with him, and a "greasy middle-aged" Boss Zhu's overtures to Sweet made her mistakenly think that she had found true love, and her first reaction was "My mother no longer has to worry about me." But later, I found out that Boss Zhu originally had a family, and then returned to Sichuan and experienced the earthquake, although he experienced grief, he finally found a strong reason to live in this place that made him have many good memories, and finally married his former boyfriend.
"I think sweet little story is also one of the places where the film has a point of view, her name is quite interesting, the meaning of sweet is very beautiful, in fact, her fate is very tragic." I used to love filming. After making movies, I now experience this role, I feel that I want to do what I like, to do more good deeds, public welfare, because maybe you don't know what will happen tomorrow, because the world needs love and mutual help. Li Muzi said.
Li Muzi said: "This appearance is my third cooperation with the director, overall Sweet is a grounded and a little naughty and very realistic image, very in line with the current life of such a role, I hope that the audience can get more insights from the film." ”