When you come out of the mix, you must admit your mistakes, and if you are beaten, you must stand up straight.
(Come out, admit the mistake, and make it up.) ）
"Ancient Puzzle Boy"
The 2021 Taiwan Provincial Film Golden Horse Awards announced the list of nominations, although due to the collective boycott of mainland filmmakers, the Golden Horse Awards have gone down, but there is no lack of occasional highlights.
Wu Zhenyu participated in the investment and starred in the feature film "Turbid Water Drifting", which led the Golden Horse Awards with 12 nominations, including best feature film, best director, best actor and best supporting actor and actress, which is indeed a big highlight.
Moreover, "Turbid Water Drifting" has been shortlisted for the FIRST Youth Film Festival, the Asian Film Award, the Rotterdam International Film Festival, the Far East International Film Festival, etc., and won the honor of the jury of the 15th FIRST Youth Film Festival, Douban 7.8 points, is indeed a good work.
Adapted from a real story in Hong Kong, "Turbid Water Rafting" is written and directed by Lee Jun-suk, starring Wu Zhenyu, Xie Junhao, Li Lizhen, Ye Tong, Bao Peiru, Ke Weilin, Zhu Baikang, Cai Siyun and others, and was released in Hong Kong, China on June 3, 2021.
In the eyes of the audience, the biggest highlight of "Turbid Water Drifting" is actually its cast, because it gathers 2 Golden Horse Film Emperors + 1 Golden Horse Film Queen + 1 Golden Film Queen, namely Wu Zhenyu, Xie Junhao, Li Lizhen and Ye Tong.
The male protagonist Wu Zhenyu, who plays the rough sleeper Hui Ge, became the Golden Horse Award film emperor in 2000 with "Gunfire";
Male no. 2 Xie Junhao, playing the old man who is sleeping in the rough, became the Golden Horse Award film emperor in 1997 with "Nanhai Thirteen Lang";
Female no. 2 Li Lizhen, playing the rough sleeper Chen Mei, became the queen of the Golden Horse Awards in 1999 with "A Thousand Words";
Ye Tong, who starred in special roles as the mother of an exposed sleeper, won the Academy Awards in 1984 and 1992 for "Seven Days of Wrong Love" and "Marriage Don't Talk".
There are even
With "Golden Capital", Zhu Baikang, a post-80s actor nominated for the Academy Awards, Golden Horse Awards and Hong Kong Film Critics Circle Awards;
With "Phantom Love", the post-95 actress Cai Siyun, who won the Best Actress Award at the 26th Hong Kong Film Critics Circle Awards;
It can be said that this seemingly dark and dirty "Turbid Water Drifting" is a good actor with strong acting skills throughout the film.
"Turbid Water Rafting" tells the story of a group of rough sleepers (i.e., homeless people) who live under the Sham Shui Po Overpass in Hong Kong, who are ignored and marginalized by society, and how to survive in the slits while fighting for a little dignity and justice for themselves.
Hui Ge, played by Wu Zhenyu, was originally a Vietnamese refugee who came to Hong Kong in the 80s who defected to the Nu Sea; after many years in Hong Kong, he has been fluent in Cantonese, but he is still an open sleeper with no fixed place.
At the beginning of the story of "Turbid Water Drifting", Hui Ge had just returned to Sham Shui Po to sleep in the camp, and was swept up by the Fehd department that night, and his belongings were lost. Then he and a group of street friends found another place to live, and went to build a log cabin under a bridge to live with each other. [The Hong Kong FEHD generally refers to the Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. 】
At night they gathered under the bridge to eat and chat; during the day they went to the government gate to demonstrate and seek assistance.
Their demands were simple and straightforward, demanding that the government make reasonable compensation and apologize, pulling out banners that read: "Sleeping in the open is not guilty, nuisance is rude."
However, when their demonstrations have received media attention, they still have to worry about what kind of transportation to take to get home.
The perspective of the director's topic can be described as sharp, aiming at an embarrassing dark side under the bustling city, which is more realistic and boastful than the "Caged People" of that year.
Obviously, these rough sleepers are people who need the care and help of society very much.
But who will help, and how?
For example, Hui Ge, he and the old man are Vietnamese stowaways, and there is no legal status in Hong Kong; their employment, housing, pension, and children's schooling problems are difficult to solve normally.
Moreover, Hui Ge also took drugs, went to prison many times, and suffered from illness; so, such a person, how many people in this society can tolerate it?
Among the street friends who slept with him, there was a Dasheng played by Zhu Baikang, who was also addicted to drugs, exported dirty, and did not look for a job at a young age to make a living; a Mu Zai, played by Ke Weilin, ran away from home for 8 years, wandered on the streets for 8 years, mixed with the rough sleepers, made a living by stealing, and was also contaminated with drugs.
At the bottom of the bridge where they slept, in addition to these campers, there were also wandering warblers, and there were often various criminal incidents, like a mini version of the Kowloon City Walled City, regardless of the zone, yellow gambling and drugs.
Such a place, such a person, who wants to manage?
Who in today's society does not shy away from them?
Fortunately, there is an angelic girl, the social worker (volunteer) He Girl, played by Cai Siyun, who selflessly and sincerely cares for them, including helping several female sleepers move into public housing.
Thanks to Ms. Ho's efforts, their demonstrations were reciprocated, and as long as they moved out of the wooden house under the bridge, FEHD was willing to compensate each of them 2,000 yuan; but was unwilling to apologize because they were lawfully performing official duties, and the compensation was only a humanitarian act.
All the rough sleepers are willing to accept compensation, but Hui Ge insists on apologizing.
Therefore, the other rough sleepers moved away one by one, leaving Hui Ge alone at the bottom of the bridge.
In the middle of the night, the lonely hui ge burned down the last wooden house and his stubbornness.
To tell the truth, Wu Zhenyu's performance in "Turbid Water Rafting" is very sincere, and he can't see the shadow of Liang Kun in "Ancient Puzzle Boy" at all.
This time, he won a golden horse award again.
But how many audiences can such a film resonate with?