The legendary female director and the youngest Grand Slam director in history collaborate for the first time!
The King of Suspense challenges literary and artistic themes!
The powerful forces join forces to perform the most heartwarming work!
Half a month later, Sister Tao was released simultaneously on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and was jointly distributed by Bona Kinzer. The promotional film featured Liu Tianwang, Sammo Hung, Tsui Hark, Chin Pei, Luo Lan...
The stars are shining!
Of course, Su Ze doesn't have high hopes for the box office. Anyway, the investment is very small. The current Kanazawa is just a drop in the bucket, and the loss is a loss.
It is unlikely that Xu Anhua's works will be a big hit. That's what literary and artistic films are. After all, they are niche, as long as they are not too ugly.
Liu Tianwang specially came to support the premiere and invited a large number of media to attend. The scene was lively and lively. According to Kong Xue’s words:
Must line up!
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Netizen Ai Xiaoke: Xu Anhua is indeed a first-class master at recording trivial matters of ordinary people. No matter how ordinary the characters, no matter how complicated the plot, infinite visual details and emotional blanks can be mined.
The soundtrack points are captured accurately several times, instantly stimulating emotional shock. The images of simple life filter out an extraordinary personality and an extraordinary movie.
Su Ze's acting skills have returned to their original nature, and it is no exaggeration to say that a thousand people have a thousand faces!
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Netizen Tianzhiya: Ye Dexian's portrayal of the old servant is unparalleled. Facing such a strong opponent, Su Ze, who is less than thirty years old, can actually stand up to each other and use a slow fire to stew the tenderness of each other. He is definitely worthy of the title of Best Actor.
There should be no better Chinese-language film than Sister Tao within five years. I will never forget the look in Sister Tao's eyes, which is obedient and hard-working. Submitting is to the fate, not being picky, not complaining, accepting everything, while hard-working is to keep it in the face of pain and embarrassment.
That innocence and dignity.
highly recommended!
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Netizen comments: It is touching but not sentimental. The movie leaves more scenes to the warm and affectionate life details. Sister Tao's personality is very full and realistic.
It reminded me that Farewell was not deliberately emphasized, and the ending did not have the expected emotional explosion point. This made the movie appear very personal and not vulgar, and even a little uncommercial, with a very calm attitude.
The desolate group portraits of the nursing home run through the entire story. Some are starting their second spring, some are not loving their children, some need care from people with gray hair, and some are short-lived...
Only Sister Tao is always mediocre. Simplicity is an attitude. The relationship between master and servant seems to be mediocre, but inside it is abundant. Since the price of having life is to endure the limitations of life, in the end, when life returns to dust, it is already a blessing.
There is a time to be dull, a time to live life, and a time to enjoy it all.
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Netizen Yuan Baobao: We always talk about acting skills, but what is acting skills?
I think it should be when you don’t feel that you are watching a play, but feel the emotions of the person in front of you, and let yourself be emotional according to her emotions, I think this is the so-called acting skill...
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Sister Tao did it!
Suze yyds!
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Netizen Xue Feifei: Those detailed plots, slow and solemn close-ups, sloppy and restrained movements, unsteady panning shots, and implicit oriental emotional expressions can be said to have washed away all the brilliance and revealed a pure appearance.
Multiple female gazes, reflecting each other like weak candlelight, are warm and pleasant. Presented without makeup, it can be highlighted or embellished with ink or outlined with heavy colors. It is sad but not sad, not cliché, and the tranquility and restraint of examining life makes people cry.
Highly recommend the original Cantonese version!
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Netizen Xiaobao: The mutual support in daily life reflects the true love like an illusion. The love between mother and child in the movie is like the mutual warmth between the director and the movie, and it is completely like the autobiography of director Xu Anhua.
There are three, six, and nine levels of people, and eventually they all become vulnerable groups in the face of time and the system. It is difficult for ordinary people to live a life. Well, I think this is Su Ze's best drama, bar none.
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Netizen An Xiaoan: Some people have questioned the sense of rhythm and the uselessness of some scraps of materials, but I think there is no problem at all.
Because of its non-melodramatic structure and restrained expression, as long as the emotion and presentation are well grasped, nothing is wasted.
The reflexive elements in the film add so much color to the film, greatly increasing the cinephilia index, and at the same time, it is a natural and unpretentious metaphor of life as a play.
Thumbs up for Su Ze and Ye Dexian’s acting skills!
The Best Actor and Best Actress are well-deserved!
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Netizen Ma Sheng: I am moved, sad, and happy, but these are not my main emotions while watching the movie. What I feel most is fear.
Because that is the future that most people can expect to be closest to death. Compared with this true inner projection, those empathetic effects of rabbit death and fox sadness are nothing.
A movie with great love, Xu Anhua truly enters the spiritual world of the elderly.
The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop; the child wants to be loved but does not want to be kissed.
Everyone gets old at some point, and I hope everyone pays attention to this issue.
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Netizen Ping Ping Dandan said: The two actors acted really well, their expressions and movements were integrated into their characters, including Sister Tao always abiding by her status as a servant and maintaining a sense of distance from her master.
That kind of loneliness of being a widower must have been integrated into Xu Anhua's own life experience, and it is even more touching. Some people see life and death, some see warmth, some see loneliness and old age with no one to rely on...
It was a life-like experience with mixed flavors. Especially the scene where Roger and his classmates called Sister Tao after eating braised food hit me the most.
I didn't expect that Su Ze's acting skills can already handle this kind of role. Being mediocre is the real thing, not acting, but integrating into the role.
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The box office on the first day was 8 million!
The box office in three days was 26 million!
Douban rating is 8.7!
Su Ze didn't expect the results to be so good. Regardless of the ratings, they were all Xu Anhua's basic operations. Tianshuiwei's ratings were higher.
But when the box office results came out, even Fatty Yu was shocked. Is this still a literary film?
The Hong Kong box office is also good, with 12 million, which surprises Ann Hui. As a veteran box office poison, this time I feel like I have turned over and become the master.
I called specifically to thank myself and Jin Ze, and expressed my gratitude for my influence in the mainland market. Su Ze was also very happy. Xu Anhua deserves it, and so does Sister Tao.
The two works were released, and Su Ze felt good about them. Whether it was Blood in Search of Plum Blossoms or Sister Tao, they were not commercial themes, especially the former, which simply gave up on the mainland market because of its scale.
But these are rare good scripts, and the characters are also new challenges that I have never tried before. You don’t have to think too much about taking roles now. What if you still hesitate after working hard?
What’s the use of this system!
Su Ze smiled and smiled happily. He will be thirty next year and will be in his thirties. Since his debut, he has tried many different roles and has also collaborated with many outstanding directors and peers.
Of course, there are more and better scripts waiting for me, a better director team waiting to work with, and more untried roles waiting to be nurtured, so for the future...
full of expectation! This chapter has been completed!