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Left and Right is a family movie written and directed by Wang Xiaoshuai, starring Cheng, Liu, Liu and others.
The film tells the story of a divorced China parents who put aside personal grudges and the contradiction between the two families in order to save their little daughter suffering from leukemia, and finally broke through the social moral and ethical concepts and launched a life-saving battle.
April 2008 1 was released in China and won the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival.
Brief introduction of the film's left and right plot
Vivienne Liu, a real estate agent, lived happily with her five-year-old daughters, Wo He and Lao Xie Cheng, until one day the doctor told her that Wo He had leukemia, and there was only one way to save Wo He's life, and that was to use the bone marrow of his brothers and sisters. In desperation, Meizhu found her ex-husband Xiao Lu Zhang Jiayi, wanted to have another child with him, and treated Hehe with umbilical cord blood. To Zhu Mei's surprise, her proposal was strongly opposed by her ex-husband, and Xiao Lu's current wife, Dong Fan Yu Nan, refused it one hundred times.
Zhu Mei, a real estate agent, shows his clients around an empty room every day. Unfortunately, I divorced my husband four years ago and had to raise their daughter alone. My daughter is five years old. Meizhu also has a husband who loves himself and his daughter. Unfortunately, this story has an even more unfortunate beginning. Hehe was diagnosed with leukemia. Zhu Mei's quiet life has undergone great changes. Because there is no suitable blood source for stem cell transplantation, the doctor suggested that if you have a biological brother or sister, you can use umbilical cord blood to save your sister. In order to save her only daughter, Meizhu decided to find her ex-husband and have another child with him. This is an incredible idea, but at the same time it is a request that no one can refuse. But it also brings a series of questions: how will your decision be expressed to your husband who loves you and your children deeply? Will your ex-husband agree? And how will the ex-husband face his wife?
Xiao Lu said, "Putting this matter on the table is also saving a life." So, on the premise of saving lives, a touching story began.
The next question was unexpected to Zhu. After a lot of ideological struggle and a nearly collapsed balance, both families agreed. But the result of IVF is that the quality of ex-husband is not enough to ensure success. The indomitable Zhu decided not to give up, and she hoped to try again in a natural way.
Behind-the-scenes footage of the movie
● This film is adapted from a true story.
There is a scene of smoking at the door. Basically no lines. All emotions should be expressed through the expression of smoking. At first, the director was afraid that Cheng, who didn't smoke, couldn't control the scene, but after filming, he was moved by the professionalism of the actors. Because Cheng smoked too much, he vomited several times in the middle of this scene.
Film evaluation
Square view
This film is a good emotional film that breaks away from emotional stereotypes. Afp review
Zuo you told a story with strong drama conflict, and it is not easy to tell this story well. But the film can be said to have been completed beyond my imagination, and the director and actors are almost just right.
The heroine, Vivienne Liu, was originally a TV actress. This is her first time to perform on the big screen, but her precise grasp is surprising, and she touched everyone. The role of mother represents the most unquestionable part of human love-maternal love. In this story, maternal love also represents absolute anxiety. Inadvertently, this absolute love turned into absolute madness and absolute selfishness. Sometimes there is only a thin line between the goddess and the shrew. Liu Weiwei's performance is not only just right, but also beautiful. She maintained the dignity of a desperate mother.
Cheng, the heroine's husband, can't be expressed in a touching sentence. The main line of the film is the heroine played by Liu, but it is Cheng who plays the stepfather of the child that brings * * to the film. It is this role that sublimates left and right. On the issue of "love", human beings have never had a choice between "left" and "right". A real person is not just a person.
The heroine's ex-husband, the child's father, is the most difficult role to play, because he is determined to look around, he is the most thankless, but his struggle is also the biggest, it is not easy to play well, but Zhang Jiayi is perfect, especially wisely showing the sense of humor of human beings in pain. Dou's comments
Fan Fangguan Hall
The script is flawed, and it is risky for Wang Xiaoshuai to make such a film with unknown cultural background in China. The official "Screen" and "Left and Right" released by Berlin Film Festival have a slightly slow pace and flawed scripts, which lead to unprofessional films. American variety magazine