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Chapter 1242 Don't extinguish the fire of dreams and hopes in your heart at any time!

Although "Harmony" is not a big production, its influence is not weaker than those big productions.

Coupled with the gimmick of the mother-child chapter of "The Gift of Room No. [-]", and the addition of Li Yi's old fans' feelings, this movie has been stared at by countless pairs of eyes since it was officially announced to start shooting, and countless people have paid attention to it. with.

Feelings, sometimes, really have nothing to say.

For Li Yi's die-hard old fans like Chu Xixi and Lu Xinguang, in fact, even if "Harmony" was shot a little bit, for them, it is enough to remember the beautiful past that has passed away.

What's more, the filming of "Harmony" is not bad.

There is also a sentimental filter, so it is natural to blow up this movie in various ways.

Of course, in fact, the word-of-mouth of "Harmony" is definitely not comparable to Li Yi's top high-scoring movies in the past, but it can definitely be regarded as a work with an excellent reputation.

As Li Yi's old fan and film critic, Chen Jingning won the first place in the feature-length film review this time.

As a mother, she herself has a deeper feeling for this film.

"As an old fan of Director Dog, I didn't start following him from "The Gift in Room No. [-]", but I have watched this film many times, maybe because of my own relationship. The relationship with my father back then was not the same. Harmony, so when watching this movie, I feel more emotional.

As for "Harmony", I have to say that the dog director once again poked my tear point, because I am a single-parent family, and my mother left me early, so, especially as a mother myself, that feeling cannot be expressed in words expressive.

Since the filming of "Harmony", I think many movie fans know that a movie directed by a dog will definitely be sensational, but the charm of a movie directed by a dog is that even if you are prepared for a long time, you are still watching the movie "Harmony" ’ and couldn’t control my emotions afterwards.

Especially when the old professor Wenyu faced death with a smile, I believe that there will be a burst of sadness in the heart of any audience;
In her early years, she killed her husband and her mistress because of a moment of anger. What she brought herself was a lifetime of imprisonment, and what she brought to her children was an indelible stain—there was a murderer mother!

When she saw that her daughter finally accepted her, she just felt a burst of comfort in her heart. When she thought that Director Dog would give her a happy ending, she suddenly took a turn for the worse. She could have been released on medical parole, but she refused!

Remember she asked her daughter earlier, what if I die?

At that time, the daughter replied: "You will be relieved when you die!"

But when she was really facing death, she would rather bear it silently. Perhaps at that moment, death would be the real relief for her, right?
The title of the film "Harmony" lets us see "harmony", and we can easily think of the word commonly used in chorus.What the film shows is the harmony in the art of singing. Its main line is the story of a group of female prisoners who successfully formed a special choir and performed successfully.

The story is very simple. If such a story is performed in an ordinary way, it will easily become a mere formality.Because we have seen so many choirs in real life, and behind the success of every choir there is a hard story.But few people pay attention to these!
In order to write the particularity of "Harmony", director Li Yi has used his brains a lot.First of all, the film does not magnify the purpose and significance of forming a choir to the realization of the self-worth of female prisoners, or to win opportunities for commutation of sentences through good performance in prison, but narrows it down to satisfying the heroine Zhenhui's little love. His wish, namely: to take his son Xiaoyu to spend a day outside the prison.The purpose of Zhenhui forming a choir is so simple, and her desire full of maternal love quickly won the support of inmates and prison management, and finally evolved into a warm and flowing act of great love.Secondly, the film intentionally makes each of these female prisoners have an unbearable memory.

Zhenhui fought hard when she was brutally beaten by her husband, and accidentally threw her husband to death on the glass table.Yumi accidentally beat her stepfather to death because she fought against her stepfather's violence.Former professional wrestler Yanshi accidentally killed someone with his legs.Wen Yu drove her husband and lover to death because she couldn't bear the adulterous relationship between them.And because of these special experiences, their relatives have more or less created some estrangements with them.

Some people may say, is it too coincidental?Why do the prisoners here seem to be excusable?

But I want to tell you that, in fact, the real born villains, especially women, I have been to women's prisons to participate in activities, and I have also learned about the criminal experience of some prisoners. To put it bluntly, in fact, this is the truth of.

The film revolves around Hong Kong Island's regulations on serving a female prisoner to give birth to a child, take the child to serve the sentence, and after the breastfeeding period expires, the child must be sent out of the prison.

What Zhenhui faced was precisely such bitterness and helplessness.The beginning of the film is the scene of Zhenhui giving birth to Xiangyu in prison.As a mother, she experienced the extremely special moment of giving birth in prison, and at the same time had to accept the fate of being separated from her son 18 months later.

When her son was born, it was the day when the countdown clock for her separation from the child struck.The time that belonged to their mother and child was only a short one and a half years.It is conceivable that when the bell of parting from the beloved son is getting closer, the mothers in the world will be so restless, and how desperate they will be.

Therefore, when the Director of Correctional Services promised her that if the choir was successful, she would be able to enjoy a day of free life with her son outside the prison. The mother of the organization resolutely embarked on the difficult but happy road of organizing the prison choir.

Just like what Zhong Zhongyu said to her in the film: her son is her only spiritual support!
Before her son left, and after her son left, the pillar of Zhenhui's ability to persist in living has always been her son!
In the whole film, there has always been only one main line, and that is family love!
This film, in fact, does not have a real protagonist, but a group play film.

Every character in it is very three-dimensional.

Yumi is the youngest and most beautiful one, but her experience is also the worst!

While watching the movie, I heard someone wondering why Yumi resisted her mother so much?

But it seemed to me that she had reason to resent her mother.

When she killed her by surprise because of resisting her stepfather's atrocities, the first moment after her mother found out, she didn't care about her, but complained and blamed her!

I can even imagine that for Yumi, her hatred for her mother may not be as good as her hatred for her stepfather.

The hurt of the loved ones is the deepest and the most painful.

In the end, Yumi forgave her mother, and I think it was because she probably understood that her mother had always protected her, but sometimes, her mother couldn't protect her perfectly!
The role of the wrestler is very interesting, perhaps confirming that there will always be a fat man in everyone's circle of friends.

She will be a heartless friend. As a wrestler, the reason for her imprisonment is also dumbfounding, but it is such a carefree, heartless guy. In the end, she met the Prince Charming who she was thinking of. At that time, he chose to ask him where the bathroom was with great sadness!

Miss Hua!

It can be said that she is the real big sister of the small group, and she always acts fiercely and powerfully.

Because she knows her circumstances require her to do so.

But she also has the softest part in her heart, that is her family!
She was imprisoned to protect her family. When a pair of daughters appeared in front of her, even a person like her who usually looked like a big sister was weak like a child!

Kong Na, she can be said to be the most unreal character in the whole film.

Many prisoners serving their sentences would wish to meet such an instructor, right?

Finally, let’s talk about Wenyu!
Why put her last?
Because in my opinion, this character is really the most memorable character in the whole film.

Wen Yu in the film is a very full image of a mother.

She is the oldest among the inmates, has been in prison for the longest time, has the deepest life experience, and has the most experience in dealing with affairs. She always has the demeanor of an elder in everything.

For example, when celebrating Xiaoyu's first birthday, Xiaoyu caught Zhou and grabbed a pair of handcuffs, which made everyone stunned. I am full of expectations for Xiaoyu's future.

After Director Fang, the supervisor of the prison area, angrily tore up the group photos that everyone took to celebrate Xiaoyu's first birthday, it was Wenyu who analyzed to Zhenhui Director Fang's jealousy that she had never had a child, and subtly resolved Zhenhui. Hui's psychological shadow.

After the new inmates came in, Wen Yu tactfully persuaded the old inmates to show mercy and set a good example for the children.

Yumi had a dispute with Zhenhui and was injured by hitting a wall. After returning to the cell, the ignorant Xiaoyu ran over and hugged her head. Everyone was afraid that this girl who had a prejudice against children would take bad actions, but Wenyu treated Yumi Shout loudly: Xiaoyu saw that you had a headache to help me brag about it!Thus easing the tense atmosphere.

When Xiaoyu was not used to listening to his mother's singing and was crying, Wenyu took the initiative to stand up again, hugged Xiaoyu, and hummed sweet songs for him to make the child fall asleep.

When visiting Yumi who was injured in a fight with other female prisoners, it was Wenyu who understood Yumi very well and said to Zhenhui, "I can't forgive myself, and living day by day is like being tortured", which hit Yumi's heart The softest part in the depths made her cry.

It was her series of actions that treated Yumei as her own daughter that melted the ice and snow accumulated in Yumei's heart.

It was she who told Zhenhui to face it calmly when Zhenhui couldn't bear the huge loss and emptiness after Xiaoyu left, "Children only laugh when they laugh, and the people who should meet will always meet at a certain moment See you again", thus rekindling Zhenhui's hope of life.

However, her daughter didn't understand what she was doing, and she was always very indifferent to her, and even said "let you live like hell" in front of her.All the inmates often received letters or packages from their relatives and friends, but Wenyu was the only one who never got the love and care of her daughter.She wrote countless letters to her daughter but they all fell into the sea like mud cows. She called her daughter but was hung up abruptly by her daughter.While comforting this one and caring about that one, she herself had to endure the great pain of not being close to her relatives, and did not reconcile with her daughter until the end.

The film makes good use of contrasting artistic expression techniques, through horizontal and vertical comparisons, to reveal the theme of true love in the world that the film wants to express.

From a horizontal perspective, there are contrasts between the indifferent and serious director Fang, the passionate prison guard Kong Na, and the warm and generous director, the contrasts between inmates with different personalities and different experiences, and the powerful law enforcement officers. There are contrasts between the innocent child Xiaoyu and the preoccupied mother Zhenhui, the contrasts between the actors on stage and the audience, and the contrasts between roles.

For example, Wenyu and Yumi, the former is a mother, the latter is a daughter, the former is a daughter outside the prison who refuses to communicate with the mother in the prison, and the latter is the mother outside the prison who cannot be forgiven by the daughter in the prison.

From a vertical point of view, there is a contrast between Xiaoyu who lived with his mother day and night in prison but turned a blind eye to his biological mother a few years later;

When Yumi was in prison, she mocked Zhenhui for giving birth to a child in prison, but after that, because other female prisoners overthrew Xiaoyu, she rose up and fought against Xiaoyu;
You Wenyu first refused to join the choir and then took the conducting work seriously;
There is a comparison between the disorganized and frequent quarrels and scolding at the beginning of the choir's establishment, and the close relationship as a family after that, and the comparison of walking out of the prison gate to participate in the National Women's Chorus Competition;

There is a comparison between You Zhenhui's child crying as soon as she sang at the beginning and her ability to sing the crying child until she fell asleep afterwards;
There is a comparison between Yumi ignoring everyone when she was imprisoned and singing loudly afterwards;

You Zhenhui and Yumi once had a fierce dispute in prison because of giving birth to a child, compared with Yumi who took the initiative to teach Zhenhui to sing;

There is a contrast between Director Fang’s lack of support and understanding of the choir at the beginning and the smiling applause for their performance at the end; and so on.

These contrasts echo each other and set off each other, which well completes the plot and leaves a deeper mark in the hearts of the audience.

th.However, under the influence of Wenyu, these female prisoners held the optimistic concept of "since this is the case, why not live with a smile" and realized the transformation of life.Zhenhui has no sorrow in her busy life, because she has found her goal.Wenyu was not sad when she was dying, because she was forgiven by her relatives.

The other female prisoners did not feel sad, also because they let their relatives see their good performance.When the female prisoners in the choir sang with open hearts, they had already forgotten their special status as prisoners, and left behind their own death or the long sentence.At that moment, they were happy and happy!

What kind of choral performance will we cry?What kind of chorus can we listen to to touch our hearts?The movie "Harmony" placed the climax in the Hong Kong Women's Choir Competition.After grueling training, long waits and frisking on suspicion of missing jewellery, the glamorous Prisoners took to the stage at the last minute.The moment these prisoners saw their relatives sitting in the audience, when the relatives of these prisoners saw those relatives standing on the stage who were destined to go back to the cell or even go to the execution ground but still devoted themselves to singing and directing At the moment, who can hold back the tears gushing out?
At that moment, we not only heard the wonderful harmony from the stage, but also felt the wonderful harmony composed of family affection on and off the stage.They have broken away from the stereotypes of art and have achieved a great leap in the realm of truth, goodness and beauty in life.

Thanks to "Harmony", it lets us understand the greatness of maternal love and the preciousness of family and friendship; it lets us know that at no time should we extinguish the fire of dreams and hopes in our hearts! "

(End of this chapter)