Before the Spring Festival Gala, Black Soil and White Clouds also collaborated on a little-known work-the New Year's film "Fallen Leaves Back to Roots" directed by Zhang Yang.
In the film, Zhao Benshan is not a "black soil" who ridiculously talks about philosophy, nor a glib "big fool", but a wooden migrant worker.
Liu Quanyou, helpless and never in contact with his family, died of alcoholism in another country. In order to fulfill a promise made in that year, Lao Zhao, a migrant worker who worked with him, decided to transport his body back to his hometown of Chongqing, and came up with a bad idea of dressing him up as a drunk.
The opening title is a close-up of Zhao Benshan, the golden signboard of the film, and the familiar Northeast dialect.
He talked to himself to persuade a "drunk" man across the table to continue drinking and asked him if he was convinced.
After an operation, Lao Zhao succeeded in "getting drunk" Liu Quanyou who had no response. Finally, I sighed and got on the bus.
Unfortunately, it was not long before the bus ran into a robber.
Wow, this Tianjin-flavored jingle, this golden skin, this little finger-thick gold chain, at first glance-
Guo Qilin's father, Miss Universe.
The robbers were ruthless and began to intimidate and brainwash as soon as they came up. A car full of timid ordinary people had to hand over all their money.
When it was Lao Zhao's turn, he only handed over his 500 yuan. The contractor gave this 5,000 yuan to Liu Quan out of humanitarianism, but he refused to give it anyway.
As soon as the robber was about to attack, Lao Zhao honestly said his promise.
The robber was deeply moved, and he couldn't help thinking of the bitter days when he was not a big brother. He also showed Lao Zhao an inconspicuous tattoo behind his back.
"battle righteousness"!
Just when the audience wanted to applaud this big brother who abides by Jianghu morality, he lifted his clothes again.
Oh, "false meaning"
So the robbers took this opportunity to give their younger brother and the whole car a vivid ideological education lesson.
He also gave all the stolen materials to Lao Zhao and left.
But as soon as the robbers left, the passengers silently took the things back and drove Lao Zhao and his brother out of the car.
So Lao Zhao had to really "embark on a journey."
After numerous parking failures, Lao Zhao installed a personal device for Liu Quanyou, a dying heart patient. Finally, he won the sympathy of passers-by and stepped into the tractor.
In the evening, they stayed in a black hotel, and it happened that the truck driver of Hu's military exercise also went to Chongqing, but they were in a bad mood, not only unwilling to drive him, but also drank all the wine of Lao Zhao.
To make matters worse, someone in my roommate was dishonest and stole Lao Zhao's only money.
Although Liu Quan tried to scare the thief, he still failed to stop the wicked from doing evil.
However, God never shuts one door but he opens another. The truck driver saw Lao Zhao's pity and agreed to give them a ride.
As soon as he got on the bus, Lao Zhao became a "caring grandfather" and planned to comfort the young people who looked "worried" with the experience of their elders.
In a few words, Hu Gang, a tough guy, attacked the entertainment circle all over, only softened in front of Hu Haokang, and the army burst into tears and could not control it.
However, after the call of the chicken soup master Lao Zhao, the truck driver regained his confidence and continued his life.
After passing by, Lao Zhao had to carry his good brother and continue walking.
I was really hungry in the middle, so I went to other people's funerals for dinner and competed with a group of actors to take care of my dutiful son.
Why are you an actor? ↓
Therefore, after being educated by a "liar" who knows more about chicken soup than the chicken soup master Lao Zhao, Lao Zhao stuffed the antiseptic materials to his good brothers and continued his journey.
This time, he tied his good brother in the tire and rolled on. Accompanied by impassioned music, Lao Zhao took a goose step race with tires carrying corpses, and the scene was full of cult flavor.
In addition to various modes of travel, Lao Zhao also met various passers-by.
A donkey friend who went to Tibet by bike alone-Xia Yu in his youth is no different from now.
A family of beekeepers who lived alone because his wife was disfigured-at that time, Guo Tao's image was still a good man who cared about his family.
Liao Fan, a young policeman who has a crush on the girl in the Northeast Hair Salon-Liao Fan was still fresh and young at that time, and he felt confused and young.
Of course, there are also bad people. Liu Jinshan is the owner of a black shop. He dares to charge 600 yuan for a chicken and a fish. At that time, Lao Zhao earned a year's hard-earned money of only 500 yuan. It was also the owner of the black shop who let Lao Zhao know that the 2000 yuan given by the contractor out of "kindness" was actually fake money.
In desperation, Lao Zhao burned counterfeit money and planned to bury Liu Quanyou directly on the spot.
Originally, I just wanted to lie down and "try the size", but I didn't expect to be "very comfortable" in the pit I dug, so Lao Zhao thought about it.
But when the suicide plan was really implemented, his cowardice prevailed. At this time, he couldn't dodge, and Lao Zhao was directly stunned by a big stone.
Fortunately, he was saved by a passing beekeeper. Seeing that people are still optimistic after suffering, Lao Zhao, who is simple in thinking, suddenly realized and set foot on the road again.
But the problem of life is really in front of us. Lao Zhao's money is basically spent, and he can't even afford to eat, so he wants to drive a blood donation car to sell blood.
Because I have hepatitis B, my blood is not sold. But even if the blood is drawn, Lao Zhao will probably be disappointed-the blood donation car in the city is free.
Desperate for money, Lao Zhao was tricked into a black blood station as soon as he got off the bus, where he met the love of his life-Baiyun, embarrassed to be a guest-the old lady who picked up garbage.
But the task has not yet been completed, and Lao Zhao has to take his good brother home before he can consider his lifelong events.
However, this time on the road, the mood is completely different. Sitting in the engineering car, accompanied by cheerful music and vast and beautiful scenery, Lao Zhao happily recited poetry and became the "king of poetry recitation".
Lao Zhao walked to the edge of his hometown in Liu Quanyou. Lu Yu collapsed to the ground, and the car couldn't move forward. He had to carry his brother's body and walk forward under the gaze of everyone, and finally fainted on the side of the road.
With the help of the police, Lao Zhao cremated Liu Quanyou, bought the cheapest urn with the rest of his savings, and continued to look for his friend's home with it.
So in the end, Lao Zhao failed to bury all the bodies in Liu Quan.
The story of carrying a corpse thousands of miles away seems bizarre, but the reality is so magical-it is actually based on real events.
In 2005, he was deceived to Fujian to work for his fellow countryman Zuo, who died of cerebral hemorrhage due to alcoholism. So he took the lead, dressed Zuo as a drunk with three other workers and got on the train, and was finally found by the patrol of Guangzhou Railway Station.
In reality, Shao Li's long-distance corpse transport incident has caused controversy in society. Many urbanites don't understand his behavior. After all, it is really against modern civilization.
However, in this isolated mountain village where Li Shaowei lives, no one thinks it is inappropriate, but praises his loyalty and sense of responsibility. For the local villagers, "returning the fallen leaves to their roots and burying them in the ground" and "buying a good coffin when they are old and returning to the familiar fields" are the most satisfactory endings of their hard work all their lives.
(Shao Li is himself)
Also in the film, the ethical debate about Lao Zhao's body is greatly weakened.
Among the characters he met, no one laughed at his "uncivilized" behavior. After learning the truth, everyone chose to understand and praise his honesty. Even the passengers who drove him off the bus couldn't stand the body itself, not the act of "carrying the body".
It is hard to say that it is not a kind of laziness. Deciduous leaves have always been controversial to some extent.
Through a popular movie and entertainment, Zhang Yang gave people a glimpse of the forgotten "homeless" group under social development and told us "Look, there are icebergs under the sea", but he didn't mean to tell us how big the iceberg was and how thick the ice was.
The film itself may not be perfect, but for the protagonist Zhao Benshan, the honest farmer he created is very successful, which shows that he has unlimited possibilities in acting besides "big bluff".
In fact, Zuo's son buried his father's ashes. He thanked Li Shaowei and complained why he didn't inform his family in time and cremated them on the spot. After the death of the old man, the most concern should be accountability, not the way the body is transported back.
This view is accepted by a new generation of young people in modern urban civilization, but Zhao Benshan's Li Shaowei and Lao Zhao can't understand it. The concept of city and modern civilization is not the habitat of their souls. Only land and tradition can provide a sense of security for Laozhao people.
However, in the film, Lao Zhao and the police found the workers' home, only to find that the local village had been collectively moved away due to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, and the only "root" that Lao Zhao found along the way was the broken wall.
Just when the audience thought that the workers could not "find their roots" in the end, Lao Zhao saw the signal left by the workers' son on the door panel.
They forgave Dad and welcomed him back to his real spiritual "root"-family.