Basic information of blind mountain movies
Blind Mountain is a film directed by Li Yang and starring Huang Lu in China in 2007. Blind Mountain critically examines the long-standing social problem in China-human trafficking.
Blind mountain movie plot
It tells the story of a female college student who was trafficked to a mountainous area with legal blindness and was rescued many years later.
Version 1 domestic release: Huang Lu, Bai Xuemei, a 22-year-old female college student, met Hu Xiaoxiao, a warm and generous girl, while looking for a job. Lured by work and money, she and Hu Xiaoxiao took a bus to the mountainous area to purchase Chinese herbal medicines.
After a long journey, they came to a small mountain village. When Bai Xuemei woke up, she found that Hu Xiaoxiao and her boss had disappeared. She didn't know where she was.
Bai Xuemei was told that she was sold by her family to Huang Degui, a 40-year-old farmer, as her wife. Only then did she know that she had been taken in by the traffickers.
Bai Xuemei wanted to go home, but Huang Degui refused. In the evening, Huang Degui went to bed with Bai Xuemei, but she refused to submit. Angry Huang Degui killed her and locked her in the house. A little resistance, Bai Xuemei will be beaten and reviled.
Bai Xuemei lost his freedom and was forced to live in a strange and savage mountain village.
Bai Xuemei, who has a strong personality, has been looking for an opportunity to escape. But in this closed mountain village, no one wants to help her as an outsider. Instead, they helped Huang Shougui keep a close eye on her. Every time I ran away, I was arrested and beaten in public. The selfishness and indifference of the villagers and the dereliction of duty of local officials and police made her isolated there.
The birth of a boy made the Huang family relaxed their vigilance against her. Bai Xuemei got in touch with his parents with the help of junior high school student Li Qingshan. Due to the obstruction of the villagers, the two policemen who came with their father failed to rescue Bai Xuemei, so they discussed another day to secretly rescue Bai Xuemei, and Bai Fu and his daughter stayed here. One day, with the help of police, she finally escaped from the mountain village. But her children had to stay there.
The ending of the overseas release version of version 2 is different from that of the domestic release version: Huang Degui knew that Bai Fu only wanted to take his "wife", so he wanted to take her away and hide her. Under the dispute between Huang Degui and Bai Fu, Xue Mei threw a kitchen knife at Huang Degui, whom she hated, in order to save her father. ...
Behind-the-scenes production of blind mountain movies
The new film was shot in a village in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province. Except for Huang Lu, the heroine, who was an undergraduate in the performance department of Beijing Film Academy in 2003, all local villagers and non-professional actors were used. Because of his role in Blind Mountain, Stupid Root changed his fate. Huang Lu is also popular at home and abroad because of his outstanding performance in Blind Mountain.
The film tells the story of a female college student who was trafficked to Guanzhong rural area, struggled to escape for two years and was finally rescued by the public security organs. Li Yang said that the topic of trafficking in women is not new, but he is concerned about the people behind the incident. At the beginning of 2006, Li Yang made a special trip to Jintang and Zhongjiang, Chengdu, and spent more than two months interviewing the rescued abducted women's living conditions and writing a script.
Li Yang said that he saw a news on TV that a girl was abducted to a mountain village, killed her "husband" in order to escape, and was finally sentenced to death. He was shocked.
Li Yang even mortgaged his house to shoot Blind Mountain.
There is a character named Zheng Xiaolan in Blind Mountain. When Xue died, one day she comforted her with her child in her arms: "Look, I was also sold, wasn't I?" Is to save your body first, otherwise how to escape? "This girl who plays Zheng Xiaolan was really cheated and married from a county town in Sichuan four or five years ago. She is only 20 years old and is already the mother of two children. " I didn't know until I was filming. "Li Yang said," she comes to the crew every day, and then we let her act. Her husband didn't want to hit her, so he threatened: If you hit her again, I'll go with the crew! My husband is afraid to call again. Later, I told the assistant director to let him play a role. Anyway, it's slack season, and the crew manages three meals a day, and even the children she holds give a sum of money. "
Director Li Yang said that he has always been interested in the theme of women's fate. In order to shoot this film, he also investigated a lot of information about trafficked women. The title of "Blind Mountain" also wants to form a series with the previous "Blind Well", which symbolizes the indifference and selfishness of human nature: "This name has multiple meanings, so leave it to the audience to locate it." Li Yang told reporters that the selection of "Blind Mountain" was also beyond his expectation: "There was an Asian film selector who wanted to see it, so I sent him a rough cut version. After a while, there was no reply, and the result informed me that I was selected. " For the final selection result, Li Yang said that he did not attach importance to it: "2006 is the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival. As a film festival, it can persist through ups and downs. I hope it can stick to artistry and go all the way. However, for my work, let nature take its course. The film festival is not the ultimate goal of blind mountain. "
The mainland version and the overseas version have different endings, and both endings are true.
Evaluation of Blind Mountain Films
"Li Yang once again proved that he is a movie master who creates screen tension."
Li Yang once again proved that he is a master of film tension.
-British magazine "International Screen"
"Strong applause and cheers broke out. . . Li Yang's excellent films contain great impact and touching dramatic tension. . . It will attract a large audience. "
There were warm applause ... Li Yang's extraordinary film ... great political influence and touching drama. ... will attract a wide audience.
-Hollywood reporter magazine, USA
"The audience burst into prolonged applause and praise."
... thunderous applause and cheers from the audience.
-American Time magazine