Comrade Son is adapted from the documentary Burning Life directed by Peng and directed by He Xiaojiang. According to director Xiao Jianghe, the film was shot in Taishun for 45 days, with a total of 132 scenes and 1200 shots. Before shooting, in order to find a suitable shooting background, Xiao Jianghe read many magazines about human geography, and finally found Taishun Covered Bridge in Wenzhou.
Taishun, located in the mountainous area of southern Zhejiang, still preserves traditional bridges, official roads, houses, temples, ancestral temples and genealogy. Among them, more than 30 covered bridges are still in use today. Taishun ancient covered bridge even attracted the attention of American scholars on the other side of the ocean. Taishun Covered Bridge has entered the classroom of Harvard University and become a teaching plan for related teaching. In the film, the young actors who play the "Peace Primary School of the New Fourth Army" are all local primary and secondary school students in Taishun, except for Xiao and Guo (the younger sister). The vivid and natural performances of young actors add a lot of color to this film.
Ma Shaohua, who plays the commander's father, has played an important role in many large-scale productions, such as Dou Ying in Hanwu the Great, Sun Yat-sen in Towards the Republic and Zhenguan Wuji. , left a deep impression on the audience, and his performance was also talked about in the circle.
Guo Xiaofeng, the young actor who plays the colonel's father, is tall and handsome, but his eyes are melancholy and blurred. In the past, he also portrayed many soldiers. Guo Xiaofeng is the director's long-term partner and the deputy director of this film. Guo Xiaofeng also starred in The 80th Anniversary of the Founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), and presented excellent films "Silent Station" and "Love in My Life". The originality of the film lies in that although the war is watched from the perspective of children, it is always interpreted with the mood of the father. Under the background of war, the contradiction caused by the dislocation of father-son communication is more obvious. The father's heavy and inexpressible feelings, the child's desire for care and understanding ... The film profoundly shows the subtle relationship between father and son, father and daughter from a new perspective.
Judging from the types of actors, this film seems to be a children's film, but in fact, this film focuses more on impressing adult audiences. As mentioned above, this is a film that is narrated from a child's perspective and interpreted from a father's mood. Its ingenuity lies in being good at observing bloody and cruel wars with children's innocent eyes and contrasting harsh environments with children's innocent feelings. However, as adults of that era, although they tried their best and even gave their lives, they could not make their original clear eyes smart forever and let their original carefree hearts fly freely in the green fields.