Name: Zhu

As an actor, I have made classic movies:

Middle-aged people in Ai Le (1949) ... Liu (adult)

Classic-Middle-aged Funeral Music

Stills of "Sadness of Middle Age" starring Zhu.

Plot introduction

Shaochang Chen founded a primary school for many years and became the principal. His wife died young, leaving three children in his care. People often advised him to remarry, but he saw that Hua Min, the daughter of his best friend Liu Zhiquan, was abused by his stepmother, so he gave up the idea of remarriage. Later, the Liu Zhiquan family moved to other places, and there was no news for many years.

One day, Hua Min suddenly came to visit and sought a job. Shao often sympathizes with her experience and keeps her to teach at school. At this time, Shao Chang's children are also adults. The eldest son, Jianzhong, worked in a bank, married the daughter of a bank manager, and his social status was improving day by day. He urged Shao Chang to retire and spend his old age at home. Shao is often persuaded to resign reluctantly from the school and recommend a successor as principal. In order to show support, Jianzhong urged his father-in-law to donate money to the school and serve as the chairman of the school. Shao is often idle at home, and after his children get married, he has less contact with him. Only Hua Min often comes to talk to him about work. She knows that he has strong ambition and vitality and should work. At the warm and sincere invitation of Hua Min, Shao Chang returned to school.

Soon, a colleague at school asked him to propose to Hua Min. He suddenly felt a strange emotion and began to realize that he was in love with Hua Min. At the same time, he found that Hua Min had always loved him. So he told Jianzhong that he was getting married, but he was firmly opposed by Jianzhong and everyone in his family. Jianzhong also claimed that he fired Hua Min on behalf of his father-in-law in the name of the school president. Shao Chang also resolutely left school to maintain his feelings with Hua Min. After they got married, they co-founded another primary school. On the day when the new school started, when the children in Hua Min were born, they all felt the joy of "life is everywhere".

Film evaluation

An excellent film with high ideological depth and artistic strength; A "China film with nearly perfect content and skills" is the pinnacle of director Sang Arc's work.

This film, directed by Sang Hu and full of "author style", was praised by Hong Kong directors as one of the most valuable films at that time. From a cultural point of view, it is also one of the most elegant "Mandarin Style". It is deeply rooted in the deep life of the times and has won Shanghai's unique urban citizen culture.

Shaochang Chen, a middle-aged primary school principal, never got married after his wife died. Although his children have been filial since childhood, they just want to keep their father as a pet, but they lack real consideration for their feelings and hearts. Father's remarriage really caused an uproar. Fortunately, Shaochang Chen, determined and determined, finally opened the second plum blossom of love and life. The mainstream of China's films shows more concern for the collective and class than for the individual. In terms of caring for individuals, caring for vulnerable groups such as women, children and the elderly is far greater than caring for middle-aged people; Furthermore, in middle-aged stories, the concern about their material life is far greater than the concern about their emotions and spirits. The sadness and joy of middle age is obviously an alternative. This film is a unique blend of sadness, satire and humor. Its choreography skills are excellent, just like a lyric poem of sadness and music. Some film critics say that this film can be measured by international standards, which is true.

In the gentle and simple narrative process, the film is dominated by an irresistible force, which comes from the traditional secular concept and also from a collective force. Another feature that can't be ignored in The Sorrow of Middle-aged People is its light comedy color in style. The natural entertainment of comedy is more in line with personality publicity and human liberation, so the appearance of this film is a more "open" and "modern" symbol.