Since I watched "Wolf Warrior 2" first, I was really "astonished" when I saw Yu Nan's image of a country girl with a dark red complexion and a scarf on her head. In any case, there is no way to connect it with the capable and courageous Long Xiaoyun.
Being able to play the role of a heroine and being able to handle country women is probably one of the self-cultivations of an actor.
The film is far more stunning than just the characters. The ordinary but surprising story also allows us to glimpse the light of human nature and the shape of life.
Manman is a country with great etiquette. Perhaps there are many stories about marrying off a close relative, but perhaps there are not many stories about marrying off a husband.
At the beginning of the film, the desolate grassland is fully exposed. Tuya (Yu Nan) rides on a tall camel to drive sheep home, and encounters a drunk Senger lying on the roadside.
Soon, the two protagonists who met started a dialogue. The concise lines contained a lot of information. The dialogue between the two people fully explained the overt and covert relationships between the several main characters.
The straightforward and concise lines are sometimes humorous.
Zaya waved on Senger's truck and shouted: "Comrades, you have worked hard to serve the people." He looked like a leader on an inspection tour.
The direct and smooth narrative with no lag is just like the lines, which keeps surprising people.
At the beginning of the film, the rough landscape and herder temperament leave traces. The style of painting changes and the narrative unfolds like a conversation between two people. At this point, the plot and characters are clear.
And all of this is highly accomplished at the very beginning, which can be said to be uniquely ingenious.
In a place where people and water are scarce, Tuya’s husband, Battelle, was paralyzed because of digging a well, and Tuya supported the family.
In order to save Senger, Tuya's lumbar bones were dislocated, causing severe pain, and she could no longer do gravity work.
In order to make a living, Tuya divorced Battelle in order to remarry. There was a condition that the person who married her had to accept Battelle.
The film's shots and narrative are equally restrained, with almost all dialogue between the characters participating in a large amount of narrative. As an audience, we often clarify the origins of the characters in every line.
Battle’s bravery back then was attributed to Paulier, who had a crush on Tuya for decades:
“He is the king of wrestling and the idol I admire”;
"Back then, I just gave Tuya a bottle of soda worth 1.5 yuan, and he knocked out a few teeth..."
We outside the play wanted to laugh when we first heard it, but when we saw it, At that time, Battle, who was unrivaled, sat slumped on the ground. When he played a desolate flute, the clouds and mud fell unavoidably heavy, and the frost in Battle's heart was self-evident.
A few words and a few shots really paint a clear outline of a life.
The appearance of life may originally be to move forward with sorrow, but with a strong attitude.
The drunken Senge told Battle in the orphanage that his wife ran away with someone else because she didn’t love him, and Battle’s wife ran away with someone else because she loved Battle too much...
These lines are really touching, and when you read them carefully, you will feel bitterness.
The ending is also worthy of writing.
Tuya brought her "husband" to marry Senger, and the atmosphere was harmonious.
A fight broke out in the outer room at the same time. Zaya and another child started fighting because the child scolded Zaya’s two fathers;
Senger and Battelle were in the room. They also twisted into a ball, "Do you think I am really afraid of you..."
Tuya hid in the yurt, crying alone, her tears wet the red wedding dress...
Maybe What awaits her ahead is life as usual. There is no end to her troubles. The marriage will not change her current life, and she will be perfect from now on.
The superb ending restores the original truth of life.
It does not fall into the pattern of happy endings in previous stories.
Compared with the endings we are used to seeing, it says everything without saying anything, and it is full of words but infinite in meaning.
In addition, the screenwriter of the film is Lu Wei, so everyone must not be unfamiliar with this name.
"Alive" and "Farewell My Concubine" were written by him.
This "Tuya's Marriage" is indeed worthy of winning the award under the Berlin sky.
Videos are like compressed biscuits, not small in size but rich in nutrition, and taste just like delicacies.
The film is also like a freehand landscape painting, with a few strokes but a long meaning, and the light ink is full of romance.
So, for those of you who read this article, it’s not a bad idea to let them go for a while, just for fear of meeting them too late.