Midnight Food Store is an urban emotional drama jointly produced by Hua Lu Bai Na and Feng Huo Shi, directed by Cai Yuexun and Hans Hu and starring Huang Lei. The play takes the dining hall which is only open late at night in the urban alley as the stage, and pulls out a series of life stories about the warmth of the market from every food cooked by the boss.

Synopsis:

This is a special canteen with business hours from midnight to 7 am. The boss here is not very talkative, but he always makes people cry.

Here, dancers with low self-esteem meet their predecessors who have retired for many years, and the seniors tell stories about their unbearable experiences to constantly inspire young people and finally make them regain their self-confidence; The best friend who broke up without speaking out of turn recalled the former friendship and got back together because she ate the same favorite food.

An optimistic terminally ill patient meets a girl who is connected with her life. They love each other and give each other strength, and accompany each other through the last journey perfectly. White-collar workers who blindly pursue career success have made really warm-hearted friends here and found that true feelings are more meaningful than success.

Food, stories and true feelings converge the theme of the whole drama, teaching people to face the gains and losses frankly and to be full of expectations and enthusiasm for life. Every story is full of affection, and the plot is ups and downs, which makes people linger.

Extended information:

1. Introduction of main actors:

1. Boss actor? Huang Lei

The boss of Midnight Food Store, who is both a chef and a waiter, will make the dishes that customers want with the existing ingredients. A scar on the face will make people feel a little fierce at first glance, but in fact it is a person who can make people feel practical, trustworthy and reliable, and has special charm.

2. Hermes actor? Jiatong Li

Midnight Food Store's guest, one of the three instant noodles sisters, is an admirer of famous brands, so she is called Hermes, an older woman. She has the ability, can make money, looks good, and is a good worker in the workplace, but she has never found a suitable object.

3. Ma Ling actor? Yang Yitong

Diners in Midnight Food Store. She often falls in love with a man at the fastest speed, and the food she eats will change with the man she falls in love with. She is the most famous club song and dance show performer in the old port area, and her regulars A Zhong and A Dao are her loyal fans.

4. actress Elizabeth? Orfila

has a small and transparent workplace, and is good friends with Hermes, an economically independent woman, and Miss Yun, a female doctor. Although she is quite different from Hermes and Miss Yun in family, knowledge and economic ability, she has formed an indissoluble bond because she likes instant noodles.

Second, plot evaluation:

Although the length of the story in the play is small, it is also complete. For example, in the adapted "Fish Song Rice" unit, it is also describing the fall of young singers. The screenwriter team can connect the masterpieces of Teresa Teng, Asan and Tom Chang who died young, and sublimate the memory of the beautiful and early soul in sadness, thus causing the audience to sing.

In other remake cases, it can be seen that the blind "takenism" will only appear on the screen with a strong sense of disobedience, while China elements will appear "four unlike" if they cannot be well integrated into the plot.

on the basis of retaining the "Midnight Food Store" model, the drama gives full play to the story. Although the 24 stories are of different levels, it makes a beneficial exploration on the localization adaptation of Japanese IP, re-creating the story according to the characteristics of China, and narrating the unit drama.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Midnight Food Store.