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The "Heart Labyrinth" shown at the opening ceremony of the Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival was not the sample film edited by Pei Nan, but the final version carefully edited by Jiang Hongfei and Pei Nan and others.

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This version is not the version to be released in the mainland - the censorship department has not given Jiang Hongfei the version used to participate in the film festival (that is, the version that ended up to the end of the scene of "Heart Labyrinth"), there is no way, in order to be released smoothly, Jiang Hongfei can only learn Xin Yukun to put subtitles at the end of the film, and then add the scene where the main characters enter the temple to burn incense.

The reason why "Heart Labyrinth" can become the opening film of the Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival is not only because of its artistry and its story, but also because of its picture sense - because Jiang Hongfei used a lot of shooting techniques from later generations in the shooting of "Heart Labyrinth", coupled with Cao Jiu's clever art rendering, the picture texture of "Heart Labyrinth" is stronger than most films of this era, including Hollywood movies known for their face painting.

Therefore, as soon as the film was played, the picture of "Heart Labyrinth" was ahead of the times and made people who like movies fall into a very surprising feeling.

In addition, Jiang Hongfei used superb shooting techniques and editing techniques such as flashbacks and interludes, with a bright rhythm, to show the social nature of de-powdering at the beginning, and the inner control of the characters was organized through excellent lens context at the first time, and it was about to come out in the midst of melancholy and anxiety, which immediately captured the hearts of the audience.

So much so that as soon as "Heart Labyrinth" was broadcast, many people had expectations for it!

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With the derivation of a charred corpse as the core, in the interpretation of several families in this small village with their own demons, an excellent circular narrative structure has gradually formed, with the progress of the plot, the father and son of the village chief who are full of contradictions, the peasant woman Liqin who has been devastated by domestic violence, the girl Huang Huan who plans to elope, and the village ruffian Baihu who owes debts, etc.

Using three sets of independent but inextricably related stories connected by multiple character group portraits, a puzzle of good and evil is constructed.

Good and evil are not a single positive and negative, there is no absolute role distinction, and people can determine good and bad.

The exquisiteness of "Heart Labyrinth" lies in the fact that the two-sided nature of human nature, good and evil, is presented in the most intriguing three-dimensional, the family relationship between father and son, the love between men and women, these beautiful feelings have become the helplessness of lies and deception in this puzzle, the profound insight into the complexity of human nature, and the amazing organizational structure contains the philosophy of the origin of human nature.

Such an ingenious and logically rigorous plot is one of the few in today's movies.

All in all, "Heart Labyrinth" is like a group of dark horses, which is amazing, and the broken editing can make the audience feel like an omniscient God, watching the beings under this murder go to their respective fates.

This is a puzzle of human nature struggling between good and evil, three sets of stories and one murder, with the absurdity of black humor and excellent suspense, people can touch the depth of human nature.

At the end of the film, the disintegration of the emotional and spiritual world and the final standing of the father and son in the funeral coffin further sublimate the inner depth of human nature, good and evil.

It was a long, long time before the film ended, and there was applause.

The applause wakes up those who are still immersed in thought, and then these awake people remember that they have to applaud when they see a good movie, and then they join in the applause.

The applause was like a tide, and it did not subside for a long time......

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"Heart Labyrinth" - no good and no evil is the body of the heart, and good and evil are the movement of the will. ”

"Heart Labyrinth" - small cost brings big surprises!"

"Heart Labyrinth" - China's No. 1 suspense movie!"

"The father gave up his heart for his son, and the man gave up his life for the woman, and the one who is safe is at ease. There is no standard for what is right and which is wrong. From the perspective of love, it seems that they have betrayed themselves for the sake of their dearest people, but in essence, they are all for their own selfish desires. Maybe it's human nature, maybe it's not under your control, maybe it's ......"

As an eighteen-year-old new director, Jiang Hongfei used a consideration of human nature as his first daughter, and the advantage of this is naturally that everyone can understand his strength at once, but how much support he can have in the end is another question, a good movie does not necessarily mean a good box office. ”

"The film "Heart Labyrinth" directed by the young director Jiang Hongfei is a black to amazing suspense work, the film is like an exquisite chain of buckles, whether it is a horizontal story line, or a vertical timeline, in the hands of the screenwriter and director's magic, showing a bizarre but tightly integrated sense of integrity, although the whole story takes place in a small mountain village in the Central Plains, but the film vision is about the big picture of human nature, and it is one of the few structural masterpieces that wins with stories and editing in recent years. ”

"Heart Labyrinth is a heavy movie, it makes a close revelation of the good and evil, deception, and emotions of human nature, and it is difficult for you to tell who is the bad guy, who is the good guy, and who is wrong. Such a good movie, the plot is not suitable for too many spoilers, the more you know, the less happiness and surprises you get in the process of watching the movie, a clue is known, and the compact atmosphere of the whole film will disappear, if you know the ultimate ending, you basically can't feel the charm of this film very well. However, such a good film deserves great praise after all, when how many of our filmmakers take tens of millions of dollars and create miserable bad movies, we should take a look at how this film, which costs less than 10 million R coins, turns many big bad movies into scum in seconds. ”

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Before the end of the Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival, the comments of film critics from all over the world, especially from China, about "Heart Labyrinth" reached Jiang Hongfei's ears.

What surprised Jiang Hongfei was that the negative evaluation of "Heart Labyrinth" was so small that it was almost negligible, it was nothing more than some supporting roles such as Zhao Qianqiao, whose acting skills were a little immature, reflecting the ugliness of Chinese rural people, cutting the cross-section of China's urbanization to foreigners, Jiang Hongfei was permeated with a little scheming and showing off his skills, which was a subtle embodiment of Jiang Hongfei's lack of confidence and wanting to express the authorship, and so on.

If a movie only has this negative evaluation, it can really be defined as a god film, and if you want to be harmonious, even the reviews of "Farewell My Concubine" are not all positive.

Then came the publishers who smelled fishy - they approached Jiang Hongfei and wanted to release "Heart Labyrinth".

"Heart Labyrinth" is different from ordinary art films, it has the potential of a commercial film, and this is a film that distributors are very willing to see.

Therefore, even though the final report card of "Heart Labyrinth" has not yet come out, there are still publishers willing to release "Heart Labyrinth".

For these publishers from various countries who came to the door, Jiang Hongfei did not receive them in person, but called Wang Lei and asked Wang Lei to contact these publishers according to the arrangement.

It's not that Jiang Hongfei doesn't want to contact these publishers by himself, but the brother company is the publisher of "Heart Labyrinth", and if Jiang Hongfei crosses the brother company and publishes it himself, he will inevitably offend the brother company.

This is actually not important, the important thing is that Jiang Hongfei has just entered the entertainment industry, and for him now, he can't show too ugly appearance, and he should first take gaining a firm foothold in the entertainment industry as his main goal.

In addition, Jiang Hongfei did not understand the rules of international distribution during this period, and in this case, it was easy to suffer losses if he ventured into contact with foreign distributors.

Of course, the most important thing is that Jiang Hongfei is not bad for the issuance fee given to the brother company.

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