Chapter 54: Applause

Walking into the screening hall, Cheng Peng swept with his eyes, and nearly forty percent of the audience sat in the hall of 500 people, which is not bad, of course, the Chinese media who came to report accounted for a considerable proportion.

In addition, there are several Chinese filmmakers who came to cheer, directors Li Shaohong, Du Qifeng, Wang Quanan, etc., and star artists include Yu Nan and Zhang Baizhi.

Others came to cheer, Cheng Peng definitely had to go over to say hello, so he took Tong Liyu over.

Li Shaohong looked at the high-spirited young man in front of him, remembered his premiere in Berlin ten years ago, and said with a smile: "Xiaopeng, I'm looking forward to your movie!" ”

"Sister Shaohong, it's such an honor for you to come!"

And Du Qifeng joked: "This is the heroine, you two are too compatible when you stand together, you are definitely a golden boy and a girl, if you make a romance movie in the future, I will definitely find you to try!" ”

Tong Liyu was sweet in her heart, very happy, and a little shy at the same time: "Hello director, my name is Tong Liyu, everyone calls me Yaya, you also call me Yaya!" ”

"Okay, I remember you, and I will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future!"

Cheng Peng said with a smile: "It's such an honor that Director Du can come, please give more opinions after watching the movie, we young people have a lot of shortcomings, and we need the guidance of your seniors!" ”

Nowadays, most young directors have a very high opinion of themselves and no one in their eyes, and there are very few people like Cheng Peng who can ask others for advice, so Du Qifeng has a good impression of him: "I have always liked to tell the truth, if I am not satisfied, I will definitely not show mercy, but I am optimistic about you!" ”

The movie was about to start, and Cheng Peng was inconvenient to talk to them more, chatted a few words, and returned to his position.

Soon, the lights in the entire theater darkened, the scene was silent, and the movie officially began.

The picture is a large block of black and white, black is earth, white is snow, and the two colors of black and white reveal the cold and ruthlessness of winter.

The shot is a large panorama, on an empty road, a man in a green uniform, difficult and lonely on the road. The camera follows her into the alley, through several small alleys, and finally stops in front of the gate of a courtyard house.

With a creaking sound, the old wooden door of the courtyard was pushed open, and a face covered by a thick scarf, a pair of clear and transparent eyes, looked in timidly. The picture freezes here, and the screen types the words "the two of us".

The old door, the timid eyes of the girl, and the cold atmosphere have a certain meaning hidden in them, which reminds many people of the poor child who pushed open the door of the witch's room in Grimm's fairy tales, and could there be a terrible old woman inside?

There is really an old woman with a quirky surname and an unapproachable person living in the yard, so from the moment the girl pony pushes open the gate and walks into this courtyard, it is destined to be a bumpy life.

The old lady seemed very strong, it was not good to sell the scrap, it was not good to use electrical appliances, it was not good to answer the phone, and she was not satisfied with a word, and said: "I am the owner of the house, I can do it, I say no, I can't do it!" ”

In this cold winter, the pony looks helpless and angry, and she says, "You are a bad-hearted old lady, no wonder no one takes care of you!" ”

The old lady retorted without showing weakness: "You are not a bad girl, no young man will marry you!" ”

On the day of the Spring Festival, a strong conflict broke out between the old lady and the pony. According to the agreement between the two, the old lady pays 30 yuan for the phone bill every month, and the rest is paid by the pony, but this month's phone bill is hundreds, and it is a long-distance call that the pony has not made, she takes it for granted that the old lady called, and the old lady does not admit that she called, and the two quarreled again.

The old lady was so angry that she ripped off all the window grilles, couplets, and red lanterns that the pony had attached to her.

However, all this is just a misunderstanding, the call is made by the old lady's grandson, she knows that she is wrong to blame the pony, and regrets it very much, silently picks up the lanterns, and hangs them one by one, trying to restore everything to the way it was.

At night, the red lantern hanging in the yard was lit up, and the old lady heard that the pony was coming, so she stood in front of the door of the pony's house, knocked on the door with a cane, and invited her to celebrate the New Year together: "Pony, pony!" ”

As the warm red lanterns in the courtyard foreshadowed, winter passes quickly, and large expanses of green appear on the screen, and spring has arrived!

Pony uses photography to film the old lady in the old lady's day, teaches her to cook, and also raises a dog in the yard, and their relationship is getting better and better.

Time soon entered the summer, and the old and the young became grandmothers and granddaughters. The pony is no longer the timid appearance of the past, she has simply become the owner of the room, she goes to the old lady's room to take a nap, plasters the old lady's room with portraits of beautiful women, and even goes to the room to dig out the bird's nest, and the old lady is like a spoiled granddaughter of her own family, at her mercy, her eyes are full of kindness.

It's just that the pony doesn't belong to this yard after all, and has its own life, so it is impossible to stay here with the old lady all the time.

When autumn comes, Pony prepares to leave the courtyard and start a new life with her boyfriend.

The old lady looked at the empty room of the pony, her eyes became panicked, she grabbed her hand, and asked with a little pleading, "Really moved, really moved, really moved?" Just emptied? ”

This sentence was particularly helpless, and the pony's gaze was a little evasive, and he didn't know how to answer, so he could only bite his lip and say, "Well, I've found a new house!" ”

When the big chunks of black and white return to the screen in winter, and Pony visits the old lady in the nursing home, she is no longer the energetic, bright-eyed old lady of the past, her eyes are scattered and frightened, and she exudes the helplessness of a lonely old man.

The old lady could no longer speak, but she knew everything in her heart, and she clung to the pony's hand and wept as if she wanted to grasp the only bright color in life.

There is no music or dialogue in the whole shot, only tightly clasped hands, and an old man crying helplessly.

Towards the end of the movie, the pony on the flyover street receives a phone call and people come and go, but at this moment all the sounds disappear. The pony stares blankly, then sits on the edge of the bridge, hugging his knees and crying silently.

Don't use any words, everyone knows that the old lady is gone, the pony on the screen is crying, and there are countless people sobbing under the screen.

At the end of the movie, the pony comes to the courtyard again, the doors and windows of the courtyard are pasted with big red happy characters, and the decoration is new, but there is a strong sense of things and people, and she silently closes the door.

The theater lights come on and it's all over. The pony creaked into the yard, and now it all ended with a creak; It's like a pony that walked into this yard in the winter, and now it ends in the winter, like a cycle.

The audience in the theater did not move, they all sat there, trapped in a sentimental mood, and many people were silently wiping their tears. The movie is not deliberately sensational, it will not make people cry a lot, but it can touch the softest place of the heart, and make people cry unconsciously.

Someone began to applaud, followed by more applause, accompanied by countless cheers and whistles: "Great! ”

"It's really amazing!"

Cheng Peng's biggest concern is that foreign audiences can't understand and understand, so he uses a lot of metaphors and hints, and minimizes dialogue, and expresses the characters' hearts through body language, expressions and eyes. Because the body, expressions, and eyes are the common language of human beings, just like Chaplin's movies don't need any translation, people all over the world can understand them.

Judging from the reaction of the audience, they understood this movie, and they also liked this movie, Cheng Peng was very relieved that everything he did was not in vain.

"Xiaopeng, it's really good, it's really rare to be able to shoot such a particularly sensational story so calmly." Li Shaohong smiled and clapped at Cheng Peng, and the corners of her eyes were also a little moist.

Cheng Peng smiled and expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, I'm very happy to hear you say that!" ”

"It's all trivial things, but there is no sense of drag, the overall rhythm is very well grasped, and the future is limitless!" To Qifeng attaches great importance to the rhythm of the movie, and the biggest feature of his movies is the grasp of the rhythm of the movie, and Cheng Peng has done a good job in this regard.

"Director Cheng, congratulations, this is a very good movie!" Wang Quanan walked over and stretched out his hand to Cheng Peng with a smile. Originally, he was a little unconvinced, why my "Shocking" could only be shortlisted for the panorama unit, and Cheng Peng was so young, the first film was shortlisted for the main competition unit, but now he is convinced.

The applause of the audience continued, snapping with rhythm, and they invited the main creators of the crew to come on stage to receive their greetings.

Cheng Peng didn't say anything more, tidied up his clothes a little, and then walked to the stage.

Standing in the center of the stage, Cheng Peng took the microphone handed over by the host, smiled and expressed his gratitude to the enthusiastic audience: "Thank you, thank you!" ”

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