"if you love me, tell me": a journey about life and love
2024-09-02
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author: liu liangqing
"in a vast sea of people, the probability of two people falling in love is one in ten million." the film "if you love me, tell me" co-produced by hebei zhongkui film and muxia film, directed by gao feng, and released nationwide on august 9, focuses on the ancient city of dali, using fresh camera language, a solemn and humorous story, and vivid characters to create a poetic realm away from the hustle and bustle of the city and returning to pure nature. the film revolves around the tortuous emotional journey of bai xiaofeng, a young man from the bai ethnic group, and li sipeng, a young man from shanghai, and sublimates the ever-changing proposition of "love" into a spiritual totem that has been passed down from generation to generation and has never changed, showing the beautiful vision of contemporary young people to return to nature and live poetically.
use the warmth of feelings to melt the coldness of the heart. social psychologist erich fromm said in the art of loving: "mature love is a fusion under the condition of preserving the integrity and personality of a person." the beautiful and tough "angel in white" bai xiaofeng and her rich second-generation boyfriend li sipeng were originally a pair of lovers, but the disparity in their growth experiences made them only stay on the surface attraction and unable to enter each other's inner world. faced with the pressure of urban survival, xiaofeng, who grew up eating at a hundred families' homes, felt the long-lost warmth on the journey back to her hometown, found her inner belonging, and decided to stay between cangshan and erhai to give back to her hometown with the knowledge she learned. however, li sipeng, who had lived a wealthy life since childhood, could not empathize with xiaofeng's attachment and deep love for her hometown, and started a ridiculous "journey to chase his wife". he came to dali from shanghai, put aside the exquisite life of the big city, integrated into the local customs and customs, and established a health care center where "the elderly have support, the elderly have something to do, and the elderly have fun", realizing inner growth and personality reshaping. he and xiaofeng became a couple based on the legend of "wangfu cloud" and "stone mule" staying together for a thousand years, and completed the spiritual transition by working together in dedication and sharing weal and woe.
the film faces reality, focuses the lens on the laborers who are rooted in the land, and sincerely reflects the diversity of life. although qin feng, a down-to-earth and dedicated sanitation worker, and doniya, who was hurt by a gold-worshiping man, have different material conditions, they are in love with each other and bravely transcend secular prejudices to embrace happiness; mr. yang and ms. shen, as a group of silver-haired people, have experienced the vicissitudes of the first half of their lives, and have the fate to meet in the twilight of life, accompanied by a short and warm sunset, illuminating each other with the glimmer of life. each character has experienced different stages of life and emotional twists and turns in the special city of dali, and finally found his place in love and being loved. the film does not give a single answer, but provides a variety of possibilities, allowing the audience to think more deeply during the viewing process.
although the film is based on a humorous and relaxed light comedy style, it does not fall into the routine creative thinking deliberately created to please people. instead, it focuses on the tears behind the laughter, the waves behind the calmness, and the purity behind the complexity with a compassionate eye, creating a texture of blending of sadness and joy, light and darkness, making the overall structure of the story richer, longer and more profound.
as an important supporting character, mr. lin, a successful man with unlimited glory, could have made great achievements in the business world, but because he could not let go of his thoughts and promises to his wife, he chose to stay in the ancient city to protect the souls of the martyrs. the love between husband and wife is closely linked to the righteousness of the family and the country. this tells us that happiness and stability under the sun seem to be easily obtained, but in fact, they are the result of countless revolutionary predecessors who fought through difficulties and sacrificed their lives.
there are countless people like lin who guard the glorious history and inherit the red gene, so that the heroic stories do not just stay in books, but take root in the heart and melt into the spirit, radiating endless power, calling on the wanderers to return home after completing their studies. this is the spiritual core of the ancient city of dali as a "holy land of love". love is her skin, magnanimity and reason are her flesh and blood, and the belief of sharing weal and woe is her character.
"i love everyone because of you, i love the world through you, and i love myself because of you." the movie "if you love me, tell it" explores the contemporary vitality of the eternal proposition of "love", integrating rigorous and exquisite creative thinking with poetic and romantic image style, focusing on issues such as young people returning to their hometowns to start businesses, changes in marriage and love concepts, high-quality elderly care, and the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics, providing a practical model for the ideal life of "seeing mountains, seeing water, and remembering homesickness". it also reminds us to have the courage to pursue our own happiness and feel every bit of beauty and touch in life with our hearts. (liu liangqing)
(source: hebei daily)
