the past performance of "red peony" and the wonderful "catching dolls" today——interview with veteran filmmaker zhao fengxia
2024-09-08
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at the just concluded 19th china changchun film festival, "catching dolls", co-produced by changchun film group, won the grand jury award. the performances of the protagonists shen teng and ma li were vivid and lifelike, and were well-liked by the audience. the performances of the supporting roles were also very wonderful, including changchun film actor zhao fengxia who played ma jiye's grandmother.
zhao fengxia was born in hohhot, inner mongolia in 1957. she started her film career in 1978 and has played important roles in many film and television dramas, including "red peony", "flowers bloom and fall", "father and daughter love", "the man who lights up the morning glow", "nostalgia", "there will be a blizzard tonight", and "a story that should not have happened".
in 1972, because of her superb riding skills, zhao fengxia was recruited into the inner mongolia sports committee military sports school equestrian team as a light equestrian athlete, and in 1975 she won the national championship in the high and wide mixed obstacle high jump competition.
in 1977, the august 1st film studio was filming the movie "menggenhua". as there were a lot of horse riding scenes in the movie, the equestrian team of the military sports school of the inner mongolia sports committee where zhao fengxia worked cooperated with the filming, and zhao fengxia served as the stand-in for the heroine on horseback.
in 1978, changchun film studio planned to shoot the movie "red peony", which tells the ups and downs and tragic fate of the old society circus star red peony and her apprentice. since the actress who played red peony could not perform equestrianism, the crew had no choice but to find a substitute, and this luck once again fell on zhao fengxia.
when she first arrived at changchun film studio, the director asked zhao fengxia to audition for a skit. she didn't know how to do it and was too embarrassed to go on stage, so she wanted to back out, but was persuaded by her recommender. unexpectedly, zhao fengxia not only performed the job of an equestrian double brilliantly, but was also arranged to play the second female role in the play - jiu yue ju. what zhao fengxia didn't expect was that when the sample film came out, it actually received praise from su yun, the then director of changchun film studio, who decided to transfer her to changchun film studio.
after joining changchun film studio, zhao fengxia filmed many movies and tv series, including "father and daughter love", "the man who ignites the morning glow", "there will be a snowstorm tonight", "the story that should not happen", "daughter of the mountain forest", "nurhachi", "far east conspiracy", "liao zhai", etc., and successfully created many images of intellectuals, soldiers, female cadres, rural women, etc. among them, "the man who ignites the morning glow" was nominated for the best actress in the popular film hundred flowers award; "nostalgia" won the best supporting actress award in changchun film studio's small hundred flowers award.
in 2023, the film "catching dolls" began filming, and zhao fengxia was chosen to play the role of the grandmother in the film. "i would like to thank director qian ru for participating in the filming of this movie. if he hadn't found me and encouraged me, i might not even have the courage to participate. after all, i haven't acted in a movie for many years, and i have never acted in such a comedy movie before; secondly, i would like to thank shen teng, ma li and sarina, who often encouraged me in the crew. this cooperation made me feel that they are not only good at acting, but also have good character, very humble, and very respectful to old comrades. in addition, the creative atmosphere of the crew is also very good, and i think this is also one of the factors for the success of their comedy movies." zhao fengxia said that although "catching dolls" is a comedy, the director is very thoughtful and can arouse people's thinking in laughter, which is very valuable.
talking about the china changchun film festival, zhao fengxia was very emotional: "after so many years, we have all grown old. i can only wish the film festival to get better and better, wish my old friends good health and a happy life, and also wish our country's film industry to prosper!"
author: zhang dan, omnimedia reporter of jilin daily
