the candy in "volunteers 2" made countless viewers cry. official response: overtime remastering is underway
2024-10-04
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the national day movie "volunteers: battle of life and death" is currently being screened. the plot of a dried flower and a candy in the film has made countless viewers cry. the reporter saw that many netizens posted messages asking for purchase information of the same candy in the film, "i want the same orange fruit candies." some netizens specifically remembered the appearance of the candy wrapper in the film, and after searching the internet, they found that it came from the tianming candy company established in 1942.
on october 3, the company posted on social platforms that it was working overtime to reproduce. some netizens left a message saying that they hope to buy this candy as soon as possible and take it to the cinema to watch the movie several times and distribute it to the audience. everyone and li xiaoli want to eat candy together.
"volunteers: the battle of survival" focuses on the cheorwon blockade and emphasizes the strategic significance of this battle: cheorwon is the logistics distribution center of the volunteer army. if supplies cannot be safely transferred, the volunteer army's defense line will completely collapse and they will have to retreat to the north of the yalu river. , thereby losing all strategic advantages accumulated in the early stage.
while showing the strategic deployment of the brave and resourceful volunteers, the film also adds many flesh-and-blood family and country stories and touching plots into this panoramic war picture.
there is a small family in the film, namely li moyin (played by xin baiqing) and his pair of children: li xiang (played by zhu yilong) and li xiao (played by zhang zifeng). the mother of this family died in the kuomintang's counter-revolutionary coup in 1927. li xiang and li xiao wandered around during the war-torn years. it was not until the founding of new china that the family was reunited.
there are two important images in the film: a candy and a dried little red flower.
the candy was put in a letter by a child in china and sent to the volunteers. peng dehuai entrusted li moyin with the candy and gave it to li xiang. on the battlefield, when the brother and sister were about to separate, li xiang fed the candy to his sister li xiao. the candy wrappers were left. before li xiang died, he was still contentedly smelling the fragrance remaining on the candy wrapper. at the end of the film, this candy wrapper was wrapped in the dried flowers given to him by his sister and floated away in the water, which made many viewers cry.
this candy connects the country and home, expresses the concern of the people of the motherland for the volunteer soldiers, and also expresses the concern of the commander of the volunteer army for the volunteer soldiers. candy exudes a peaceful and beautiful atmosphere of happiness, which makes people yearn for it and inspires volunteers to strive for it.
director chen kaige explained the meaning behind this plot at a previous road show: "this is a freehand processing method. the dried flowers entrust 'ideal', and the dried flowers and candy wrappers floating away are hope."
zhu yilong, who plays li xiang, shared: "i saw a movie review yesterday. after a parent took his children to watch the movie, the children said that i don't want to eat sweets anymore. i want to save all these candies for the volunteer soldiers. give it to li xiang. i think that’s what this movie is about.”
powerful netizens discovered through the flash of footage in the video that the candy li xiang licked before his sacrifice was an orange fruit candy produced by tianming candy factory.
some netizens searched for information and found that tianming candy factory was founded in shanghai in 1942. during the war to resist u.s. aggression and aid korea, people donated a lot of materials to the front line, and they would put a lot of candies in condolence bags. years later, many veterans still remember the sweet and sour taste of fruit candies when they look back. "in the end of the film, the sister eats the candy, and the brother licks the candy wrapper. it can be said that the props are very real and accurate. because the candy factory still exists, but this product has been discontinued long ago, so it was specially made for the film the props are really thoughtful.”
some netizens asked customer service at the official flagship store if they had the same type of candy. the customer service said that it was a product made decades ago. however, on october 3, the brand’s official account posted on the social platform that all partners are now working overtime to reproduce the same formula and packaging to the greatest extent possible. many netizens left messages saying that they are waiting to buy it, want to eat the same candy as li xiang, and take it to the movies, the martyrs cemetery, etc.
yangzi evening news/ziniu news reporter kong xiaoping
proofreading by faye wong
