What does "Children of Jianghu" want to express?

What "Children of Jianghu" wants to express is what is called Jianghu.

This film records an era marked by the belief in loyalty in the world. In the changes of society, as people gradually transform into a belief in wealth, just like the scenery of the Three Gorges that once lingered, with the The construction of the dam gradually sank to the bottom of the lake of history.

The world is far away, but the story remains. Anyone who cannot escape the rolling torrent of the times will be ruthlessly toyed with by the times. We are just insignificant little people in front of the times.

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Creative background

The film is based on real people. The original name of the film was "Money and Love" because "Brother Bin" Pursue success in the worldly sense, be rich and powerful. It was later renamed "Children of Jianghu", and the Chinese title was taken from the last film planned by director Fei Mu. Jia Zhangke only told Zhao Tao after he finished writing the script, and he discussed the script in the middle with the photographer, assistant director and others.

The film tells the vanity and scars of this era through a woman's good times and bad times, and through her inability to trust a man.

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