Detailed explanation of the plot of the last emperor

/kloc-in the winter of 0/950, the Qing emperor Puyi (John Lone) was taken back to China as a war criminal from the Soviet Union. After the train arrived at Manzhouli Railway Station on the Sino-Soviet border, Puyi thought it would kill her, so she slipped into the bathroom and tried to cut her wrist. The director of China War Criminals Management Office (Ying Ruocheng) found that the situation was different and knocked on bathroom door, which made Puyi fall into memory.

/kloc-on a winter night in 0/908, the captain of the Qing palace guards knocked on the door of Qin Chungong, and according to the last wish of Empress Dowager Cixi (Lisa Lu), he took three-year-old Puyi into the palace to raise her and prepare for her succession.

In the cigarette-filled Kunning Palace, Cixi, who was about to die, met Puyi and told him to be enthroned that day. When the ceremony of accession to the throne was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Puyi found a small cage filled with fruit on Minister Chen.

His interest in Guo obviously surpassed that of Qian Qian, a minister of civil and military affairs who absolutely knelt at his feet. After Pu Yi ascended the throne, he became the most unruly and lonely child in the world.

Puyi woke up from her memory. He was also rescued by the management director and began to live the life of a prisoner who was tried and reformed.

Extended data

Creation background

Director Bernardo Bertolucci adopted the book Dusk in the Forbidden City written by Pu Yi's mentor, Zhuang Shidun, as the initial framework, and then referred to Pu Yi's autobiography, My First Half Life, and other related works before he began to conceive of making this film. Bertolucci submitted two shooting plans to the China Municipal Government at that time, and the other was andre malraux's novel "The Destiny of Man". The China government finally agreed to the filming of this film, with no restrictions on the content.

Creative team

Pu Jie, Puyi's younger brother, and Li Wenda, who helped Puyi complete his autobiography, were both hired as consultants for this film. China Film Co-production Company provided their studios and a large number of extras for this film. In return, they obtained the domestic distribution rights of this film. People from three different countries are responsible for creating this film, including Su Cong in China, Ryuichi Sakamoto in Japan and David Byrne in Britain.

Casting method

When bernardo bertolucci interviewed the leading actor, John Lone was the first actor to audition, and bertolucci really took a fancy to John Lone with unique temperament at first sight, but he didn't believe that The First Hero would come so easily, so he searched in the United States and Asia for a long time. Finally, he decided to choose John Lone to play the leading role of Puyi.

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Baidu encyclopedia-the last emperor