Lingling love photography

: Film Past (also known as "Dream Shadow Childhood")

English title: movie

Director: Xiao Jiang

Supervision system: Dong Chengyi and Huang Jianxin.

Main performances: Mao, Jiang (Ma Lingling).

Li Haibin plays Pan Daren and Qi Zhongyang plays Lingling (Youth).

Niu Zhenhua, a policewoman played by Jison, is a medical student.

Plot: Xiao Jiang Cheng Qingsong

Type: plot

Duration: 95 minutes

Product: Beijing Dida Times Culture Communication Co., Ltd.

Issued by China: Beijing Poly Bona Film Distribution Co., Ltd.

Overseas distribution: Fortissimo film company

Year of production: 2004

Recommended index: ★★★★

abstract

The film tells the story of an ordinary family who loved open-air movies in the northwest town of China in 1970s and 1980s, and the joys and sorrows of this family closely intertwined with movies. Mao and He spent their childhood watching open-air movies. At that time, the whole country was immersed in a fascination with movies. Open-air movies have brought countless dreams and happiness to ordinary people, especially soldiers and Lingling. When my brother was four years old, Lingling took him to the movies and had an accident. My brother died unfortunately. Grief made mother and stepfather misunderstand and hate Lingling. ...

Behind the scenes production

The film "The Past" (also known as Dream Shadow Childhood) is a warm and nostalgic film, and it is the first film directed by Xiao Jiang. The overall production is excellent, with high standards in photography, art, recording, music and performance. The director wrote the script for more than three years, during which it was revised repeatedly. The film reveals deep feelings for the era of open-air movies from the heart, and it is sincere and touching. All this comes from the director's childhood experience and experience, and it blends many China people's warm memories of the old domestic movies. This is a sincere work. ...

The director's explanation

I was born in 1972, that is, the year when Lingling, the heroine of the film The Past, was born. Film Past is not my story, but it contains fond memories of my childhood outdoor movies. My childhood was spent in an era of material and spiritual deprivation. At that time, there was no TV, internet or even telephone, but in my memory, I felt that my life was rich and my spirit was very happy. One of the important reasons is that we often watch open-air movies. In fact, the movies we could see at that time were very limited, which were nothing more than domestic movies with revolutionary themes, but the yearning for movies was planted at that time. At that time, I never dared to expect that I would become a film creator one day. ...