The Reunions is hot! Dapeng subverts the form of self-innovation and tells the truth.

1905 movie network news A film directed, produced and starring is being shown. As soon as the film was released, it received numerous praises from the whole network. The film critics lamented "Top Ten Chinese Language of the Year" and the audience felt "as real as life".

The film The Reunions tells the story of a comedy director who came back to his hometown in the northeast countryside on a whim, hoping to make a film about how his family would celebrate the New Year, but he met with a series of accidents. The family members who got together because of filming finished the final party. This film is the first realistic film directed by Dapeng, and the story in it is closely related to his real life and our life. At present, Douban scored 8.2 points, becoming the first place in the reputation of domestic films on Douban platform in 2021.

Set out for "filming an act of God"

Dapeng subverts the form of self-innovation and tells the truth.　

The Reunions is the first realistic film directed by Dapeng. Unlike the comedy films directed by Dapeng before, The Reunions is a realistic film telling family stories, in which there is no comedy element, but life is completely stripped naked and presented to the audience. In the film, the scenery in the northeast, the familiar hometown dialect and the "actors" who have no performance traces completely bring the audience into the small village in the northeast where this story takes place. However, The Reunions did not simply "move" his life to the big screen, but joined Qiaosi, showing the support of his family in the face of the vagaries of life and restoring the most authentic Chinese family in all directions.

In the story, The Reunions told a Spring Festival party. Wang Jixiang, the hero, lost his mind due to illness, but one daughter has not returned for ten years. The film tells a story about "home" around the reunion of Wang Jixiang, his third uncle, and his third uncle’s daughter "Lili". It is worth mentioning that in the film, except for "Lili" played by professional actor Liu Lulai, all other characters in the film are played by Dapeng’s real family, and the hero of the film, Wang Jixiang, is Dapeng’s third uncle. In others’ eyes, Uncle San may be "brain burnt out", but in Dapeng’s eyes, he is a "poet trapped in his own spiritual world". Although he seems to have no knowledge of the outside world, he can still be sensitive to the feelings of his family.

Structurally, the film is divided into two parts. The first part, Auspicious, tells the contradictions caused by a reunion in the form of a feature film. In the second half of Ruyi, the filming process of Auspicious is narrated by documentary. In Ruyi, we can see that Wang Qingli, the daughter of Wang Jixiang, had already returned to her hometown when the film was started, and the director also made two Lili appear in the film at the same time. The most important scene in the movie is that the family is discussing who will take care of the third uncle, that is, Lili’s father, after grandma’s death. At this time, the fake daughter Liu Lu fled the scene, while the real daughter was brushing her mobile phone. Director Dapeng said that Liu Lu is very difficult because many plays can’t be repeated; Lily is also very difficult, because we are not her, so we can’t understand her situation.

Fiction and truth, truth and falsehood, and the contents of "Auspicious" and "Ruyi" are set off like mirror images, allowing the audience to wander between truth and fiction, from which they can see the truth and get thinking.

Applauded as "Top Ten Chinese Films of the Year"

Famous filmmakers and film critics become "tap water"

The Reunions was previously selected as the Golden Goblet Awards of the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival, and then was selected as the "into mirror" unit of the 10th Beijing International Film Festival and the 33rd Golden Rooster Award Golden Rooster Film Festival. After the release, it was recommended by the whole network, which not only won high recognition from people in the industry, but also many viewers spontaneously became "tap water" to promote the film and help the word-of-mouth fermentation. Zhang Yi, an actor, highly praised the film "Magic Film". Directors and actors couldn’t stop crying when watching the film, and many film critics recognized the film as "Top Ten Chinese Language of the Year" under the circumstance that only one month has passed in 2021.

At present, Douban scored 8.2 points, which has become the first place in the reputation of domestic films in 2021. Some veteran fans expressed their love for the film. "The two parts of Auspicious and Ruyi are connected in series in the form of mockumentary, which tells a Chinese family sad song inside and outside, and its innovative form and unique image are commendable." Under the influence of "running water", some viewers admitted that they went with expectations, but they were still shocked. "A movie, a movie and life that can make people concentrate from beginning to end, true and false, from this perspective, telling a story that is easy to tell is still very talented and amazing." This film is the exposure of director Dapeng’s personal feelings, and it is also an inspiration to all the audience who watch the film. Just as director Dapeng talked about why this film should be put on the big screen, he said, "I hope that at such a special moment, the audience can rethink their relationship with their families and often go home while it is still possible."

The blend of drama and reality, the game of emotion and restraint, this is the story of Dapeng and his extended family in Northeast China, and perhaps you can also see the shadow of you and your family. The Reunions, director of Dapeng, is being shown all over the country.