Xian Xinghai's story is short, not a biography.

Besides the Yellow River Chorus, how much do you know about Xian Xinghai?

I believe that when most netizens encounter this problem, what they can recall is Xian Xinghai's title of "People's Musician" and the old photo in the history textbook that is well known because it has appeared in the students' field of vision many times. Besides, we know very little about him. He is a legend in our hearts, but we don't know his legend.

There are many great men like Xian Xinghai who once inspired a generation during the war years, but they are gradually forgotten by modern people who are used to the fast pace and gradually become "nouns" in history textbooks. However, Bian Xiao always thought that they should not be forgotten. In the era when film and television works are deeply involved in public life, there should be legends belonging to them.

Fortunately, in 20 19, a film "Musician" based on Xian Xinghai's real experience was born, which gave us a chance to know more about this modern legendary musician in China.

The film was co-produced by China and Kazakhstan, and co-starred by Hu Jun, yolanda and many local Kazakh actors. It is perfect in actor's acting skills, thought transmission and delicate expression of characters' emotions. It is a highly completed drama, and it is also a tear-jerking drama that makes the audience cry from beginning to end.

This musician has a unique perspective. It didn't choose the climax of Xian Xinghai's creation of classic The Yellow River Cantata in Yan 'an period, nor did it show his arduous journey from a poor family to a famous musician. Instead, it focuses on the last journey of his life: Almaty.

This experience looks "ordinary" in Xian Xinghai's legendary life and can be simply summarized as follows:

"1940 went to the Soviet Union for the post-production and soundtrack of the large-scale documentary Yan 'an and the Eighth Route Army. 194 1 year, forced to be detained in Almaty, Kazakhstan due to the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, 1945 died in Moscow. "

This experience does not account for a high proportion in Xian Xinghai's life data, but the death of a foreign guest has revealed his strong sadness, which is harmful to the country and family. Musician depicts Xian Xinghai's yearning for his motherland and his family in the last few years of his life, and shows us the immortal soul of a great musician in the war years.

Because of the cruelty of the war, the legendary musician left carelessly.

Even if you don't know Xian Xinghai's life, you can still imagine how legendary this musician's life is. Brilliant creation in music, his works inspire Chinese children to fight against the enemy with passion, and his life should be brilliant. But in our fantasy, he deserves all the happy endings.

However, in the second year of Xian Xinghai's mission to the Soviet Union, he was forced to move to Almaty because of the outbreak of local wars. Originally intended to return to China from Xinjiang, he had to stay in a foreign country, with continuous wars and expired documents.

The wartime and his status as a foreigner made his life very difficult. Fortunately, he was taken care of by a local musician, kamov, and got a job in the Opera Orchestra, and arranged for him to stay at his sister's house temporarily. However, the life of the local people is also very difficult. In order to make a living, Xian Xinghai sells clothes as coolies and works hard to wait for the day when he returns to China. However, the war years were too cruel to people, and the happy ending did not appear. Until/kloc-0 died in Moscow in 945, he failed to return to his motherland.

Before leaving, he said to his wife Qian Yunling: I will come back in half a year.

But this half year has become a lifetime. There was never kindness in the war years. It's really a pity that the great musician left sadly.

The director's portrayal of the devastating war is just right, and there is a strong plot at the beginning of the film. Xian Xinghai, who just arrived in Almaty, was attacked by the enemy at the local railway station. The little boy who communicated with him in the car waited helplessly for his mother's help in the chaotic crowd. At that time, besides trying to run to her mother, there was Xian Xinghai.

But in the end, the screenwriter didn't create an "action hero". The little boy was killed a few steps away from the washing star, and his young body and his mother's wailing deeply impacted his sight. He knew how cruel the war was, and so did the audience, but when this cruelty happened naked in front of us, it was a pain that hit the bone marrow.

The screenwriter didn't choose to let Xian Xinghai play his "heroic nature" to save the little boy, but let him die in front of Xian Xinghai, because it was wartime. It was also this scene that opened the moment of tears, and the audience at the scene understood that the story was true.

In a foreign country, I can't get rid of my yearning for my motherland and my family, leaving an immortal musical soul.

During those years in Almaty, Xian Xinghai missed his motherland and his wife and daughter all the time. However, during the war years, the road to return to China was too difficult. He can only use music to express his nostalgia for his distant foreign homeland. Xian Xinghai's spirit of homeland is expressed in three words in Musician: country, home and root.

Leaving the motherland is like a tree without roots. The whole person is full of yearning for his hometown, not to mention the country needs him. At that time, China was in the midst of a war. He originally wanted to show the spirit of the Anti-Japanese War to the Chinese people with his musical talent, instead of living in a foreign country.

The local people asked him, "Did you come to Almaty because China was at war?" He was surprised and quickly denied this speculation, because he was so eager to contribute to the liberation of China people from the war. It is precisely because of this desire that he wants to return to the motherland that needs him as soon as possible, but the reality has not given him a chance.

"My country is at war, but I am trapped here." For the first time, he was desperate because he couldn't go back to China. That kind of patriotism is beyond our understanding in peacetime, but it can still be infected by the spirit of our ancestors and inspire strong feelings.

With the encouragement of local musicians, he created the music Amangelda with local Kazakh heroes as the background, which inspired the local people. In the last days of his life, he didn't give up writing, because he firmly believed that his concert was heard by his motherland.

Besides expressing Xian Xinghai's patriotic spirit, he also depicts his thoughts about his wife Qian Yunling and his daughter Xian Nina. When Yan 'an broke up, I didn't expect it to be farewell. When the daughter asks her mother again and again, "When will Dad come back?" Everyone is full of hope. When Aria, a Kazakh girl, asked Xian Xinghai if he wanted his daughter, he was still looking forward to the reunion.

But in the end, everyone's wishes didn't come true, cruel and sad. Xi Xinghai's experience with his wife and daughter is a microcosm of ordinary families in the war years. I believe this is also the director's analysis of the damage of war to ordinary families through the story of this great man, so that we can cherish the beauty of peace.

Excellent actors make musicians more perfect.

This musician is excellent in story selection and spiritual expression, but it's a pity that the writer didn't highlight his music works. Compared with the whole "concert" auditory enjoyment of Bohemian Rhapsody, there are too few music explosion fragments of musicians.

There are only two musical plots in the whole film, one is "Oman Gerda" played by Almaty Theatre, and the other is the Yellow River Chorus in Xian Xinghai's last concert. This choice may be related to the writer's desire to express characters experience more, but it may be a little pity for the audience who expect music.

Hu Jun and Yolanda filled this regret, and even let the audience's expectation of music be regretted. Their performance is too delicate.

In fact, before going to the movies, Bian Xiao was actually worried about Hu Jun's portrayal of Xian Xinghai, because his tough appearance was far from the image of Xian Xinghai in history textbooks. However, as soon as Hu Jun played Xian Xinghai, he immediately brought the audience into the role. He vividly shows the image of the musician on the screen through the expression of his eyes and the attention to details, without any sense of disobedience.

He is also very attentive, and his interpretation of Xian Xinghai is quite different from the "artist" in the concept of modern people, closer to ordinary people, but more in line with Xian Xinghai's life image. You know, Xian Xinghai was born in poverty. On the way to study music, he had many experiences such as work-study program and working to maintain his studies. He is not a musician who pursues "style of writing", but a real musician.

The last three scenes are even more shocking. Xian Xinghai was seriously ill at that time. When Hu Jun appeared in the camera, if it weren't for the temperament of the characters, Bian Xiao even mistakenly thought that he was a new character, and he was almost thin. It is conceivable that the efforts of powerful actors are admirable.

Yolanda, who plays Xian Xinghai's wife, also contributed her immortal acting skills. She has few lines, and most of the shots need eyes to express the characters' hearts. From the fear of leaving, to the expectation of teaching her daughter to sing, and finally to the firmness of interacting with her daughter, it is almost impossible for Yolanda to burst into tears when meeting the audience's eyes.

When the audience was about to forget Xian Xinghai's highlight moment as a musician because of the plot and acting skills, the director skillfully chose the most familiar Yellow River Chorus as the ending, and put an end to Xian Xinghai's life with this performance. When the music started, Bian Xiao had only one idea in his heart:

Xian Xinghai will never be forgotten.

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