The film channel premiered the domestic masterpiece ＂Far Mountains and Light Shadows＂ at 17： 55 on August 28th.

Special feature of 1905 film network The summer vacation is coming to an end, and the animated films, western films and martial arts films carefully arranged by the film channel have come to an end one after another. Are you worried that there will be a "film shortage" in front of the TV?

Today, we recommend a domestic masterpiece, Douban with a score of 6.6. It won the "Creative Movie Script" in the 15th Cheyenne Cup Excellent Movie Script Collection for its exquisite script structure and meticulous storyline, and was later shortlisted for the special screening unit of the French Cabral Film Festival, which is famous for its "romantic movies", and it was also the only China movie shortlisted in the film festival that year.

In the conventional cognition, suspense films attract the audience’s attention with the reasoning plot of their criminal themes, while literary films offer an audio-visual feast for the audience with beautiful pictures and soundtracks. And this work, which combines suspense with literature and art, has produced an unforgettable chemical reaction. At 17:55 today, the movie channel will premiere this domestic masterpiece for you.

　Next Door to the Velinsky’s

The story takes place in Huaichuan, a quiet small county along the river in central China. The painter Zhang Xin (ornaments) came here to paint a murder suspect.

"You drew a dead man," the policeman told him. Since then, a secret that has been silent for many years is about to reappear in front of the world.

The film is divided into two perspectives. One is Zhang Xin’s process of constantly visiting and reasoning the truth according to the diary on the spot.

It turns out that the "dead man" mentioned by police officers is Yan Hua (ornaments), the warehouse manager of the dance team, and one of the victims of a serial murder case many years ago.

According to the clues left by the serial murder case in those years, he drew the appearance of the serial murderer, who turned out to be the deceased in this case. The case is deadlocked … …

Through interviews and investigations, Zhang Xin found a person who was related to Yan Hua in those days, Lin Yin (ornaments) — — Yan Hua is the chief of the dance team. Strangely, she also went to into thin air on the same day that Yan Hua was killed.

In the diary at the scene, Zhang Xin found a more bizarre sentence: "I went to Guangzhou after my death." Is Yan Hua dead or not? Or is someone continuing to write Yan Hua’s diary? Can this person be Lin Yin?

At the same time, another perspective of the film is from the perspective of Yan Hua and Lin Yin, which fills in the details for the truth.

Yan Hua loves dancing and often practices quietly behind the stage, but she has never had a chance to go on stage.

Lin Yin became Yan Hua’s teacher and friend’s salvation. This girl, who always has unknown sadness, encouraged Yan Hua to join the dance team after she left.

After Lin Yin’s last performance ended, both of them left in their own ways.

So, what is the truth?

　salute　

Starting from a murder case, this film uses a classic suspense mode similar to memories of murder to let the audience explore reasoning with the portrait artist Zhang Xin, which creates a sense of substitution and tension while setting off the suspense atmosphere.

Like memories of murder, this film is based on real people and cases — — Based on Zhang Xin, a police model. Directors and screenwriters Zhang Liangxue and Wu Tongli have done a lot of background research on Zhang Xin’s deeds.

The special feature of the whole film structure lies in the clever use of narrative techniques and the way of time line shuttle to objectively and vividly show the changes of the times, making the film more delicate and layered. At the same time, it also creates a real and three-dimensional role, presenting everyone’s fate and choice as real and moving.

The story of Yan Hua and Lin Yin conveys the tenacious and beautiful female strength, and also reveals the helplessness of fate. Dance, a seemingly close dream that can never be reached, is Lin Yin’s way of feeling the world, and it is also a part of turning the wheel of fate, so that accidents and helplessness come to them.

Things are changeable, and the once glamorous dance performance industry is gradually declining. Some dance teams leave, some change careers, and each starts a completely different life. This land bears witness to everything.

　The Multi-layer Meaning of "Distant Mountains and Pale Shadows"　

The title of "Distant Mountains and Pale Shadows", which is reminiscent of the works, is not only a hint of suspense, but also a light and shadow and beautiful scenery throughout the film. The film combines the realism of suspense films with the imagery of literary films, interspersed with the changes of color, light and shadow, and composition in the reasoning story, which makes the picture unique in beauty and charm, and also implicitly conveys the emotions of the characters.

Beautiful and graceful dancing in the sunset, accompanied by infectious music, brings the audience closer to the role.

The hazy rain scene and the vastness and desolation of the distant mountains and shadows are thought-provoking.

In the film, the two actresses have similar temperament to the title of "Distant Mountains and Shadows". They connect with each other with natural and beautiful dances, showing a unique charm of "you have me", which also complements the suspense theme and vague scenery of the whole film.

Perhaps, as Lin Yin once said: Life is like a night river. You rush through it, and no matter how hard you try, you can’t stay in your favorite place.

And all we can do is feel the world, even if there are regrets and confusions, but this is the way to prove that we existed.

In such a suspense film full of literary color, follow the mystery left by the murder case and go back to the town in the 1980s and 1990s to witness the story of an era.