"Looking for the Way" poster
The movie "Wangdao" takes Chen Wangdao, the translator of the first Chinese translation of "Communist Manifesto" as the core, and tells the life of him, his close friend Chen Duxiu, his wife Cai Muhui, and many students, and shows the audience that in that precarious era, a group of A passionate story of people with lofty ideals sticking to the truth and faith.
Liu Ye as Chen Wangdao
"These people are 'watchers'"
Chen Wangdao (1891-1977), one of the first disseminators of Marxism in China, is also a famous educator and scholar. As the founder of Chinese rhetoric, he founded the first university journalism department in my country and was the first president of Fudan University after the founding of New China. The movie "Wangdao" is the opening of Shanghai Film Group's screen in 2023. It uses delicate pen and ink to depict a picture of a passionate group a hundred years ago.
Wang Jianer, Chairman of Shanghai Film Group
Wang Jianer, chairman and chief producer of Shanghai Film Group, said with emotion in his speech: "We have brought together elite soldiers and strong generals, hoping to create a film that is ideologically meaningful, artistically valuable, and can move ordinary audiences. In such a During the creative process, each of our actors followed Mr. Chen Wangdao and became a 'watcher'."
Director Hou Yong
Director Hou Yong recalled a farewell scene with tears in his eyes: "Because most of the characters in the movie have real prototypes, thinking of those real stories and real sacrifices in history, I will be particularly touched. , and my tears flowed down."
Liu Ye, who played Chen Wangdao, said: "Actually, 'Wangdao' is not Chen Wangdao's real name, but a name he chose himself, which represents his persistence in belief. I think this is also the theme we want to convey in this movie. Those around Chen Wangdao His relatives, friends, and students are all striving for their ideals just like him, and these people are all 'seekers'."
Liu Ye, Wen Yongshan
Janice Man plays Chen Wangdao's wife Cai Muhui. As a pioneer female representative of that era, she is independent and courageous, and insists on her ideal career. Wen Yongshan said with emotion that she learned a lot from this role: "At that time, Cai Muhui had already studied at Columbia University in the United States and obtained a master's degree in education. After returning to China, she accompanied Mr. Wang Dao to stay as a professor at Fudan University and translated many art courses. Books, really great."
Golden Rooster team restores historical scenes 1:1
At the press conference, the creators broke the news of many interesting behind-the-scenes tidbits. Historically, Chen Wangdao forgot to sleep and eat for translation, mistakenly dipped rice dumplings in ink and ate them without realizing it. The movie "Wangdao" vividly displayed this clip in front of the audience. In order to achieve the most realistic effect, Liu Ye ate 23 rice dumplings that day. Zongzi, and offered to try real ink. "The crew felt sorry for the actors. At the beginning, the ink mixed with food coloring and honey failed to achieve the effect, so I told the director to change to real ink. I feel that I have tasted the truth that Mr. Chen Wangdao tasted back then."
The scene where Cai Muhui cuts his hair in the film makes people feel the character's courageous personality charm. In this regard, Wen Yongshan said: "Cai Muhui and Chen Wangdao's personalities are very complementary. Compared with Chen Wangdao's restrained, Cai Muhui is more outgoing, like a little sun next to Mr. Wangdao. There is a line in the hair cutting scene that is 'my life is my own' Call the shots', this sentence is very explosive, and it can represent Ms. Cai Muhui's personality."
Wang Qiang as Shi Cuntong
Shi Cuntong and Chen Wangdao played by Wang Qiang in the film are also teachers and friends. "As an advanced youth at that time, Shi Cuntong published an anti-feudal family system article "Unfilial piety" in his early 20s, which was very sensational at the time. The first time I saw Teacher Liu Ye was reading the script, at first I thought he was more serious, but later I found that he is very good at capturing interesting details, and he is very easy-going on the set."
"Wang Dao" wrapping up group photo
"Wangdao" brought together a "Golden Rooster Team" to escort. Director Hou Yong shared many work content and details of the crew's restoration of history: the main creators restored the teaching building of Zhejiang No. 1 Normal School 1:1, and Chen Wangdao's hometown in Yiwu also actually built it. Even the moss and spider webs in the yard were designed. Considering... "The superimposition of various real details in the movie strengthens the atmosphere and age of the scene, and allows the actors to get real feelings, helping the actors to shape their characters."
On the day of the premiere, Hu Jun, who played Chen Duxiu, and Xi Meijuan, who played Chen Wangdao's mother, also sent videos to send their blessings across the air, hoping that the film can let the audience feel how people with lofty ideals guarded the road of faith a hundred years ago, guiding everyone to stick to their beliefs and firm ideals.
Hu Jun as Chen Duxiu
Xi Meijuan as Chen Wangdao's mother
