This year, iQiyi Mist Theater officially returns. "The Returned Daughter" is its first work. The play will be broadcast on iQiyi Mist Theater on December 21. The play tells the story of Tanling Town in the 1990s, where disappearances and injuries occurred frequently. In order to find her missing friend Xiaoxiu, Chen Youxi ( played by Zhang Zifeng ) escaped from the orphanage, but accidentally became the daughter of the Li family who had been missing for many years, and unexpectedly stumbled upon the unspeakable secret of this family. The play is a family suspense drama directed by Lu Xing, starring Zhang Zifeng, Wang Yanhui, Mei Ting, and Li Naiwen, with Ding Jiali and Dai Xu as special guest stars, and starring Guo Cheng, Du Yusen, Qian Yi, Zhao Yutong, and Zhang Xianjing.
The popularity of this drama has exceeded 8,500 on iQiyi so far, and its popularity is rising all the way. So what is the charm of "The Daughter Coming Home"?
"The Returned Daughter" breaks the psychological formula of previous audiences' expectations for suspense dramas. The opening chapter of
reveals something strange about "something happening". The scene transformation filter reveals the humid and cold atmosphere of Lingnan in winter, and the soundtrack also makes people think about it, which plays a huge role.
"The Returned Daughter" uses the outcome as suspense. Chen Youxi came to the Li family under the guise of Li Wenwen's identity to "recognize her relatives". Our audience's reaction was that we were worried about when her identity would be revealed. At the beginning of the play, Liao Suifang saw through this "scam". And because they knew Chen Youxi's purpose, all the clues that Chen Youxi could find so far were designed by the family to show her.
Who is the Monkey Mask Man? Audiences who followed the drama with eight-fold mirrors found that three key clues pointed to Li Chengtian: the first is that the height difference seen in the family portrait is consistent; the second is that Li Chengtian and the monkey mask man are both left-handed and have wedding rings on their ring fingers; the third is that Li Chengtian and Monkey have the same corduroy collared jacket.
"The Returned Daughter" is different from previous suspense dramas. After the audience seems to be led to the truth with definite evidence, new twists and questions will immediately overturn the previous conclusions and give the story a new direction. Suspense is essential for suspense dramas. Generally speaking, they will focus on the process of solving the mystery, leaving the final result as the biggest suspense for the audience to guess.
"The Returned Daughter" builds a complex relationship between characters in a family, turning the originally close family members into a "loose family" with two faces and 800 thoughts. When you think about it, it is a re-examination of close relationships and a re-examination of love and respect.
Looking back at the dramas produced by Fog Theater in recent years, it seems that we can draw this conclusion: Fog Theater consciously integrates "family", a realistic element closest to the audience and life, into the suspense genre. It uses sharp contrast to call out the audience's concern and response to family issues, and also provides warm relief and comfort, pointing to the possibility of reconciliation.