Mo Sanmei (San Ge) was born in a family of funeralists. They own a small shop called "Going Heaven". Although they have lived through this for generations, their income is meager.
Next door to "Going to Heaven" is a wedding company. The difference between the two stores is not a small matter. The wedding store is full of joy, with exquisite decoration, and the customized red carpet gives guests a sense of dignity. This "Going Heaven" is in a dilapidated manner, and the only door sign has dropped in the upper right corner.
Life and death are caused by fate, this is our general understanding. Everyone has always avoided the treatment of death, for fear of touching the other party's pain or some unlucky places. The same is true for Mo Sanmei, played by Zhu Yilong, . He was released from prison and thought about obtaining a real estate certificate from his father, and then changed careers. Just when he was planning to open a maternal and child shop with his girlfriend, he found that his girlfriend was already with someone else.
Life is messy, and the days are so hustle and bustle that people are in peace. It is such a less daily film that won a high box office of 400 million yuan after it was released, and there were even many comments rated it as the dark horse film of the year.
"The Big Event in Life" looks like a farce, and the script is written a bit like a small-cost online drama. If you savor it carefully, you will find that this work is absurd and slightly cliché, but it still hits the hearts of many viewers.
The one who has the most rivalry with the third brother played by Zhu Yilong is not an old actor or a young and beautiful actress, but a 9-year-old girl named Wu Xiaowen (played by Yang Eng).
Xiaowen is an orphan living in a large slum. She has never seen her biological parents since she was born. When others asked about her parents, Xiaowen always answered indifferently that she jumped out of the crack of the stone.
After my grandmother passed away, Xiaowen lost her relatives who depended on her for life. My uncle, who is cowardly by nature, has no status at home and his aunt makes money and is just a matter of justice. How could he allow her husband to bring a bottle of oil back?
Abandoned orphan Xiaowen, the disliked third brother, and two other funeralists, Jianren and Bai Xue, formed a new family.
Of course, in the plot processing here, the director omitted a lot of explanations of Beijing stories. For example, Jianren and Bai Xue had no interaction in the early stage, so why did they suddenly get together? The details are not detailed enough, which is also the reason why there is a partial separation in "The Great Events in Life".
In the setting of the story itself, the unpopular profession of funeralist has a place, but its appeal to commercial movie has also lowered its score.
Fortunately, the slutty third brother and the savage little loli heal each other. Their stories are laughing and tears, and at this point they have been integrated, making death less afraid.
After watching "The Big Events in Life", the audience will take the initiative to leave a message to express their understanding. These funeralists are those who "plant stars", those who make the deceased leave decently, and those who have merits.
When Lao Mo, the third brother's father, passed away, he followed his father's last wish and chose an unusual funeral ceremony.
Use purchased fireworks to sprinkle my father's ashes on the ground. When the ashes turn into fireworks in the sky, the deceased will really go to heaven and have a romantic atmosphere.
From this we can see that absurdity does not mean that the work is meaningless. The third brother gave a kind explanation to the seemingly evil and gloomy paper man in his home. The two small paper man in the bathroom were called "cucumber" and "eggplant", and they became ordinary decorations.
For example, the third brother and Xiaowen's biological mother were both in prison, and both of them eventually became decent workers who sent the dead away and realized their own redemption.
At the same time, the movie itself does not force everyone and things to beautify. With the help of a selfish and tempted person like my aunt, the mapping of reality is completed.It is still unknown whether the dark horse movie of
is worthy of its name, but in terms of the film market performance in the first half of the year, "The Big Events of Life" can be regarded as the best among them.
