Not to mention whether " Who Falls in Love with His " is the biggest dark horse of this year's Golden Horse Awards , but the topic of social discussion caused by the film is indeed quite large.
total investment of NT$35 million (less than 8 million yuan), and "Who Falls in Love with Him First" won 5 awards at the Taipei Film Festival. Not only did she win 8 Golden Horse Awards nominations including Best Actor, Actress and Best Drama Feature, but also won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress with the film.
Although Qiu Ze failed to win the Best Actor, his acting career has been completely opened with this work. In the film, Qiu Ze's appearance and acting skills are online. He performs well, whether it is a pure student, a rebellious prodigal son or a melancholy and stubborn literary young man, and has attracted a lot of fans.
"Who Falls in Love with Him First" is called "Dear Ex" in English. It has a very good reputation among the audience, and the Rotten Tomatoes Index remains high.
Even though it is not yet available in the mainland, there are still nearly 80,000 netizens on Douban who want to watch movies and scored a high score of 8.6! The theme of the video is family, homosexuality, and love. It mainly tells the story of her mother Liu Sanlian (played by Xie Yingxuan)'s husband (played by Chen Rushan) who has been away from home for many years passed away. She found that not only did her husband not leave a dime for her and her baby's only son, but also gave it to a man named Ajie (played by Qiu Ze)!
For the future of his son (Huang Shengqiu), Liu Sanlian insisted on asking for the money back. During the process of asking for money, she learned about the story and relationship between her husband and Ajie, and a series of changes took place in her heart.
story theme is not novel, but videos labeled as "same wife" and "homosexuality" can always trigger discussions on social topics.
"Who Falls in Love with Him First" is Xu Yuting, and this movie is her big screen debut. Although she lacks experience in directing, as a post-60s screenwriter and director, Director Xu is still very good at directing and mobilizing. The way of opening the story is unique, starting from the way Song Zhengyuan's son tells stories to psychologists in a psychological counseling session, and reproduces this sensitive and complex proposition from the perspective of a child.
More than ten years ago, Song Zhengyuan met Ajie. Ajie fell in love with Professor Song at first sight, and his eyes looked at him affectionately and admired him.
But Song Zhengyuan was unable to be a prodigal son who resisted his parents, but obeyed his parents and found a woman to marry and have children, and be a normal "man" in the eyes of others. However, Song Zhengyuan has always been obsessed with Ajie in his heart. When he learned that he had cancer and his life was at the end, Song Zhengyuan decided to find Ajie.
The husband died of cancer and left the insurance money to the mistress, which made the heroine Liu Sanlian very angry. What's even more disastrous is that after investigation, she found that her husband's mistress was still a man. I became a wife for several years without knowing it.
Liu Sanlian, who was involved in these weird things, kept complaining every day. In order to avoid her mother, her son Song Chengxi defected to Ajie.
This time it was lively. Not only was my husband snatched away by this Ajie, but my child could also chat with him. In order to save his son, Liu Sanlian went to Ajie's house to clean.
Psychologically, Liu Sanlian is resistant to homosexuality. Before, because his son already knew that his father was homosexual and had a homosexual partner, Liu Sanlian was worried that his 14-year-old son would not be able to bear it, so she made an appointment with a psychiatrist for her son.
She was doing cleaning at Ajie's house, but Ajie's mother mistakenly thought it was his girlfriend. Out of revenge, she also told Ajie's mother that "your son is gay and robbed my husband"!
But while getting along with Ajie, she learned that Ajie accompanied her husband through the last journey of her life. In order to cure him, she borrowed money everywhere and was chased by an underground bank and her feet were cut off. The hardest part of her hatred became soft.
When she saw the injured Ajie still insisting on performing the love drama of that year on stage on her husband's 100-day death day to express her love for Song Zhengyuan, Liu Sanlian finally realized that Ajie was not his enemy, they just fell in love with the same man.
She found that she understood her husband's love for Ajie a little, and finally accepted the way her husband left the insurance money to him.
In addition to Liu Sanlian, Ajie "coming out" has also been understood by his family. The elderly Gao's mother accepted the fact that her son was gay and gave him a hug.
What is gratifying is that "Who Falls in Love with Him First" does not have the kind of repression of same-sex films, and many plot dialogues are very hilarious.
For example, Liu Sanlian and Ajie’s conversation about mistresses, “Stop talking to me, the shameless mistress”, “How about it, I’m also a man, I want to call you Xiao Wang.”
For example, Liu Sanlian must have chosen the wrong name, which will become a joke like "miss three"!
"Who Falls in Love with Him First" can gain a good reputation, because the story gives people the movie experience of watching is that there are tears in laughter, and there is a little pain in tears. The pain is the last bit of hope.
It is said that the movie was having a big problem when watching the movie in advance, and the director cut the movie in a mess. Later, I recycled the material a little bit from the computer garbage station and re-edited it, and the missing parts were filled in with comics. It is also a blessing in disguise. The comic packaging of "Who Falls in Love with Him First" has also become a highlight. Although the nonlinear narrative techniques are a bit messy, they are also a natural one.
The editor will not have many spoilers here. This movie worth savoring is left for everyone to watch in person!
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