This is a small production movie that almost died of a fetal life. It swept many film festivals and is known as one of the best Chinese movies of 2018...
Unfortunately, because its topic is too sensitive, it is destined not to be released in the mainland: " Who Falls in Love with His "
China, Taiwan. Liu Sanlian felt that her life was terrible.
A few years ago, my husband abandoned his wife and son, left and died outside...
What annoyed her even more was that her husband's inheritance was left to a man named Ajie...
"Liu Sanlian" is played by "Xie Yingxuan" as
it turned out that Liu Sanlian's husband was a gay man who cheated on marriage.
And Ajie is his lover...
The stingy Liu Sanlian decided to pester and recover the money.
She ran to Ajie's house and made a big fuss: If you have some conscience, return the money to our orphans and widows! Otherwise I will let the whole world know that you are a pervert!
However, the money was not returned, and the son fell down and lived in the other party's home...
Liu Sanlian's world collapsed.
She doesn't understand why the two most important men in life are gone...
This movie "Who Falls in Love with Him First" was released in April 2018. Currently, 50,000 people have scored 8.6 on Douban.
Some netizens commented: They played this group of kind but tragic characters, and quietly told this love story that was full of losses.
There is no doubt that it is the best Taiwanese movie of 2018.
It won 5 awards including Best Drama Feature Film and Best Actor and Actress at the Taipei Film Festival.
, and at the Golden Horse Awards , it has also won many major awards such as Best Picture, second only to the "Shadow" of Zhang Yimou .
Director Xu Yuting , is a famous screenwriter.
The popular topics of the past popular reputation: " I May Not Love You ", " The Story of Time ", "Tu Mei"... are all written by her.
This movie "Who Falls in Love with Him First" is Xu Yuting's big screen debut.
It is said that the funds for filming the movie were borrowed by the director for his grandfather and grandmother, and some of them were even pensions from relatives...
This movie took 38 days to shoot, but it took 8 months to complete the post-editing.
Director said: we have claimed to have cut 4 versions, but in fact, 40 versions may be more than 40 versions.
The version I see now is the director who overturned all the previous logic, abandoned the beautiful composition of the picture, and returned to the story itself...
More than 60% of the shots in the main film have been in the trash can...
This is also a relatively rare "same wife"-themed movie in the Chinese-speaking world.
What is rare is that the heavy theme is not suppressed, and it even becomes a comedy full of jokes and humor.
For example, Ajie said silly: I am not a mistress, I have one more thing, so I am Xiao Wang.
For example, when Liu Sanlian saw her son running into the other party's house and refused to come back, she had no choice but to start making small contributions to her love rival...
The three main actors in the movie: Qiu Ze , Xie Yingxuan, and Huang Shengqiu , all of which contributed the highlights of their film career.
Qiu Ze plays the young gay man Ajie.
Whether it is the innocent and cute and domineering in love, the arrogant and cynical in front of Liu Sanlian, the strong and optimistic attitude when accompanying critically ill, the never-ending one's life...
the most rare thing, he showed a rare charm.
This kind of demonic temperament makes the gay character "Ajie" more convincing and more charming...
There is such a passage in the movie, Qiu Ze stares at his lover affectionately, tears rolling in his eyes, as if there are thousands of words.
Xie Yingxuan, who plays Liu Sanlian, brings us a true and credible image of a middle-aged woman: nagging, neurotic, stingy, a knife-like and tofu heart...
always loves to complain about the world, pity himself, and dares to shoulder the burden of life and take care of the life of his family...
On the one hand, she is a tit-and-clawed, arrogant and domineering suppression of the "villain"...
On the other hand, her protection of her children and her tenderness towards her lover... are heartbreaking.
Learning about the scene of her husband cheating, Xie Yingxuan handled it progressively and with great tension: first he pleased and begged, then hypnotized himself, then became fearful and flattered, and finally collapsed and despair...
outstanding performance gave herself to the throne of the Golden Horse Awards Best Actress...
"Who falls in love with him first" was derived from the real story that happened to director Xu Yuting...
In middle school, there was a beautiful and confident female class monitor in Xu Yuting's class.
A reunion after graduation many years, this female squad leader told Xu Yuting a secret: I saw my husband cheating with his own eyes, and the partner was still a man.
Xu Yuting couldn't forget that when the female squad leader told this story, he tried his best to clarify that he was not sad or sad at all, as if he was telling a joke...
Xu Yuting therefore had the idea of writing a script about his wife.
The following sources: Zhang Beichuan's report, Chai Jing's "See", Xinhua News Agency, etc.
Due to traditional concepts and other reasons, the "same wife problem" has always been a secret problem in Eastern society.
Even in Taiwan where sexual concepts are diverse and open, there are many "sex wives groups". In mainland China, conservatively estimated that there are at least 16 million...
In other words, in China, there is a hidden group of women who are trapped in a nameless marriage and are deceived and deceived...
Many people cannot have the courage to break this matter like Liu Sanlian, but choose to bear it silently...
In Chai Jing's "See", there was an interview about the group of wives.
has a wife who has had only a handful of sexual contact with her husband in a 9-year marriage. Every time I make out, the other person acts very disgusted... he has never even kissed himself.
My wife said: I kept seeing a psychologist when the child was 3 years old. I felt that I had problems and was not attractive...
Until one night, my husband forgot to clear the online records, and my wife discovered that he was all gay websites.
The wife said: I hate him, but I also feel sorry for him.
There is a co-witness saying: He is disguising every day. Every time he goes out for social events, he tries hard to tell everyone pornographic jokes, which makes people feel that he is very pornographic and very beautiful.
In the survey of scholars such as Zhang Beichuan mentioned that the situation of not returning home at night, zero communication, and never being intimate is extremely common in marriages between the same wife.
There is even a comrade wife over fifty years old. After many years of recalling that her husband was still eating calmly when she was about to give birth. She didn't think about going out to find a doctor, but she still burst into tears...
data shows that more than 90% of her comrades had symptoms of depression, 30% had no sex in their marriage, and more than 10% of her comrades had committed suicide. More than 90% of the similiar wives have suffered domestic violence, and 15% have suffered serious domestic violence...
Someone said: I dare not tell others because he threatened me. If the truth is revealed, I will kill my daughter and me.
Someone said: His sexual habits caused my anus to rupture...
There are many gay wives because their husbands were infected with AIDS...
innocent "Liu Sanlian" have become shields to hide sexual orientation and escape social pressure; they have become victims of marriage...
Scholar Zhang Beichuan wrote in the report: The report on the life of gay wives shows one side of some gay men. This side, they are insidious, cunning, cruel, cold, and selfish...
In the movie, Ajie said to Liu Sanlian's child: Do you know what ten thousand years is? There is a person who told you that he doesn’t love you anymore and wants to go back to be a normal person. Every day from then on has been ten thousand years.
Liu Sanlian, who received psychological counseling, tried hard to squeeze out a smile, but it was even worse than crying...
She said to the psychologist: Doctor, you are so smart, can you tell me, are all fake? No love at all? Not a little bit?
Her pride and confidence were completely erased in this sexless and loveless marriage...
In the book review of "See", some netizens commented: You can't deceive a woman just because society doesn't accept it and parents doesn't accept it. She chose you with a heart that wants to go with you until old age. How can you lie because of your cowardice?
Zhang Beichuan wrote on his blog: My teacher has always told me that it is a very important moral responsibility for gay men not to hurt an innocent woman. To this day, he has always adhered to this concept and refused to enter traditional marriage...
Back to this movie, it opens with a warm and joking story, and uses the ignorant perspective of a 14-year-old boy to connect the bridge and explores a sensitive edge and phenomenon in our society that cannot be ignored...
As netizens said: There are too few Chinese movies that explore ethics and morality, homosexuality, family and true love. The last masterpiece is also "Wedding Banquet" 25 years ago.
