Author | Movie Lady (Toutiao Account Signed Author)
Recently, Li Shaohong 's " Ma Pavilion is a City " is being released.
This is her new work that has been away from the big screen for 12 years.
It’s a pity that the overall evaluation is not very good.
Lady can't help but think of a saying:
In fact, Li Shaohong can be famous in history with just two works.
One is "Da Ming Palace Ci", and the other is " Bloody Morning ".
Everyone knows the former, while the latter is rarely interested.
But this "banned film" at that time, looking back 27 years later:
is still shocking.
video is adapted from Marquez's novel, " A pre-provocative homicide ".
From the main content line, it can also be called: a bloody incident caused by a layer of hymen in
.
The story took place in the remote Dashuikeng Village in the north in the 1980s. One morning, Li Mingguang (played by Hu Yajie), who was only 24 years old, fell in a pool of blood.
, he is also the only teacher in a private primary school in the village.
was so "unclear" and died in full view of the whole village.
Before he died, he told the village chief who was late: Uncle
, they... killed me...
The eyes were filled with surprise and confusion.
subtext is particularly obvious:
Who are they (who exactly is it) Why (what is the motivation) to kill "me"?
This is a scene at the end of the movie.
In fact, the entire work is also answering this question. The
-type circular narrative structure is told from the perspective of an investigator as a third party.
From the mouths of many interviewees, they gradually collage the "truth" of the matter.
The audience also went from being completely confused to knowing why, and then to thinking about it in detail.
Chapter 0: The deceased Li Mingguang, his father died early and his mother remarried, so he had to rely on his grandmother for life.
's life experience is very hard.
But unlike a farmer who doesn’t know big words, he only knows how to farm in a farmland, he needs one more identity:
“teacher”.
Because he had studied with the educated young people who went to the countryside at that time, he had a junior high school education.
can be called the only scholar in the village.
However, he unknowingly became an "outlier" in the eyes of others:
Look at the few acres of land he planted! .
similar words are full of contempt.
Li Mingguang, who was neglected to farming, was still a lively literary youth in addition to teaching:
In addition to subscribing to "Movie Magazine", he also wrote poems such as "I am a Piece of Green" and "Singing on the Big Water Puddle".
Living habits are also very different from other farmers at that time. They use soap when washing their faces and brush their teeth.
can be seen that Li Mingguang, who has been influenced by cultural knowledge, is indeed unique.
In a backward environment that is extremely closed and imprisoned by traditional concepts:
A certain kind of self-awakening and a light that symbolizes the atmosphere of modern civilization.
It is these special things that attract Li Hongxing ( Kong Lin decoration) and Cui Yongfang's two best friends often visit their schools.
However, gossip followed.
Go to the middle of the night, what good things can you do?
is so conservative, which is obviously an imaginary "conclusion", but it has become a "consensus" in everyone's mind.
The so-called words are terrifying, and it seems that there is a sense of fate with a tragic meaning, quietly ambushing.
wonderful story is still to come.
The girl Li Hongxing has two older brothers, the eldest brother Li Pingwa and the second brother Li Gouwa.
My mother has been widowed for many years. How to continue the incense of the Li family is her most urgent wish.
After all, the boss who is dull and honest and calls himself a "useless person", is already 36 years old.
Even though he is still quite old, he is indeed not young!
What's more, in remote rural areas in the north more than 30 years ago.
For Li Pingwa, at the trough of fate, any straw must be grasped.
The opportunity to look forward to the moon was long late, but it was finally not disappointed.
Once, at the dinner table of Pingwa’s house, Zhang Qiangguo, a "ten thousand-yuan household" proposed a good note that can achieve a "win-win":
exchange for relatives!
He first proposed to marry Li Hongxing, and then Brother Pingwa took the bride money and married his sister away.
On the surface, this is a relief from the rich to the poor out of compassion, but in fact it is not.
The smart and capable Zhang Qiangguo was able to use this to kill two birds with one stone:
not only "free" to marry a beautiful wife, but also "take action" smoothly with the "crass" sister with problems.
Even if you are unwilling to accept it, you can only agree with "gratitude".
also has to obediently call the powerful country several years younger than him "Brother" or "Big Brother".
But how many hidden dangers are buried in this trade? Li Pingwa had no idea at all.
Let’s talk about Zhang Qiangguo, who “worked outside and made a lot of money”, can he really become a "life-saving straw for Pingwa’s family?
We need to continue to explore this.
Finally waited for the wedding night, but Ping's baby seemed to be worried.
squatted outside the door and kept smoking, but he was reluctant to enter the house.
From his face, you could not see the joy of the happy day at all, but instead read it with great worries.
The audience certainly understands:
A man wants to protect his dignity, how powerless a plain child is.
Due to poverty, he was unable to get married at the right age.
In the end, it depends on "gifts" by others.
My heart is filled with loss and humiliation, and a bit of joy mixed with, not just a mixture of emotions.
But just as he took off his shirt and blew out the candle, a rapid knock on the door rang out.
The strong country brought a group of people into the house, and the reason was:
returns.
It turned out that he had "tasted the taste of women in the city", but at the first night he found that
had nothing on the sheet.
So, it was immediately determined that the woman had lost her virginity.
became angry and mobilized to launch a "night attack".
not only forcibly "retreat" Li Hongxing, but also roughly took away his sister who was so angry that she fainted.
The Pingwa family, which had become a mess in an instant, immediately became war-torn again.
Li Hongxing encountered a violent beating from Brother Pingwa, but she remained silent. The conclusion of
loss of chastity seems to be confirmed because of this.
Get the money to get the people.
This is the only way for the strong country to tell him when he left that he could get the bride back.
Obviously, this move undoubtedly "blocked" Pingwa's family's way of life.
feels desperate and loses his mind:
determines that the person who "spoils" his sister must be Li Mingguang.
Pingwa has experienced the transition from a couple to a "return" and has suffered at least twice humiliation at this time:
Self-esteem has been destroyed and "exhausted", so where is there any face?
The most instinctive reaction he can make - naturally "revenge".
The sister didn't say a word, and the in-laws who had just married made a harsh statement again.
No one in the village came out to persuade them to mediate, and no one could have a decent statement about this matter.
Pingwa Brother confirmed that Li Mingguang and his sister had an affair.
html More than 0 years of poverty and humiliation experience, coupled with the weak legal awareness, can only do it alone.Despair, anger and ignorance have brought Li Pingwa on the road of crime.
The two brothers held the sharpened knives and threatened to kill Li Mingguang in the breakfast shop in the village.
news quickly spread among the villagers. The aunt in the store woke her husband up and asked him to go and notify the village chief as soon as possible.
also took out good wine to entertain and waited for an opportunity to go out to report the news.
Who would have thought that the aunt met a water-carrying girl on the way and asked her to pass the message.
The girl who threw the bucket and ran home in a hurry was scolded by her mother.
She secretly wrote a note and gave it to her brother for satisfaction.
On that early winter morning, the little boy walked slowly on the slippery road.
He saw Teacher Li brushing his teeth and washing his face outside the yard.
Perhaps it is the child’s natural fear of teachers, timid and restrained.
Standing at a high place, he just called out Teacher Li and did not say the message to convey.
or he didn't know all the words above, and his sister didn't tell him specifically.
paper strips were folded into paper airplanes and dropped.
happened to fly into the stone trough for feeding pigs, and Grandma Li Mingguang poured a bucket of new pig food into it.
The little boy still didn't speak and left.
Li Mingguang, as usual, took the book out.
He also looked back at his gray-haired and old-fashioned grandmother.
Until now, our lovely villagers were still talking about this matter in whispers.
But no one ran to him to confirm whether he already knew.
and can tell him quickly.
Although the village chief directly took away the weapon from the two brothers' hands at the intersection and went to the breakfast shop.
But that's all, and I didn't have a deep conversation with Li Pingwa.
naturally did not take their efforts to kill people seriously, even if they were a little prepared.
was originally weak, but Li Pingwa, who was hesitant, looked like hesitant.
The second son Li Gouwa began to shout wildly:
even thought we didn’t dare!
looks down on us!
won't explain it clearly? If you don’t explain it clearly, just do it!
Li Pingwa's last psychological defense was completely defeated.
In order to have the so-called face, he wanted to kill someone desperately.
The brothers walked out of the house for the second time.
Onlookers, men and women, young and old, standing on the high stone platform.
This is the guest we are familiar with in Lu Xun's works.
They did not stop talking vaguely:
Why did you come out?
says you know! ?
isn't running fast?
Everyone is here!
Poor Li Mingguang, confused, asked with a smile: What happened to
? What do you know about
?
Things are all about this. When everyone replied to him, it was still so heartbreaking:
You don’t know what you did? !
The evil he committed himself...
Until Li Hongxing came to beg for the two brothers in a cry.
Li Mingguang realized the terrible thing.
But he was blocked by the two brothers and there was no time to escape.
The blood cut off by the sharp axe dyed Teacher Li’s face and clothes red.
The book that slipped to the ground was stained with blood.
Uncle, they... killed me...
Teacher Li Mingguang, who is only 24 years old, is also the only intellectual in the village.
finally ended his short life with his confused questions.
The insane Li Hongxing also jumped into the river to commit suicide.
Best friend Cui Yongfang once joked with her:
Only one person can deserve you, you must be him in your heart, movie actor Tang Guoqiang !
Such a beautiful girl ended up like this.
Li Pingwa was executed by shooting, Li Gouwa was sentenced to death, with a two-year reprieve.
Aunt Li has been widowed for many years, but all three adult children died of unlimited death.
The pain of life is this.
Not long ago, a new sign was hung on the school that was previously renovated from a dilapidated temple:
Jinghui Temple National Second-Class Protection Cultural Relic.
The children returned to the dilapidated and desolate place and began their childhood of playing freely.
No one can teach them to read and read anymore.
The remains of ancient culture have been reprotected, but the dawn of modern civilization has not been illuminated for a long time.
Back to the core question at the beginning of the article:
Who are they (who exactly is it) Why (what is the motivation) to kill "me"?
First of all, the source is Zhang Qiangguo's wrong perception.
judges the chastity of a woman by whether the first night falls red. There is no need to say more about
.
Nowadays, people with a little common sense know that it is a wrong concept.
can only blame the people at that time, because their physiological knowledge was too poor.
Secondly, Li Pingwa is stubborn and stubborn.
He doesn't know how to communicate with others and find out the truth.
and blindly self-righteous and emotional.
resulted in a terrible result:
took the lives of four young people in vain.
Finally, it is the spectator posture of the villagers.
They consciously or unconsciously play the role of accomplices who killed Li Mingguang.
Camus once said that the sins in the world are almost always caused by ignorance.
hopes that the light of civilization in the new era can shine so that the ignorant sins will no longer be staged.
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