Cannes double award winning film "Dog Array" holds its Beijing premiere Peng Yuyan regains his blood and "sets off again"

Beijing, June 12 (Xinhua) on June 12, the film "Dog Battle" held the premiere of "set out again" in Beijing. Director Guan Hu, producer and chief producer Liang Jing, starring Peng Yuyan, attended the post-screening exchange activities. After winning the double awards of "Best Picture of a focus Unit" and "Dog Golden Palm jury Award" at the 77th Cannes International Film Festival, the film "Dog Battle" is highly anticipated by domestic audiences. After the premiere in Beijing, audiences also gave a lot of praise. Some viewers said it was a masterpiece expressed by the author of Director Guan Hu, while others commented that it was "the best film to manage the tiger."

At the premiere, actors such as Jia Zhangke, Hu Xiaoguang, Wang Yiquan, Yuan Hong, Wei Chen, Zhang Yang, Sha Baoliang, Chubu Capricorn, and other actors who also contributed wonderful performances in the film also went on stage to share their feelings. Jia Zhangke said bluntly that after watching the film, "Guan Hu returned to his original intention, and the film has a very pure observation and expression of human nature." In addition, directors Feng Xiaogang, Huang Jianxin, Li Shaohong, Xu Zheng, Tian Yusheng, Na Jiazo, Geng Zihan, actors Huang Bo, Ke Lan, Sun Honglei, Chen Jianbin, Zhang Xianyi, Bao Beier, singer Sun Yue and other guests also came to the scene to watch the movie. one after another like the film. Director Guan Hu also responded to many favorable comments from home and abroad after the screening: "these praises and honors will be turned into a strength to help us overcome all kinds of difficulties."

In the movie, Peng Yuyan and the black dog warm together in solitude, gradually regain their blood and start a second life. In this regard, many audiences were constantly touched, saying bluntly that "the director's exquisite and restrained expression burst out with the power of hitting the soul." In the film, Jiro embarks on the road of a new life, and his smile brings warmth and inspiration to the audience. Director Guan Hu also sent a message at the end of the film, calling for "the courage to start again", which moved the audience very much. Young director Geng Zihan praised: "Director Guan Hu uses audio-visual language to depict each individual's yearning for freedom from the bottom of his heart." In the movie, even the freedom without scruples for a moment gives people a kind of encouragement and makes people burst into tears. " The movie "Dog Battle" will be released nationwide on June 15, and the pre-sale is in full swing.

Life partner! Peng Yuyan and Black Dog redeem each other

One person and one dog huddle together to keep warm and inspire the most primitive blood in the heart.

In the film, Jiro, played by Peng Yuyan, is jailed for wrongdoing and returns to his hometown on parole, but it is difficult to integrate into society. Forced to make a living of Jiro to join the dog team, because of an accident, Jiro saved a black dog, the fate of the two linked. Ordinary people "abandoned by society" and stray dogs "stigmatized by the world", two incompatible souls resonate in each other's loneliest moments, redeem each other, and become inseparable life partners.

The story of Jiro and Black Dog in the film has aroused the sympathy of many audiences. Although human beings and animals have "different words", they are "in common with each other." some audiences said, "Jiro is a maverick marginal person, just like the dogs in the movie. Wild and bloody coexist." After watching the movie completely, Jia Zhangke said, "people and dogs are warm to each other in the desolate land of the northwest, and the burst of vitality is touching." Director Guan Hu also said in an interview, "the animal nature contained in the human body is very valuable. We lost it all the way we grew up, and Jiro's blood was inspired by this black dog."

International recognition! Director Guan Hu and author express Ji Dacheng

Return to the creation of animal themes to show the wild charm of Northwest China

After the premiere in Cannes and Beijing, many viewers said bluntly that this is Guan Hu's "most expressive work" in recent years. "the simple story is full of the author's tension." After shooting many successful commercial films, Guan Hu chose to use the film Dog Array to calmly talk about thinking and transmitting energy. Simple county literature, bloody figures, an audience commented: "Guan Hu in this piece of northwest land shows his most profound thinking about the world at this age."

The film takes place in the northwest town where the story takes place, and audiences like the film to show the charm of "county aesthetics". "there is a freedom in loneliness and romance in the wild". In addition, after the high-scoring movie Bull fighting, Director Guan Hu returned to animal creation 15 years later, this time he was faced with hundreds of stray dogs. This unique animal scale in the history of Asian films has brought unprecedented challenges to the creative team. In this regard, Guan Hu said bluntly that filming with animals "requires a great deal of patience," while the audience said, "Guan Hu's dog filming has particularly unearthed the coldness, loyalty, loneliness and fatalism of dogs."

Subversive breakthrough! Peng Yuyan's interpretation of "aphasia"

The surprising native performance is rough and wild into the northwest.

"Dog Array" is the first collaboration between Peng Yuyan and director Guan Hu. in order to fit the film's "real" and "rough" texture, Peng Yuyan took the initiative to ask the makeup teacher to shave his hair short and leave only 3 millimeters on the second day of the group. combined with the dark skin and sunspots with the characteristics of the northwest, the image of "the most subversive" enriches Jiro's rough, wild and reticent temperament. Actor Zhang Xianyi was also moved by Peng Yuyan's "original sense" performance, saying that "it's a great feeling when the actor gives the whole person to the story and the character."

In the movie, Jiro is a "man of aphasia". He always replaces all answers with silence. From Jiro's negative weariness to regaining hope, Peng Yuyan needs to magnify emotional changes through body movements and posture performances. Director Xu Zheng praised Peng Yuyan's interpretation after watching the movie: "after turning off the switch of verbal expression, many other ways of expression are turned on, and all the content has an extra layer of meaning." Many viewers also said that they were "surprised by Peng Yuyan", praising his performance as "original nature," while the audience said, "Peng Yuyan's tall, strong figure and slightly bent broad back when riding a motorcycle completely have the wild charm of the northwest region."

Call for blood! The profound implication makes the audience ponder.

Life blooms in the dark for everyone who sets out again

The story of two similar souls redeeming each other in the Dog Array is touching, and Jiro's journey to a new life is also thought-provoking. Jiro, who is divorced from society, goes from "numbness" to "struggle", from "silence" to "explosion", from "confusion" to "courage". The loneliness of the darkest moment did not break Erlang, but witnessed the more powerful blooming of life in the dark. Jiro gradually reconciled with himself in his relationship with Black Dog and set foot on his own new life, which moved many viewers.

The film conveys the healing core of "embracing new life" through the ultimate aesthetic texture and pure author expression. Many viewers lamented the profound allegorical meaning of "Dog Array"-"in the lonely corner that is not seen, there are still people fighting for their own rebirth." Director Guan Hu wrote a message "dedicated to those who are on the road again" at the end of the film, hoping to arouse people's blood with the "dog array", hope that everyone can regroup and start again, and hope that people can always be on the road. Director Huang Jianxin was also deeply touched by the end of the story: "at that moment we knew that everyone was on the road and fate was on the road. This is a very good movie."

Praise goes on and on! Chinese filmmakers gather to support the "Dog Arena"

Guan Hu's film creator spirit resonates

After his success in the commercial film field, he chose to make a film that was highly expressed by the author. Liang Jing, the producer and chief producer, said that "at the beginning of filming Dog, there were a lot of skeptical voices around Director Guan Hu." In this regard, Director Feng Xiaogang gave Guan Hu an affirmative answer after watching the film. "I admire Guan Hu's courage very much, and I think directors will think after watching this film." Young director Nagazo said bluntly that he had "gained a lot" from the film. "this kind of creative spirit that breaks the comfort zone gives me a lot of inspiration," he said after watching the movie. "

As a good friend of Director Guan Hu for many years, actor Huang Bo also came to the scene of the film premiere, not only touched by the film's cold texture and strong emotion, but also said: "I am happy for Director Guan Hu. I am proud that Chinese films can have a different appearance." Sun Honglei also said after watching the movie: "this film has opened up an imaginative space for Chinese films. I hope the audience will support directors with the spirit of film creators like Guan Hu."

It is reported that the film "Dog Battle" will be released nationwide on June 15, 2024.