Use light and shadow to gather the power of youth.

The theme of the film "Beautiful Life" MV.

Winding mountain road, measured the young people's hearts of the long march; the masses smile, passing the hope of poor mountain areas; On August 23rd, the key poverty-relief film "Beautiful Life", organized by the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, officially met with the audience.

The film "Beautiful Life" to "the national outstanding Communist Party members" "the role model of the times", the first secretary in the village Huang Wenxiu as the character prototype, tells a contemporary outstanding young people give up the opportunity to work in big cities, determined to return to their hometown, in the first line of poverty relief dedication of the touching story, showing the new era of youth with youth Fanghua interpretation of the Communists' original mission of beautiful life.

"2020 is the year of building a well-off society in an all-round way, and we are filming the film "Beautiful Life" as a tribute to the masses of cadres who are fighting to get out of poverty. It is hoped that through this film, to China, to the world to tell the story of Guangxi's fight against poverty, to inspire the vast number of Party members and cadres and young people to take Comrade Huang Wenxiu as an example, do not forget the original heart, keep in mind the mission, the courage to assume, willing to devote, consciously unite the personal cause and the cause of the Party and the people, in order to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream of unremitting struggle. Fan Xiaoli, a member of the Standing Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Party Committee and head of the Propaganda Department, said.

Look for the roots and souls of role models.

"On the first anniversary of the village, the mileage of the car dashboard just showed 25,000 kilometers, and I sent a message to my friends: 'Happy first anniversary of the long march in my heart!' "On the screen, a lively sunny girl next door flashed in front of her, she is Zhuang girl, the first secretary in the village Huang Wenxiu.

Huang Wenxiu was born in the rural area of Tynyang District of Baise City and returned to work in the propaganda department of Baise Municipal Committee after graduating from Beijing Normal University in 2016. In March 2018, she responded to the organization's call to serve as the first secretary of the village in Baiji Village, Lye County, leading 88 families and 418 poor people out of poverty, the village's poverty rate fell from 22.88 percent to 2.71 percent. On June 17, 2019, Huang Wenxiu, on his way back to his village, was tragically killed by a flash flood and gave his precious life at the age of 30.

After Huang Wenxiu's death, General Secretary Xi Jinping issued important instructions on Comrade Huang Wenxiu's advanced deeds. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China awarded Comrade Huang Wenxiu the title of "National Excellent Communist Party Member", the Ministry of Central Propaganda announced huang Wenxiu's advanced deeds to the whole society, awarded her the title of "model of the times", and Comrade Huang Wenxiu was selected as the Central Radio and Television Station "Moving China's 2019 Person of the Year".

It is the mission and responsibility of literary and artistic workers to reproduce Huang Wenxiu's life story through light and shadow, and to bring together the youth forces in the fight against poverty. In July 2019, the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region began preparations for the film "Beautiful Life", organized two local writers to participate in the screenwriters, and invited Miao Moon, who had directed such works as "18 Cave Village", to serve as director. The film has been supported and directed by the State Film Administration, and as one of the national key films to pay tribute to the comprehensive construction of a well-off society by 2020, it has been included in guangxi contemporary literary and artistic creation project support projects.

In MiaoYu's view, an excellent poverty-relief theme film, in order to achieve a profound thinking, exquisite art, well-made height, the creative team must have a large pattern, high-dimensional perspective, the great history and overall well-off scene of the sense, with excellent professional standards and professional quality, from the land to find the soul and roots.

In order to better shape the image of Huang Wenxiu, before filming, Miao Yuen led the creative team to Huang Wenxiu life, work in the place to collect materials. They walked the mountain road that Huang Wenxiu had walked through, ate the farmhouse rice that Huang Wenxiu had eaten, and leaned over to listen to the little bits and bits of her work in the village. "We gradually felt that Huang Wenxiu was a friend of ours." Miao Said, Huang Wenxiu was born in the old area of the hundred-color revolution, through reading out of the mountains, learning and return to the countryside, her feelings about the countryside more directly pure and deep.

"The fight against poverty allowed Huang Wenxiu to find a way to realize the value of life, so she went to the village of Baiji without heste. " Miao Moon was moved to tears many times by Huang Wenxiu's story, "poverty alleviation work needs to have a more active attitude towards rural areas, not only to help the poor, but also to care for the land, help people, with an immersive emotion and strength in the countryside to make a difference, this is the theme of the film." "

Simple and not simple creation.

After the theme is clear, how to make the film story attract the audience, so that the character image is not thin, is the film "beautiful life" creation of the focus and difficulty.

"It's a lot of pressure to make this movie." Miao Moon, who has been exposed to a number of anti-poverty films, admitted that he was once afraid that he would not find a breakthrough and become a repeat of himself. But when in-depth understanding of Huang Wenxiu's story, Miao Moon found that Huang Wenxiu's body a lot of different places, which gave her a lot of creative space.

"Huang Wenxiu's life experience is very ordinary, but her life pattern is very large - she is not satisfied with personal change, but to complete a greater change in the countryside." Miao Said, "Beautiful Life" through the story of Huang Wenxiu's country, affection, love, so that the audience to see a full of the national conditions of the "beautiful life" meaning. "Simple life can also move people, that is not simple. Simple and not simple, is the movie story we want to express. Miao said, "We seek a more life, more grounding, more vivid, more moving way to tell the story." "

The film "Beautiful Life" was originally scheduled to start shooting in early February this year. During the Spring Festival, the crew arrived in the filming area of Leye County. The new coronary pneumonia outbreak was experienced and the start-up time was delayed. During the self-isolation of the hotel, the crew carefully studied the script, discussed the shooting plan, and formulated a work plan, and worked in an orderly manner.

On February 22nd, the film officially opened. Nearly three months of filming, the crew of more than 150 young filmmakers trekked through the mountains, working around the clock. Young actor Lang Moon-soo plays Huang Wenxiu in the film, Lang Yu-yu and Huang Wenxiu are the same age, and the make-up photo is very similar to Huang Wenxiu. "It's not enough to look like each other, I'm going to try to do a good show, a live show." LangYuYuYi one foot into the soil, one heart into the mountain village, carefully study the material, with love to figure out the role, time and time again into the spiritual world of Huang Wenxiu. "I was moved by Wenxiu, suffering from Wenxiu's pain, and happy with Wenxiu's happiness." Lang said with emotion.

In the film, there is a scene in which Huang Wenxiu returns to the back-up unit to report on his work. Yu Weifeng, vice-minister of the propaganda department of the Baise Municipal Committee, performed his character and played the role of listening to the report. Yu Weifeng and Huang Wenxiu worked together for 3 years, "like a real conversation with Huang Wenxiu." Yu Weifeng said.

Take the long march of a new era.

The most moving part of "Beautiful Life" is a scene from Huang Wenxiu's death, in which hundreds of young people from the village team gather. "The picture shows the face of youth, the power of youth, meaning that they and Huang Wenxiu, is the future of our country and nation." Chen Chao, an actor who plays a post-90s pro-poor team member in the film, said.

"Every generation has a long journey for every generation, and every generation has to take its own long march." Huang Wenxiu went out from the village, and returned to the village, to fight poverty as her heart's long march, the film "Beautiful Life" is through Huang Wenxiu this symbol of the times, pay tribute to the country's poverty-relief tens of millions of party members, aimed at encouraging more young people to take the long march of a new era. "Wenxiu to sincerely change the heart, we hope to change the true feelings of moving, so that the audience really feel wenxiu's beautiful youth and struggle road." Lang said at the premiere of "Beautiful Life."

From the pre-planning and publicity to the premiere, the film "Beautiful Life" in Guangxi Party members and cadres at all levels, especially among young people continue to maintain a high degree of attention. Li Yuming, a junior at Guangxi University, said after watching the film: "This time to watch the film, more intuitive and more realistic experience of Huang Wenxiu in the village to help the poor, but also understand the mission and responsibility as a new era of youth." "

"In the film, I was most impressed by the scene is when the people of Baiji village planted citrus encounter pests and diseases, and do not know where to find experts, Huang Wenxiu pointedly said 'I'm going to find!' "Nanning Mashan County, Jiafang Township deep poverty village Long Kai village in the village first secretary Mao Xin said with emotion, Huang Wenxiu resolutely abandoned the city's prosperity, to the remote countryside, with the footsteps of the people, with their own hard index in exchange for the happiness index of the masses, this courage to assume the spirit of her moved and admired.

"Huang Wenxiu is a model of the times emerging from the battlefield of poverty eradication and an excellent representative of the youth of the new era. The film successfully shaped Huang Wenxiu's simple and brilliant image, with a strong ideological shock and artistic infectious power, is a carry forward the main theme of the times of the fine works. Rong Benzhen, chairman of Guangxi Literary Critics Association, said that the values of life view conveyed in the film "Beautiful Life" became the beacon of life for the young people of the new era.

Light and shadow gather the power of youth, relay writing beautiful life. After the premiere ceremony of the film "Beautiful Life", it will also walk into the old area of the Baishua Revolution, into the village of Baiji, where Huang Wenxiu fought, and meet with the national audience in September.