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2023 crime film directed by Zhang Yimou

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"As Solid as a Rock" is by Beijing Enlight Film Co., LTD produce ^[77] , Zhang Yimou Direct, Lei Jiayin , Zhang Guoli , Yu Hewei , Zhou Dongyu The lead actor, Sun Yizhou , Li Naiwen , Xu Yajun , Tian Yu , He Zhengjun , Xu Zili The Main Actor, Chen Daoming , Chen Chong , Wang Xun A friendly crime mystery ^[1] ，于2023年9月28日在中国大陆上映 ^[16] .

The film tells the story of Su Mingming, an ordinary young police officer serving in the criminal identification center of the Municipal Bureau, in order to protect the safety of the people, began a thrilling trip The story of a detective trip ^[10] .

In January 2024, the film was awarded 2023 Microblog night Weibo influential film of the Year ^[86] .

Chinese name: Solid as a rock
Foreign name: Under the Light
Other translated names: Black hole ^[7]
Generic type: Plot, crime, suspense
Producing company: Beijing Enlight Film Co., LTD Beijing Hanli Film Industry Co., LTD ^[77]
Production area: Chinese mainland
Date of shooting: April 15, 2019 to July 2019 ^[102-103]
Shooting location: Chongqing
Direct performance: Zhang Yimou

dramatize: Chen Yu
Producer: Wang Changtian, Li Xiaoping, Pang Liwei, Cao Xiaobei
Main performance: Lei Jiayin , Zhou Dongyu , Zhang Guoli , Yu Hewei
Film length: 127 minutes
Release time: September 28, 2023 ^[16]
Ticket office: 1.351 billion yuan ^[82] （截至2023-12-28 8时,中国大陆）
Dialogue language: Mandarin
chroma: Chroma
imdb coding: tt11448070
Major awards: 2023 Weibo Night Weibo influential film of the year ^[86]

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synopsis

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To investigate the bus bombing, Su Mingming ( Lei Jiayin Play the role of) Ignoring his powerful father Zheng Gang ( Zhang Guoli Play the role of) Dissuaded, rushed to the rich merchant Lai Chi-tin ( Yu Hewei Play the role of) The "Hongmen Banquet", after watching a Li Zhitian fool others, hand into the hot pot rampant drama, the wall seams hidden bodies, wrenches hit people, nearly 10 billion private deal and mysterious "old man's resources" and other clues gradually surfaced. The undercurrent behind these clues makes people faintly feel that a big game is being planned ^[2-3] .

Solid As a Rock

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casting

Lei Jiayin 饰 Su Shiming: DUB-

Zhang Guoli 饰 Zheng Gang: DUB-

Yu Hewei 饰 Lai Chi-tin: DUB-

Zhou Dongyu 饰 Li Huilin: DUB-

Sun Yizhou 饰 David: DUB-

Chen Chong 饰 He Xiuli: DUB-

Li Naiwen 饰 Liu Feng: DUB-

Chen Tong 饰 Li Sha: DUB-

Xu Yajun 饰 Liu Bo: DUB-

Tian Yu 饰 Tang Danian: DUB-

Xu Zili 饰 Sun Heyang: DUB-

He Zhengjun 饰 Wen Hui: DUB-

Wang Xun 饰 Kong Sanshun: DUB-; remark man

Lin Boyang 饰 Yang Xiaowei: DUB-

Chen Daoming 饰 Chen Weimin: DUB-

Zhao Liang 饰 Xu Defa: DUB-; remark Beater head

Ling Lin 饰 Director Li: DUB-

Chen Nuo 饰 Liu Mingli: DUB-

Cheng Yi 饰 Liu Mingli's wife: DUB-

Jiao Gang 饰 Gao Jin: DUB-

Yin Yuanzhang 饰 mute: DUB-

Yi Yang 饰 Cheng Yu: DUB-

Qiao Minglin 饰 Member of the supervision team: DUB-

Sukdachuan 饰 Liu Mingli's son: DUB-

Lin Peng 饰 Zhao Guoqiang: DUB-

Niu Xiaoning 饰 Assistant inspection: DUB-

Liu Yi 饰 jumper: DUB-

Pembo 饰 chain-smoker: DUB-

Zhou Xiangtao 饰 Rokko: DUB-

Xue Yuanyuan 饰 Nanny Zhang Jie: DUB-

Zhao Shanshan 饰 Doctor A: DUB-

Zhang Qiuling 饰 Doctor B: DUB-

Xie Yuanfei 饰 infant: DUB-

Mu Yifan 饰 Lisa's 3-year-old daughter: DUB-

Li Chuanchuan ^[91] 饰 -: DUB-

Staff list

producer	Wang Changtian, Teng station
Production MANAGER:	Wang Changtian,Li Xiaoping,Pang Liwei,Cao Xiaobei
Supervise the production of	Li Xiaoping
director	Zhang Yimou
Assistant Director (Assistant)	Li Wei
WRITER	Chen Yu, Zhang Yimou
shoot	Luo Pan
Background music	Cao Yingwo
montage	Li Yongyi
Casting director	Fu Lulu
Art design	forest
Movement instruction	Luo Lixian
Modeling design	Mai Linlin
Visual effects	Neptunea
Recorded AT	Zhao Nan

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Role introduction

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Su Shiming

ACTORS Lei Jiayin

DUB -

Working in the criminal identification center of the Municipal Bureau of ordinary young police, technical background, careful. Because of a huge impact of the "bus explosion incident", Su Mingming in order to protect the safety of the people, regardless of his father Zheng Gang's dissuasion, rushed to the rich businessman Li Zhitian's "Hongmen banquet", began a thrilling detective journey.

Zheng Gang

ACTORS Zhang Guoli

DUB -

Su Mingming's father, two-sided personality, to achieve the end by all means. On the surface, he is a hard-working, patient and gentle deputy mayor with power. In fact, he has no end in his pursuit of power and money, so he collaborates with Lai Chi-tin and acts as a dark umbrella for Lai Chi-tin to help him gain money and power.

Lai Chi-tin

ACTORS Yu Hewei

DUB -

The leader of the golden Five group, the rich businessman of Jinjiang City, ruthless, thoughtful. From a "bang bang" self-made, gradually become the richest man in the local, its gold mining process is full of sin. In society, Lai Chi Tin is a heinous gangster; In life, he is a full daughter slave, the daughter is very spoiled.

Li Huilin

ACTORS Zhou Dongyu

DUB -

The competent policewoman, who belongs to the technical section, rarely has access to real cases on weekdays. After the bus bombing, Su Liming volunteered to become the leader of the case, Li Huilin was invited to officially fight with the case. In the investigation of the case, to help Sue meet delay time, gun and bandits face off, aggressive.

He Xiuli

ACTORS Chen Chong

DUB -

Vice Mayor Zheng Gang's wife. Seemingly calm on the surface, the heart has hidden a lot of things, her combination with Zheng Gang from beginning to end is but a product of interest transactions, she clearly knows that she is the victim of her husband's ambition, compared to the strong feelings of love and hate, her heart is filled with more indifference. Zheng Gang's past is always a hurdle she can't get through.

Liu Feng

ACTORS Li Naiwen

DUB -

Director of the President's office of Golden Five Group. Extremely capable and cautious. He is the surface put away the edge, secretly look at the mysterious figure, as not the gold five group "direct line" of his origin, every step is cautious, but also became Li Zhitian's right-hand man, every time Li Zhitian assigned things, he can be successfully completed, deep Li Zhitian trust.

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Music soundtrack

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picture	Song information	Issue time
The Stone Decided to Blossom	"Rock Solid" promo song Song title:" The stone decides to bloom. " Lyric: Dong Yufang Composer: Lu Wentao Singing: Lei Jiayin, Zhang Guoli, Yu Hewei, Sun Yizhou, Li Naiwen, Xu Yajun, He Zhengjun ^[30]	September 15, 2023 ^[62]
Solid As a Rock	It's from the movie Rock Solid Song title:" Solid as a rock " Lyrics: Yi Bai, Lu Wentao, Zomengjia, Guo Dongnan, Youth Ray Composer: Lu Wentao, Zao Mengjia Singing: Zhang Jie , Zhang Bichen ^[37]	September 22, 2023 ^[39]
Confusion	The end song of the film "Rock Solid" Song title:" humbug " Lyric: Tang Hanxiao Composer: Tang Hanxiao Singing: Huang Qishan ^[47]	September 29, 2023 ^[50]

Behind the scenes production

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playwriting

Screenwriter Chen Yu wrote the script in 2017. He originally planned to direct it himself, but decided that he could not afford it, so he found another director. The first director to show interest was Johnnie To, who was shelved due to contractual issues; After that, director Jiang Wen took a liking to the script, and even went to the stage of reading the script carefully, but in the end, because Jiang Wen was shooting" Good is not overpowered by evil And give up. Finally, Enlight Pictures sent the script to director Zhang Yimou, who read it and began filming ^[95] .

Zhang Yimou believes that the script has four good conditions: first, the story is complete, the narrative is valuable, and the audience can get psychological enjoyment; Second, the script can touch some more profound propositions and the display of human nature in a certain era through the story; Third, the story has the power to bring a powerful impact on the audience's emotions; Fourth, the character design is rich and has the authenticity of life ^[98] . From the beginning of creation, Zhang Yimou laid the tone of the film, "Do not write simple sympathy, but write human understanding". ^[85] . Through the continuous deconstruction of the script, the production team finally defined the style as "Sin under the sun", and the grotesque has then become the core expression of the film's color ^[87] .

Shooting process

Filming began on April 15, 2019 ^[102] ; Filming began in Chongqing in May ^[7] ; Filmed in Chongqing, the film is also full of Chongqing elements, such as a river cruise, boiling hot pot, professional lollipop and so on ^[95] . The film crew set up a reflective group of this department before shooting, through the glass to shoot, so that different colors of light reflected on the screen, increasing the overall color of the gorgeous sense. The film crew also set up a wetland team, before the start of each scene in the continuous spraying of water, the wet ground, not only in line with the humid atmosphere of Chongqing, but also can glimpse the desire of the city ^[87] . The film finished production in July 2019 ^[103] ; It entered post-production on September 13 ^[8] ; In October, Zhang Yimou said at the third Pingyao International Film Festival that the film was finished and had been submitted for approval ^[99] . At the same time, in terms of recording, sound directors Zhao Nan and Yang Jiang put realism first, and they traveled throughout Chongqing day and night, recording a lot of material ^[87] .

About the title

the English title of the film is "Under the Light", meaning "under the light", combined with the literal meaning of the name of the character Su Jianming in the film "see the light", it can be understood that Su Jianming can not see the light around Zheng Gang, and also shows that the people Shouting to fight the black evil are hidden black evil forces. The film's Chinese title, "As Firm as a Rock," also has two meanings. First, the black and evil forces are as firm as a rock, and second, the determination to sweep away the black and evil forces is as firm as a rock ^[95] .

Behind the scenes

The film is the first of its kind in ten years. Under the Hawthorn Tree After that, Zhang Yimou and Zhou Dongyu cooperated again ^[5] ; It is also Zhang Yimou's first time directing an urban police drama ^[6] .
Ferry ships crossing the river only appear for three and a half hours a day, in order to shoot the gorgeous light and shadow on the river, the production team will not hesitate to wait for the arrival of the ship on the river every day ^[87] .
In order to be as close to life and reality as possible, director Zhang Yimou asked the actors to shoot the scenes without makeup, and stressed that the actors should also make subtraction in their performances ^[88] .
The poster for the film had a slogan: "Money is rich, and officials have officials," but the poster was later revised to delete this phrase. This line appears in the dialogue of the film ^[95] .
The scene of Li Zhitian staying in a hotel for a long time in the film is an artistic creation by Chen Yu, because he knows a man who runs a hotel, and the presidential suite on the top floor of the hotel is left to the boss for a long time ^[98] .
When shooting hot pot drama, the hot pot and people in the picture are relatively static, and it is easy to appear more monotonous things. After dozens of attempts, the main creative team chose to use a large number of glass in the foreground to refract the same light spot three times, so that the picture is always in a state of mottled flow, and the complexity of the film plot is interpreted with the lens ^[87] .

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Publicity activity

A given year	time	Publicity activity
The year 2020	June 8th	The first trailer was released ^[2] And officially announced the full cast of stars ^[9]
2023	April 15th	Released pictures to commemorate the film's fourth anniversary ^[12]
	August 2nd	Released a group poster and a preview to announce the National Day file on September 28 ^[14] At the same time, the film set will be released ^[15]
	On August 22nd	Release the director's special ^[17]
	August 23rd	Release a video from the set ^[18]
	August 29th	Release of Su Liming character special ^[19] And character stills ^[19]
	September 1st	Released "Family Business" Golden Five Group relationship special ^[20] And gold five group stills poster ^[21]
	September 3rd	Release flower flocculant ^[22]
	September 4th	Release a series of feature films ^[23]
	September 5th	"A Mad Dog Who Bites People" special ^[24] And Yu and Wei character stills placard ^[25]
	September 7th	Hold "Everyone · Rest assured" release will ^[26]
	September 12th	Released a special episode on the relationship of three family members ^[27] And a family of three stills poster ^[28]
	September 14th	Release tidbits ^[29]
	September 15th	Release promotional song "Stone decided to blossom" MV ^[30]
	The 19th of September	Release character posters ^[31]
	September 20th	Zheng Gang character special released ^[32] And Zheng Gang stills poster ^[33]
	September 21st	Released the pre-heating poster of the theme song of the same name by Zhang Jie and Zhang Bichen ^[34] ^[37]
	September 22nd	The music video of the same name was released ^[35] And lyrics poster ^[36]
	September 25th	Release the Final Preview ^[38] Relationship poster ^[40]
	September 26th	Release "Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day Civilized Movie-watching Guide" ^[42] highway ^[43] And open pre-sale ^[41]
	September 27th	Release of Bazaar double camp blockbuster ^[44]
	September 28th	Release today's release poster ^[45]
	September 29th	Released the MV "Confused" by Wong Yi-shan. ^[47] And lyrics poster ^[48]
	September 30th	Released dark painting style hand-painted posters ^[52]
	October 2nd	Chongqing CGV Cinema (Raffles IMAX Store) held a roadshow ^[55]
	October 5th	Release fragment ^[58]
	October 8th	Release the first episode of behind-the-scenes documentary "Story" ^[65]
	October 11th	Release special posters ^[69]
	October 12th	Release of the second episode of the behind-the-scenes documentary "Actors" ^[70] And released character series posters ^[71] And group posters ^[72]
	October 13th	Release of the third episode of behind-the-scenes documentary "Production" ^[73] And post empty mirror stills ^[74]
	October 18th	Released the Teletubbies creative linkage "Wavelet" character poster ^[79]
	October 23rd	Announced key extension until November 28 ^[80]

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Release information

time	Country/region
September 28, 2023 day	Chinese mainland
October 19, 2023	America
October 19, 2023	Canada
October 19, 2023	Australia
October 19, 2023	NZ
October 19, 2023	Britain
October 19, 2023	Ireland
October 20, 2023	Hong Kong, China
October 20, 2023	Macau, China

Reference materials: ^[14] ^[67-68]

Box office record

Pre-sale/general release	Time (2023)	Box office (Unit: RMB)	remark
Release to the public	As at 1332 hours on 28 September	Break 20 million ^[46]	-
	As at 1355 hours on 29 September	Break 100 million ^[49]	Second day of release
	As at 11.46 hours on 30 September	Break 200 million ^[51]	Day three
	As at 1719 hours on 1 October	Break 400 million ^[53]	-
	As at 1348 hours on 2 October	Break 500 million ^[54]	-
	As at 11.07 hours on 3 October	Break 600 million ^[56]	Day 6
	As at 6.22 hours on 4 October	Break 700 million ^[57]	-
	As at 10.40 hours on 5 October	Break 800 million ^[59]	-
	As at 14:28 on 6 October	$935 million ^[60] ^[63]	2023 National Day box office champion ^[61]
	As of 00:00 on 9 October	Break 1 billion ^[66]	-
	As at 045 hours on 14 October	Break 1.1 billion ^[75]	It ranked 10th in the annual box office ^[76]
	As at 1743 hours on 18 October	Break 1.2 billion ^[78]	-
	As of October 23	$1.266 billion ^[80]	-
	As at 1716 hours on 28 October	Break 1.3 billion ^[81]	-
	As of November 23	$1.348 billion ^[82]	*

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Narrative mode

The film has two narrative lines, one belongs to the characters, the other belongs to the plot; Character line highlights "looking for" the truth of life; Plot lines highlight the "search" for the truth of events. Two lines, one weak and one strong, interweave with each other, parallel advance and reach the same destination, the film in the process of promoting the plot line, in fact, also presents the character line, and it is the truth of the protagonist's life that adds tragic color to the story full of suspense, infiltrates the fate connotation into the plot, making it more meaningful. The whole film Chen Daoming's sentence: "Because you said that you want to be a real policeman." This part is not in the promotion of the main plot, but it can be called the "eye" of the whole film, it is the ultimate goal of the protagonist "looking for", which also shows the value of the story to express ^[93] .

Narrative logic

The director of the film uses four layers of logical structure to present the core of the story in front of the audience, the first layer is the detection of superficial cases, the second layer is the game between Zheng Gang and Li Zhitian, the third layer is the game between Zheng Gang and Su Shiming, the fourth layer expresses the profound human and emotional anatomy, and the original sin of human nature is revealed in the fourth layer ^[94] .

Role interpretation

The various characters in the film have hidden a lot of human nature password, Li Zhitian's love for his daughter is both a flash of human nature, but also its fatal weakness, love blinded his eyes, it is precisely because of this, the opponent can use the "care is chaos" from inside the gold five group. Zheng Gang, another pioneering character in the film, has a frightening double-sided character, doing things that are completely incompatible with his lofty position, even in the face of his own children, Zheng Gang is able to abandon, and the greed of human nature is vividly displayed. In addition, the woman who hides behind Zheng Gang, He Xiuli, a victim of her husband's ambition, is full of love for her so-called adopted son. The inner entanglements and contradictions of these characters affect the hearts of the audience. The protagonist of the film, Su Shiming, does not seem so unfathomable, he represents a point of view, representing the human light that exists in every ordinary and kind Chinese person ^[94] .

Shooting technique

Zhang Yimou, the film's director, used color fusion, a combination of high-saturation colors that fit the geography of Chongqing, where the film was shot, while creating the neon aesthetic typical of violent films ^[95] . In the film, the modern shooting style replaces the classical composition of the traditional round sky and place, and the magnificent neon of urbanization replaces the traditional color system of the past, which is either thick or light, and all the images serve the story ^[96] .

Picture style

The opening scene is powerful. A busy city is presented under the night, the film with the city's high-rise buildings, lights symbolize the right, the lights under the night is like the struggle of rights and desires. This opening scene left a deep impression on the audience and also laid a solid foundation for the theme of the film. In the picture, Chongqing's unique fog, hot pot, night scene, bridge, track and other elements become indispensable symbols and backgrounds in the film, and also add a sense of mystery and tension to the story ^[97] .

Prop meaning

In the film, the stick in Li Zhitian's hand expresses a rich and profound meaning. In the past, Li Zhitian was a "bang bang" (temporary porter on the streets of Chongqing), which is also his past; Now, he keeps the stick in the group of companies, and is deliberately protected and enshrined, symbolizing his power. In addition, this stick is also his "weapon". There is a scene in the film, Li Zhitian was woken up in the middle of the night, in fact, someone was snooping on him in that room. When the killer invaded with a knife, Li Zhitian stood above and shot first, and the weapon in his hand was this stick. Later, Li Zhitian was beaten down by someone with a stick, and the stick that appeared many times represented different symbols in different circumstances, but it pointed out the sense of destiny of Li Zhitian this character ^[97] .

Award record

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Award time	Award party	Award name	prizewinner	awards
June 11, 2023	2023 Weibo Movie Night	Influential film of the Year	Solid As a Rock	Win a prize ^[13]
November 2023	The fourth "Light and Shadow China" honor ceremony	The actress of the year	Zhou Dongyu	nominate ^[83]
December 2023	The 4th New Age International Film Festival Golden Yanghua Award	Most challenging actor of the new era	Sun Yizhou	nominate ^[84]
		Best supporting actor of a new age	Yu Hewei
		The most promising actress of the new era	Lin Boyang
January 2024	2023 Microblog night	Weibo influential film of the Year	Solid As a Rock	Win a prize ^[86]

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Public rating

WEBSITE	mark	Number of evaluators	Statistical time
Split bean slices	6.0/10	340736	2024-03-13 ^[101]
Mtime	7.0/10	586	2024-03-13 ^[100]

Professional evaluation

The story of "Solid as a Rock" is concentrated and compact, the contradictions and conflicts are intense, the narrative rhythm is fast but not chaotic, and the whole is full of artistic tension. In the film, Zheng Gang, Li Zhitian and Su Shiming form three main plot lines, and around each main line, a number of sub-lines are extended, so as to build a seemingly complicated but orderly network of character relationships and plot clues. However, the plot of the film is not strict enough, the narrative is not smooth enough, and there are obvious gaps or cohesion problems in some places.

The film has created a three-dimensional and complex character image, among which the portrayal of the negative character is particularly distinctive, which has a direct relationship with the performance of the actors, especially Yu Hewei, Zhang Guofeng, Chen Chong and other "old actors" wonderful interpretation of the characters left a deep impression on the audience ^[90] . (Tian Guangping, Associate Professor, Institute of Drama, Film and Television Literature, School of Arts, Lanzhou University)

In Zhang Yimou's creative career, "Solid as a Rock" is very unique. Its subject matter is sensitive and even sharp, and its disclosure of the dark side of reality is also sharp. At the same time, it tries to fuse the elements of suspense, detection, love and other genres into one. The film's most outstanding artistic achievement is the three-dimensional reality of its villains. The film emphasizes the hypocrisy, cruelty and meanness of these characters, and constantly highlights the emotional concerns and tender moments in the hearts of these "demons". In the portrayal of the villain, the film is good at putting the characters in different occasions, dealing with various people in different identities, so that the audience can see the complexity of the characters. The film is also good at using the soft and warm side of the villain to contrast their dark and tyrannical side, highlighting the dark side of the character's heart in the huge contrast. This makes the characters seem contradictory, but in fact there is an internal consistency.

Another feature of the film is its treatment of urban space. There are plenty of neon lights in the film, giving the city a sense of flowery, dazzling splendor and modernity. Under the bright exterior, the audience sees a lot of shabby or splendid interior. Through the juxtaposition of neon lights and interior scenes, the film attempts to outline multiple facets of the city for the audience, and in fact, the various motifs of life.

Despite its many shortcomings, the film's artistic style is still relatively distinct, it portrays the three-dimensional "bad guys" Lai Chi-tin and Zheng Gang, and it is also quite skilled in spatial processing. At the same time, in the carefully constructed plot fog, the film leads the audience step by step to the truth of the case, but also turns from time to time, and after many turns, the characters usher in the most deadly ethical beating when the final revelation. The exquisiteness and complexity of the plot of the film still have certain novelty and emotional appeal for the "well-informed" audience, which is deeply shocking and lasts a long time ^[64] （复旦大学电影艺术研究中心副主任、教授龚金平评）。