Phim tài liệu của giảng viên Đại học Thanh Hoa đoạt giải thưởng

bộ phim tài liệu mới "Bitter Sweet Ballad" của Lương Quân Kiện đoạt giải thưởng, gây sốc cho người xem khi miêu tả cuộc sống của những đứa trẻ di cư ở Bắc Kinh.

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But the hardest issue to resolve was a moral (đạo đức) one: What should he do with footage that is often so acutely personal — so real — that it becomes almost painful to watch?

There is one moment in particular that stands out, where one of the film’s main characters — a middle school student — has her dreams of a music career crushed (nghiền nát) in front of our eyes. The girl is so upset that she breaks the fourth wall and tearfully addresses the camera, asking: “How can I smile?”

Liang and his team thought long and hard about whether to use the scene, worried it might be too intrusive (xâm phạm). But in the end, they decided to include it. The drama was just so powerful, and it perfectly captured the tough situations many migrant children face in China’s major cities.

“You can see this character actually growing up in front of the camera,” Tao Tang, the film’s co-director and editor, tells Sixth Tone. “It’s real life, and it’s just so touching.”

The film is all the better for it. “Bitter Sweet Ballad” has become a cult (tôn sùng) hit in China since its July premiere at the FIRST International Film Festival, the country’s leading independent cinema event, where it also won the Audience Award.

source: Sixth Tone,