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三个旦角 Three Actresses

民间川戏班子里通常是旦角居多。她们大多从小就跟随父母唱戏跑江湖。日子一长,耳濡目染,她们也就学会了唱旦角。本片讲述了戏班里三位不同年龄段的旦角在人生旅历中的一段故事。
12岁的灵芝,聪明伶俐。在奶奶和妈妈的双重夹磨与厚望中,她不断积累生活能力,渐渐步入了戏道......
16岁的丹丹,跟随母亲走南闯北,已成为戏班里年轻漂亮、演技出众的台柱旦角。然而,丹丹却越来越想离开戏班,到外面的世界去闯荡......
56岁的戏班班主李丹,三十多年来,为了满足乡镇老年观众的精神需求,在身患癌症且每天亏本的情况下,她依然数十年如一日地坚持唱戏,直到生命的最后一刻。
相比宏大叙事,这些或许微不足道,但对于她们来说却是刻骨铭心的,对于我们而言也是难以忘怀的。
Actresses are usually the majority in the folk Sichuan opera troupe.Most of them followed their parents in troupes since childhood.As time went on, they learned to sing Sichuan opera.This film tells a short story of three different age actresses in the opera troupes in the journey of life.
Lingzhi,12 year old,smart.In the double pinch and high expectations of grandma and mother, she continued to accumulate life ability and gradually entered the way of opera.
Dandan, 16 years old, followed her mother to sing everywhere, and has become a young and beautiful actress in the troupe.However, Dandan is more and more want to leave the troupe, and to go to the outside world...
For more than 30 years, Li Dan, the 56-year-old troupe owner, has been working to meet the spiritual needs of elderly audiences in towns and villages.Despite suffering from cancer and losing money every day, she continued to perform for decades until the last moment of her life.
These may be small compared to the grand narrative, but they remembered to the end of life for them, and unforgettable for us.

  • Gang Zhao
    Director
  • Li Liu
    Director
  • Gang Zhao
    Writer
  • Jian Liu
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 26 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 15, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Gang Zhao, Li Liu

赵刚,纪录片导演,中国电视艺术家协会会员。其主要作品情况《民间戏班》(2013年)荣获2013第56届德国莱比锡国际纪录片电影节评委会大奖。《上书院》(2010年)获2016香港华语纪录片节短片季军;入选2010年加拿大新亚洲独立影像展:《冬日》(2004年)入围第十三届法国FIPA国际电影节。2005年在美国五所大学巡回展播。
Gang Zhao, a documentary film director and a member of Chinese Artists Association, a independent producer. Filmography: A Folk Troupe (2013) FIPRESCI PRIZE of 56th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary Film, Germany. Shangshu Academy(2010)was selected for New Asia Film Festival(Cinevolution Media Arts Society in Canada). The sun in winter (2004) was selected for 13th French FIPA International Movie and Television Festival.
刘莉,纪实摄影师,长期关注民间戏班的生存状态,记录艺人们台前幕后的苦辣辛酸。《乡村戏班》摄影专题曾荣获中国民族影像志金收藏奖;2016年“徐肖冰杯”中国纪实摄影奖;2019年侯登科纪实摄影奖提名奖等。
Liu Li, a documentary photographer, has long been concerned about the survival of folk opera troupe, recording the bitterness of artists in front of the stage and behind the scenes.The photography theme of "Village Troupe" has won the Golden Collection Award of China National Photography Record; 2016 "Xu Xiaobing Cup" China Documentary Photography Award; Nominated for Hou Denke Documentary Photography Award in 2019.

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Director Statement

人生如戏,总有谢幕的时候。有人说,不论年老还是年少、台上还是台下、开始还是结束,盼望都是人生的驱动力。盼望中,有喜怒哀乐、有酸甜苦辣、有踌躇满志、有一声叹息......而超越这一切的,唯有灵魂的盼望。
Life is like a play. It has to end.It has been said that hope is the driving force of life, whether old or young, on stage or off, at the beginning or at the end.In hope, there are joys and sorrows, sweet and sour, ready to do sth. hopefully, there is a sigh......And beyond all this, only the hope of the soul.