What's the story of "The Separation of Mountains and Societies"?

The three-stage structure of the film tells the story of three good friends' enemies for twenty-six years. The director aimed the camera at the bottom society and showed the audience the joys and sorrows of the little people under the background of the great era. It is difficult to find people by using quieter documentary techniques to convey the gradual change of mountains and rivers in seemingly calm plots.

Hometown is the original ecology of director Jia's creation. He aimed the camera at the bottom society and showed the audience the joys and sorrows of small people in the changing times. From his first work Xiao Wu to mountains may depart, there is a deep homesickness. He gave the camera to his hometown, lively discos, gloomy streets, deja vu green leather trains and Fenyang town as always.

In 20 14 years, personal destiny is closely linked with the changes of the times again. Zhang Jinsheng, who was engaged in coal mine business, had to emigrate in the wave of anti-corruption. Like a rootless weed, he drifted overseas from Shanghai and lost his spiritual conversion. When confronted with his son about freedom, he shouted "Freedom is a P" with a pistol that legally bought rice.

Gun, once his yearning, has now become a yearning for the past, for old friends in the past, and even for enemies in the past. Thousands of miles away, it is still unforgettable for his old friend. His old friend is himself. The times are advancing, and people in the torrent of the times will retreat if they don't advance.

As an important emotional symbol of this film, "key" connects family and love in series. For the first time, Shen Tao married Jinsheng. A question moved away from home and threw the key to the house on the roof.

The second time, Liang Zi returned to his hometown with his wife and children. Shen Tao came to visit his old friend and gave his key to Liang Zi, who was ill in bed. These two keys are parting and returning to hometown, and Tao's protection and responsibility to hometown and friends.

The third time, Shen Tao gave his son Dora the key to the house. "Your home can come back at any time.". This is a mother's emotional sustenance for her son, and the "key" is her expectation.

The fourth time, when he grew up, dollar didn't remember his mother's appearance, but he still hung the string that his mother entrusted around his neck. He told Mia it was his secret. This set of keys is a mother-child relationship. Take the dollars home. The "key" of affection and righteousness links the affection between old friends and hometown.