The movie "Buckwheat Grows Crazy", produced by Chen Zhengdao and written and directed by Xu Zhanxiong, has recently started filming in Chongqing.

The starring lineup was announced, with Ma Sichun, Zhong Chuxi, and Huang Jingyu joining the cast.

The first concept poster was released on the same day. The poster depicts the real Shanghai in the 1990s, with the unfinished Oriental Pearl Tower in the distance, implying a hopeful tomorrow.

At the opening ceremony, producer Chen Zhengdao said that when he saw the first draft of the script, he was attracted by the story itself. He believed that good content is the essence of the film, so he decided to join this project and participate in the production work.

Director Xu Zhanxiong shared at the scene that the core of this script is destiny, and he hopes to create a movie that touches people's hearts and makes the audience feel the vitality.

The first concept poster was released on the same day. The poster depicts the real Shanghai in the 1990s, a booming city. The unfinished Oriental Pearl Tower in the distance symbolizes a hopeful tomorrow.

On the other side of the river, new things are already firm and upright, but on this side of the river, where the sun has not yet shined, people are full of expectations and yearning for the future.

The script of "Buckwheat Grows Crazy" was written by director Xu Zhanxiong himself. It tells the story of two girls and a boy who have just entered society and experienced incredible tests of fate in the process of pursuing a new life.

In the booming 1990s, their dreams rose and disillusioned, and they survived.

The main part of the story takes place in the 1990s, and the texture of the entire movie will reproduce the confusion and hope of the little people under the torrent of that era.

At the same time, the story focuses on showing the most real struggles and desires of young people.

With the huge social changes in the 1990s, in the diverse landscape of the times, how these young people who are not willing to surrender to their fate find themselves in the big cities show their tenacity and vitality.

The script of this film has been highly praised before the filming started. The script won the "Best Creative Project" award in the venture capital unit of the 2017 Shanghai International Film Festival; it also became the winning project of Wu Tianming Youth Film Special Fund's "2018 Cannes Producer Workshop" and went to Cannes.

exchange; and was also selected as the third "Longyue Plan" China-EU co-production project laboratory.

It is the excellent script that attracted director Chen Zhengdao, who has directed films such as "The Hypnotist", "The Memory Master", and "20 Again", to serve as the producer.

As the producer of this film, Director Chen Zhengdao has placed great expectations on this film and said that the current market should give new directors more opportunities to grow and develop more diverse film types.