The five major stories in "My Hometown and Me" all have prototypes. The prototype of "A UFO Falls from the Sky" is handmade; the prototype of the village in "Ma Liang" is the Daomeng Space in Shenbei New District, Shenyang; the prototype of "Beijing Good People" is director Ning Hao; the prototype of "The Last Lesson" is Tianxia There are countless rural teachers; the prototype of "The Road Back Home" is Zhang Binggui.
1. Prototype of "A UFO Falls from the Sky"
On October 3, "My Hometown and Me" released behind-the-scenes footage of the UFO section, which mentioned the scene in the movie The farmer inventor "Huang Dabao" played by Huang Bo draws on the image of the handicraftsman. ?
It is said in the behind-the-scenes that in addition to a few of the invented props in Huang Dabao's home in the movie, they were made by the film's art team, and many of them were handmade by Internet celebrities.
2. Prototype of "Ma Liang, the Magic Brush"
This unit of "Ma Liang, the Magic Brush" tells the story of Ma Liang, the character played by Shen Teng, who gave up studying in Russia and went to the countryside to work in the rice fields. Painting and hiding the story from his wife. The whole story seems absurd, but the village is based on it. The famous rice field painting is the Daomeng Space in Shenbei New District, Shenyang. ?
3. The prototype of "Beijing Good Man"
In "Beijing Good Man", Zhang Beijing, played by Ge You, is a parking lot toll collector. He finally saved enough money to buy a car. His hometown But a poor relative came to Beijing to seek help from him to borrow money for medical treatment. Director Ning Hao revealed in an interview with Beijing Daily that the story was based on his own personal experience. ?
He once encountered such an incident. A relative from his hometown was not feeling well and came to Beijing to seek medical treatment from him. This relative was very afraid when he was seriously ill. Firstly, he was afraid that he would not be able to pay the money; Worried about the seriousness of his condition, Ning Hao was different from the original choice of Zhang Beijing in the film. He immediately persuaded him to have the surgery and told his relatives that he would help him solve the money issue. ?
Then, relatives felt embarrassed about spending money and always looked for things to do at Ning Hao's house. The whole family atmosphere was subtle. But after the operation, he discovered that rural medical insurance covered most of the costs, and the elder became "normal". Ning Hao also described this relative: "Obviously I felt that he was relieved all of a sudden and returned to the status of an elder in an instant." ?
4. The prototype of "The Last Lesson"
"The Last Lesson" directed by Xu Zheng focuses on rural teachers. It tells the story of a teacher starring Fan Wei, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease due to cerebral infarction in his later years, and was trapped in the memories of a rural volunteer education in 1992 due to his illness. ?
Xu Zheng has not revealed the prototype of the story yet, but Yu Baimei has revealed the teacher who appeared in his unit. The prototype of the story is a local short teacher. He asked her why you didn’t leave, and the teacher replied: " I can’t leave. I don’t know what to do with my children if I leave.” Such a responsible and dedicated teacher later recommended the children to the film crew for filming. Looking at it from another angle, the selfless and dedicated teachers in the two sections are the epitome of countless rural teachers in the world. ?
5. Prototype of "The Road Back Home"
The "Road Back Home" section starring Deng Chao, the story is in the desert, and the entire film revolves around sand apples. The female live-streaming anchor in the story is played by Yan Ni, who looks a lot like imitating "Weiya". The "Qiao Shulin" played by Deng Chao leads the villagers to grow apples in the sand, which is based on Zhang Binggui's story of planting apples in the sand. ?
Director Yu Baimei has praised Zhang Binggui many times during road shows. Not only did he work hard to plant trees, he also applied for the country's first sand apple trademark in 2018, which is very impressive. In addition, at the road show, Yu Baimei also revealed that these "prototypes" all appeared in the film. ?
During the scene where Deng Chao's "Qiao Shulin" was receiving commendations, after the camera panned over Deng Chao, the first person in the first row in the audience was the prototype character who developed the sand apple. The old men who appeared one after another were also real people who participated in the development.