The 23rd

创作阐述

No. 23 is a semi-autobiographical story about growing up as a teenager with the author's own experiences, and is a reflection on my relationship with my mother's family, which was inspired by a news story in 2008, when a single mother with a steady income was arrested in the case of an erotic hotline. The author combined her feelings with the news event to develop the current story.

故事大纲

Han Ye's father disappeared in a fire at a textile factory years ago. Years later, Han Ye and his mother Wu Ji are still living in the shadow of his father's disappearance. Han Ye's natural color weakness can't hide his talent for drawing, and his mother's accidental pregnancy leads her into an emotional affair with her lover Chen Kai, making communication between mother and son increasingly difficult. Han Ye's father often appears in his dreams, and a girl named Bai Bing comes into his life. He realizes that Bai Bing seems to be carrying some kind of secret, and disappears into the Chun Guang Hair Salon every night. The lost Han Ye accidentally dialed the "emotion hotline", through the operator "No. 23" let him experience the man's pleasure for the first time, and even more surprising is that his vision seems to be able to get a short recovery after the pleasure. When the factory closes down, his mother is faced with life's choices, and eventually chooses a job at a "paging station", which is located in a hidden underground bomb shelter. Han and his mother each have their own secrets, and their relationship is briefly eased. Meanwhile, both of them often travel to and from the complicated underground bunker. Whether mother and son will discover each other's secrets in the underground space, and who is the real "No. 23", the secret seems to have just unfolded. ......

typology:

Family|Suspense|Relationship

Estimated length:

107 minutes.

Director/Screenwriter:

Xia Hao

leading actor:

Xia Haoran (1944-), Hong Kong actor

actress:

Hao Lei

moviemaker:

Han Bo

production company:

Xiyueying (Shanghai) Culture Media Co.

supervise the manufacture of:

Hao Lei

production company:

Xiyueying (Shanghai) Culture Media Co.

Director's/Screenwriter's Bio

Xia Hao: Graduated from Xi'an Film Studio, Xia Hao has worked for directors such as Wang Quan'an, Er Dongsheng, Yuan Woo-ping, and Wang Jiawei as an assistant director for many film and television productions such as White Deer Plain, The Grandmaster, Su Beggar, and The Great Magician, etc. At the same time, Xia Hao has deeply engaged in the creation of the film itself, and his experience of painting at a young age has also aesthetically enhanced the expression of the work, and the style of the work is unique.

Profile of the male protagonist

Xia Haoran: Chinese mainland film and television actor, basketball player.In 2018, he participated in the Zhejiang TV broadcast of "This! Is Dunking Season 1" was known to the public.

Actress Profile

Hao Lei: Chinese mainland actress, graduated from the acting department of Shanghai Theater Academy. She has appeared in many familiar literary and commercial films.

Producer Profile

Han Bo: Graduated from Shanghai Theater Academy with a Bachelor's Degree in Directing, he is a producer of many domestic theatrical films, skilled in controlling the artistic creation and market of the films, proficient in every process of production, and possesses domestic first-line film contacts. He is the executive producer of the movie "Splendid Moment", the production director of "Global Love", "Love in the City" and "Bride Wars", the producer of "Private Engagement", the first assistant director and production coordinator of "Murder of Shallow Years", the first assistant director and production coordinator of "The Memory Master", the executive producer of "Cloudy Waters", and the producer of "The Wonderful Fate of Dogs".

Production Company Profile

Xiyueying (Shanghai) Culture Media Co., Ltd: Xiyueying (Shanghai) Culture Media Co., Ltd. is a film and media company integrating the incubation of film and television dramas, film and television drama production, IP incubation and related derivative services. The professional creative team, gathering excellent talents in the film industry, covering director, producer, screenwriter, actors and other links, has participated in a large number of film shooting and production, and has the ability of efficient theatrical film production. The team members have had in-depth cooperation and good relationship with almost all the first-line directors and stars in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as the major film and television companies and theaters in the market, so that they can efficiently integrate the resources of actors, producers, and channels, etc., and they have forward-looking judgments on the market development, the industry trends and the prospects of the projects.

Producer Profile

Hao Lei: Chinese mainland actress, graduated from the acting department of Shanghai Theater Academy. She has appeared in many familiar literary and commercial films.

synopsis

Han Ye is trapped by his color weakness and missing father in painting, while his mother Wu Ji is trapped in a relationship with her lover and facing the closure of her factory. When her son accidentally makes an erotic phone call, the mother and son are emotionally connected in a different way, and by some miracle of fate, their lives are eased and in crisis. ......