On April 2, the movie "Silent Love" held its premiere in Beijing. Producer Chen Guofu, director Sha Mo, screenwriter Fu Dandi, starring Zhang Yixing, Li Luoan, Huang Yao, Yuan Wenkang, Alia, Yuan Ying and sign language consultant Chi Yaoming attended. The film has been released nationwide today.
Group photo of the main creators
"Love Without Words" tells the story of the deaf Xiao Ma (played by Zhang Yixing) and his daughter Mu Mu (played by Li Luoan). The little sister Mu Mu is the "pillar" of the family, communicating with the outside world for her father and helping her father to make money. However, as Mu Mu grows up, she must integrate into the world of hearing people, and the inseparable life of the two is about to be broken.
Poster of "Silent Love"
In 2023, Zhang Yixing's performance in "All or Nothing" left a deep impression on many viewers. This time, he played a hearing-impaired father in a very subversive way, and performed in sign language throughout the whole process. In order to present the real state of the deaf character, he specially learned sign language for 2 months. "I visited many hearing-impaired people in person and learned how to communicate with them."
Stills from "Silent Love"
Many viewers laughed after the screening and said, "Zhang Yixing has opened up a new path for people to be cheated, and he was cheated again after All or Nothing. After watching the movie, I want to remind Zhang Yixing to stay away from men who wear gold-rimmed glasses and yellow polo shirts!" At the scene, director Sha Mo said that it was the "strong recommendation" of Shen Ao, the director of All or Nothing, that gave him the opportunity to work with Zhang Yixing. Zhang Yixing also responded to the audience's call, "Justice may be late, but it will never be absent."
Zhang Yixing
Another audience member said jokingly, "After watching the movie, I felt that the desert was about to cry green." Director Sha Mo responded humorously, "It is said that the desert lacks water, but in fact there are six points of water in the desert. Screenwriter Dandy and I have spent nearly three years listening to the stories of our deaf friends and turning the most real feelings in our hearts into works on the screen." Screenwriter Fu Dandy said that just as the lines in the film said, "How to identify a deaf person in a crowd at a glance? He will smile at you the first time he sees you. Their smiles always leave a deep impression on me. They are very generous and open-minded, and neither humble nor arrogant. This is also their attitude towards life."
Director Desert
As a representative of the nearly 30 deaf actors in the film, deaf actor Yuan Ying said frankly that she had already put herself into the filming of the crying scene. Zhang Yixing, while signing in the side, shared, "They are all my teachers. I will learn the speed of movements and expressions of speaking from every deaf friend."
Yuan Ying
Chi Yaoming, a sign language consultant who was born into a deaf family, shared his experience of feeling the same as Mumu: "The whole movie is about my growing up experience. I couldn't stop crying ten minutes after entering the theater. I was deeply moved." He said that he became a sign language interpreter when he grew up, just to let more people enter the world of the deaf. Chi Yaoming also shared the special experience of bringing sign language to the concert with Zhang Yixing last year, "This is a pioneering effort that has never been tried before. Many deaf friends shed tears of excitement at the scene." Zhang Yixing firmly stated, "In the future, there will be sign language interpreters at my concerts."
Sign Language Consultant Chi Yaoming
During the post-screening sharing session, many filmmakers also gave their praise for the film. Sun Honglei, who has worked with Zhang Yixing in the "Go Fighting" series, choked up while speaking, "Fortunately, there was time for the ending song to calm my emotions. Yixing acted very well, and as his brother, I often exchange experiences with him." When he heard that many viewers called him "the first person in Zhang Yixing's anti-fraud class," he smiled and responded, "I watched Yixing grow up since he was a child. He has his sincerity and tenacity. It is inevitable that he will be cheated, and it is also inevitable that he will succeed."
