The film Sheep Without A Shepherd expert seminar was held in Beijing and was praised as ＂the strongest dark horse for the New Year＂

　　Cctv news(Reporter Tu Yueqing): The dark horse of the year is coming! Since last weekend, the film Sheep Without A Shepherd, which was produced by Chen Sicheng, directed by director Sam Quah and starring Shawn, Tan Zhuo, Chen Chong and Jiang Haowen, has opened a nationwide screening. The theme is bold and sharp, the plot is tense and exciting, and the details are ingenious and meticulous. Under the shell of suspense, there are hidden in-depth discussions on multiple social phenomena such as law and morality, family and responsibility, good and evil. Once it appeared, it was praised by the audience, and its word-of-mouth became popular all the way. It won the super-high evaluation of Cat’s Eye 9.6 and Taobao Film 9.3, and quickly became the focus of attention inside and outside the industry.

　　On the afternoon of December 11th, the Contemporary Film and Television Research Center of China Film Criticism Society and the Film Theory Research Department of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles held an expert observation seminar in Beijing. Chairman of China Film Foundation (former Deputy Director of State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television) Zhang Pimin, Honorary President of China Film Critics Association Zhang Baiqing, former Secretary General of China Film Association Xu Berlin, Director of Film and Television Art Institute of China Academy of Art Ding Yaping, Executive Deputy Director of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Song Zhiqin, Deputy Director of Film and Television Art Institute of China Academy of Art Zhao Weifang, famous film critic Tan Fei, famous screenwriter and scholar Kang Liwen, Lang Yun, Zhang Chi, Gao Xiaoli, Liu Zhengshan, Zhifina, Zhang Cheng, Wang Chun, director of film theory research department of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and Zhu Yuqing, founder of Juyinghui, and many other senior authoritative film experts in the industry, interpreted and analyzed the film’s genre characteristics, artistic techniques and deep social practical significance.

　　Typological exploration opens up new ideas of realism

　　By focusing on a "anti-killing" case among teenagers, the film tells an accidental manslaughter case. In order to protect the daughter who committed the crime by mistake, the father staged an amazing drama of cheating the world, which involved the emotional and legal confrontation between the two families. With the strong typology of criminal suspense, a new exploration of the commercialization of realistic themes is carried out.

　　Kang Liwen said that from the writer’s point of view, the film well supports the whole story with the weakness and strength of human nature. In the film, there are both emotional parts, deeper philosophical parts and real excavation of human nature, which makes the audience feel that the whole film is very full and provides a good direction for future commercial films.

　　In this regard, Xu Bolin said that a realistic film like Sheep Without A Shepherd should be advocated, which not only has cinema quality, but also cares about social reality, and asks questions by portraying characters. Including Dying to Survive, which was released before, this kind of films should form a kind of tradition and a trend that everyone should pursue together.

　　The multiple conflicts between emotion and law directly hit people’s hearts.

　　As director Sam Quah said earlier, "I hope that it will not only stay in the general genre film, but also be a film with both commercial and social responsibility significance, which can be sublimated and passed on to the audience with different viewing experiences." Under the typed shell, a large number of shots in the film focus on "family and crime" and "crime and punishment", and take the film as a guide to explore the multiple conflicts between good and evil, weak and powerful, law and morality.

　　Song Zhiqin pointed out that although Sheep Without A Shepherd is a commercial film, it portrays human nature deeply, including juvenile delinquency, parents’ education for their children, family ethics, affection and law, kindness and justice, and it is not easy to achieve this.

　　Xu Bolin also said that the film about "family and crime" and "crime and punishment" gives people a lot of room for thinking. From the third part of the film, the audience is taken into the plot and starts to create their own works, and they will start to think about what to do with this matter and how to intervene in this matter, which makes people feel very substituted.

　　Full-time acting online brings shocking emotional resonance

　　The joining of many acting schools makes every scene and dialogue in the film very infectious. Many experts praised that every performance in the film was unambiguous, and even the children’s performances were in place. The confrontation between the two mothers in the film has also become a classic, and people can’t help but admire that "every pore is acting."

　　Tan Fei said that the picture of Chen Chong and Tan Zhuo, both panting and protecting their children as mothers, is the most powerful scene for people to feel the aura. In all the movies this year, the panting confrontation between two mothers is very classic.

　　Ding Yaping also gave high praise to Chen Chong’s performance in the film. He said that Chen Chong played an important role in the film, which was the biggest story core, or the core of the play. Her explosive emotions became more and more exciting later, and she could win the Golden Rooster Award.

　　Reflection on Social Responsibility on the Protection of Minors

　　Recently, the society has been paying more and more attention to campus violence and juvenile delinquency. Producer Chen Sicheng has publicly stated that "I hope to convey these things to the general audience through this film, so that the audience can reflect more, protect their children more and restrain their behavior".

　　Gao Xiaoli praised the social significance conveyed by the film. She said that Better Days, which was recently released, talked about physical bullying, while Sheep Without A Shepherd expressed that the harm to young minds far exceeded the physical harm. What caused the tragedy of two families is thought-provoking.

　　Zhu Yuqing pointed out that Sheep Without A Shepherd can touch many people. Movies put people in extreme situations to think about what we should do as a vulnerable group when our children are violated. This film will stimulate discussion on this kind of situation.