The movie "The Musician" adapted from Xian Xinghai's life experience was released nationwide on May 17. The film recently held a press conference in Beijing. Director Sirzati Yahefu, starring Hu Jun, Yuan Quan and other creatives attended the press conference to share their creative feelings.
"Musician" tells the story of musician Xian Xinghai who was stranded in Kazakhstan due to the war in the 1940s. He received the help of the great composer Baikdamov and his family as he spent the last period of his life. years. As the first Sino-Kazakhstan co-production film, the film not only shows the legendary experience of Xian Xinghai, but also shows the heroic deeds of the Chinese and Kazakh people helping each other and resisting fascist aggression in a turbulent international context. Talking about the original intention of the creation, director Sirzati Yahefu said that he hoped to convey the true emotions of his family and country to every audience by showing Xian Xinghai's life journey.
Hu Jun changed his past tough guy image and played the role of Xian Xinghai, a musician full of literary and artistic temperament. He frankly said that he was surprised when he received the invitation to star: "After all, my previous roles have nothing to do with musicians. But the producer said that he had checked my 'insert details' and knew that I was born in a musical family and had studied violin when I was a child. , so I felt that I was very suitable. And my parents also strongly urged me to play this role." Hu Jun specially practiced playing the violin again for this purpose, and he did all the scenes of playing the violin and piano in the film. He said that he was particularly moved by the sincere friendship between Chinese and Kazakh musicians in the film: "There was a scene where the three of us were eating together, and they gave me the largest piece of potato. Although this was a small detail, it was I believe the audience can feel a lot of emotion from it." (Wang Li) (Wang Li)