Mining the modern value of Long March spirit

Talents of the movie Triumphantly Join Forces take a group photo on Dec 4. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Li Yi, former vice president of Baiyin City Political Consultative Conference and the producer of Triumphantly Join Forces, had the idea of taking the story to the screen as early as 20 years ago.

Li Yi grew up at Huining. In order to promote economic development in Huining, the film was used to drive the tourism industry.

However, the team encountered many difficulties, especially financial difficulties, during filming. That required the team to cover this arduous road with Long March spirit and Red Army spirit.

The red offspring, students of Party School of the CPC Central Committee, Peking University and Tsinghua University, army officers and soldiers had positive responses to the movie.

During a review of the spiritual journey of making the film, director An Lan said that all the crew faced the great feat of predecessors and heroes with awe and respects.

Screenwriter Lei Xianhe said that the movie displays the magnificent scenes using two main story lines including stories of leading characters and stories of ordinary soldiers. It chooses to use creative depiction methods that were seldom adopted in the past.

Film critic Liu Deming pointed out that the viewing experience of this movie is different from that of other mainstream movies because of its modern elements.

Zhang Hongsheng, praised the moving stories of sacrifice, separation and reunions and the love between four brothers and sisters. He also pointed out that the expression and narration could be in a more international way.

Yang Wenhua, a graduate student at Peking University, said that the stories were well-rounded and the movie was very contemporary, that may be shocking at time, but also brings us the enjoyment of arts.