In the age of the mobile internet, information, emotions and desires are all accelerated and amplified. It used to take a long time to make someone famous or reviled by thousands; now 48 hours is enough. Online, we hurt others without a second thought, yet this can have a huge effect on their real lives. Should we let this negative energy drive our lives, or return to warmth and kindness? We hope to make a film that reflects on the internet. Such subjects are rare, yet closely tied to everyone's lives; we believe this subject has both depth and warmth.
In a big city, six ordinary people make a living through the mobile internet: a food delivery rider, a livestreaming girl, a hotel owner, a ride-hailing driver, an internet entrepreneur and a self-media blogger. Under the pressures of life, they exploit the speed, one-sidedness and falseness of online information, using online opinion to hurt others for their own gain; at this point they are like devils. But in the torrent of online opinion no one is safe, nothing can be controlled, and everyone becomes a victim. Battered, they finally come to their senses, and their actions offline show the better side of human nature. Facing those who hurt them and those they hurt, they choose tolerance, reconciliation and help; now their hearts are like angels'. Within 48 hours, anxiety, impulse, anger, reconciliation, kindness and mixed emotions pass between them, pile up and collide, forming a many-sided mirror of real social life.
Genre:
Drama, RealistDirector:
Liu ZhengScreenwriter:
Xia Wei | Yang YangProducer:
Yang YangLiu Zheng: Graduated from the advertising directing programme of the Directing Department, Beijing Film Academy. He works with commercial production companies for major corporations and 4A agencies and has directed more than 200 commercials. He likes to portray the lives of ordinary people and to express their feelings through image and music.
Xia Wei: Has worked with director Liu Zheng for many years; together they wrote Angel, Devil, Victim, Dream Pawnshop, The Gang Boss's Sandwich and other screenplays. Xia Wei has a sure grasp of character and emotion and writes realist stories. Yang Yang: Became co-founder and chief producer of Chunguang Pictures in 2012. In 2014 Yang Yang developed, wrote and produced I Want You to Blossom, China's first comedy about start-ups, which was released nationwide on 23 January 2015 and was well received in the venture capital community. In 2015 Yang Yang founded Sunrise (Beijing) Film Culture Development Co., Ltd.
Yang Yang: Became co-founder and chief producer of Chunguang Pictures in 2012. In 2014 Yang Yang developed, wrote and produced I Want You to Blossom, China's first comedy about start-ups, which was released nationwide on 23 January 2015 and was well received in the venture capital community. In 2015 Yang Yang founded Sunrise (Beijing) Film Culture Development Co., Ltd.
Within 48 hours, six ordinary people who make a living online use online opinion to hurt others for their own gain. But in the torrent of opinion, nothing can be controlled. Everyone is a victim. Battered, they come to their senses, and their actions offline show the better side of these ordinary people.