[NTD News December 1, 2021, Beijing time]The movie “Anita Mui” was released in Hong Kong and the mainland, and the box office has exceeded 100 million in just two weeks. This biographical film commemorating the well-known female artist Anita Mui in Hong Kong hides some touching deeds of her life, evokes the memories of many Hong Kong people, and becomes a hot topic.
Anita Mui was one of Hong Kong’s most popular superstars from the 1980s to the 1990s. She is known as the “big sister in the music scene” and has won numerous awards. Unfortunately, she died of illness in 2003 at the age of 40.
The movie “Anita Mui” is directed by Liang Lemin, starring Wang Danni, Louis Koo, Miriam Yeung and others. The film recalls the legendary life of Anita Mui. It was released simultaneously in Hong Kong and China on November 12. As of November 30, the total box office of the film exceeded 100 million. Renminbi.
“Anita Mui” broke 40 million Hong Kong dollars at the Hong Kong box office and ranked 35th among the most-grossing Chinese films in Hong Kong history. It is also the Hong Kong-produced film with the highest box office in the past five years, and the box office continues to rise.
Anita Mui, from the bottom singer to the superstar of the Hong Kong entertainment industry, is one of the models of Hong Kong people’s hard work and success. Anita Mui was from a poor family and lost her father when she was only 4 years old. She went to the song and dance hall to sing. At the age of 19, she participated in the first rookie singing contest and won the championship, and has since officially entered the entertainment circle.
Anita Mui left behind many classic songs and movies, which are the memories of many Hong Kong people growing up, and they have also witnessed the most free and prosperous era in Hong Kong. “Anita Mui” is selling well in Hong Kong, reflecting Hong Kong people’s love and nostalgia for Anita Mui, and to a certain extent, it is also an infinite memorial to the golden age that Hong Kong people are proud of.
However, under the “Hong Kong version of the National Security Law” and the severe censorship of the CCP, some regrets were left in the film, hiding some of the most respected deeds of Anita Mui’s life, but it evoked the memories of countless Hong Kong people and triggered it on the Internet. Hot discussion.
In May 1989, a student democratic protest movement broke out in mainland China, which aroused the attention of international public opinion. At that time, the Hong Kong and Taiwan performing arts circles held the “Democratic Singing for China” fundraising charity singing event. Teng Lijun, Anita Mui, Jacky Cheung, Huang Yaoming, Chen Baiqiang, Beyond, Shen Dianxia, Zhou Huajian and more than 100 artists participated in the charity performance and raised more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars. Funds to support the Chinese students in the struggle.
However, on June 4 of the same year, the Chinese Communist government dispatched troops to brutally suppress the protesting students at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. This “June 4th Tiananmen Massacre” shocked the world.
At that time, Anita Mui spared no effort to support the students and oppose the CCP’s suppression. Since then, she refused to sing and film in mainland China, and declined the film “Ruan Lingyu” originally tailored for her.
In 1990, Anita Mui wore a red dress at her solo concert and sang the song “Blood-Stained Demeanor”. Her singing changed the meaning of the lyrics to pay tribute to the students who gave their lives in the June Fourth Movement.
Anita Mui participated in “Operation Oriole” secretly rescued students
After the June 4th Incident, many students who participated in the protest were hunted down by the CCP. At that time, a group of Hong Kong people including Situ Hua, the former chairman of the Hong Kong Stake Association, launched a secret rescue of the June 4th students in the “Operation Orchid” and rescued hundreds of people. The students, at least 15 student leaders who were hunted by the authorities, were successfully rescued and went overseas.
Situ Hua disclosed a secret in his memoir “Going East from the Great River”. He said that Anita Mui was “sentimental and righteous, contributing money and effort” to the Orienteering operation. Anita Mui not only refused to sing and film in mainland China, but also flew to the United States, Canada and other places to raise money for charity performances. The money raised was used to help the June 4th pro-democracy movement. But Anita Mui herself never mentioned these acts of justice to the outside world.
Anita Mui’s lover He Yunshi was banned
In addition, in the movie “Anita Mui”, her lover He Yunshi has also disappeared. Like Mei Yanfang, He Yunshi actively participated in the democratic protest movement. In the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement in 2014 and the Anti-Send Movement in 2019, He Yunshi was in the fight. As a result, she was banned by the CCP, unable to sing on the mainland, and her songs were also removed from the shelves.
“Crossroads” host Tang Hao said that to many Hong Kong people, Anita Mui was not only a star of the times in the entertainment industry, but also a symbol of the spirit of Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s. It symbolized the Hong Kong people’s advocating freedom, democracy, and freedom at the time. Human rights, and the courage to fight injustice and the spirit of justice to oppose the tyranny of the CCP.
“Many viewers know that the movie is incomplete, but still go to the show, crying for the Anita Mui in their minds and the memories of the 1980s and 1990s. You can hardly judge whether this is a memory of an artist or a memory that can only stay in the mind.” Hong Kong Senior cultural reporter Zheng Youan wrote an article.
(Reporter Luo Tingting Comprehensive Report / Chief Editor: Fan Ming)
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