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"In an octagonal cage" is a film directed by Wang, written by Wang, directed by Wang, starring Wang, Shi Pengyuan, starring Wang Xun, Zhang, Ma Hu and Zhou De Bai Wen, and starring Sean and Jerry Lee with special friendship. It was released in China on July 6, 2023. Based on real events, the film tells the story of Xiang Tenghui leading a group of children to highlight the tight encirclement of fate and explore the way out of life.
The protagonist devoted himself to training the local unattended children, so that the children with no way out saw a glimmer of light in the future. However, with the exposure of previous performance videos, these "cruel and bloody" images stimulate the nerves of people who don't know the truth.
Overnight, public opinion began to ferment. The protagonist's life and the children's future are caught in the big net woven by people in the name of kindness, making it difficult for them to break free and return to the quagmire. Regarding the future, where will their "way out" be?
Among the young actors who play the role of "battle orphans" in the film, four are from the baseball base of Strong Angel, and they also come from poor families in deep mountains and remote areas. In order to highlight the early state of children in the mountains, baseball players with muscles can only lose weight quickly. "Cook vegetables every day, eggs are not allowed to eat yolk, and pickles can't be bought."
Casual memories, drinking water every day to satisfy hunger, and finally lost 10 kilograms, in line with the character image. Playing sandbags and carrying tires is "basically no pressure" for the four children of the baseball team. Zhou De Bai Wen revealed that the intensity of daily training in baseball bases is even greater than when shooting. "Even the tires are big." It is the basis of daily exercise to help them quickly master the essentials in three months of fighting training.
On March 13, 2022, the film started in Chengdu. On March 19, Wang's second film "Bajiaolong" was filmed in Chengdu for 6 days, and then moved to Zhaojue County, Liangshan. On May 25th, the film was filmed in Chengdu and officially finished.