【影片簡介】成名之路 The Road to Fame
【身份認同】篇 Awakening of Identities
成名之路
The Road to Fame
中國大陸 China｜2013｜80 min｜吳皓 WU Hao
2013 英國雪菲爾紀錄片影展
Sheffield Doc/Fest
2013 夏威夷國際影展
Hawaii International Film Festival
北京中央戲劇學院是中國大陸戲劇藝術教育的最高學府，更是眾多影視明星的搖籃，每年表演系的畢業公演總能吸引業界人士前來發掘最具潛力的明日之星。二○○八年，學校首度正式與百老匯合作，準備將著名音樂劇《名揚四海》搬上中國的舞台。面對如此千載難逢的機會，畢業班的同學們無不使出渾身解數，爭取擔綱要角的機會。
一直夢想勇闖美國的陳蕾從不掩飾自己想成名的慾望，她和富有音樂才華的吳恆與聰明淘氣的小緋，都苦無家世背景支持他們的理想，唯有靠著在畢業製作中嶄露頭角，才有機會一圓他們的明星夢。究竟他們辛苦排練的演出能不能獲得老師們的青睞？而美國指導教練的到來，又將為他們帶來什麼樣的挑戰？
長達八個月的排練中，他們在舞台上演繹著美國的成名故事，同時也在台下各自摸索著成長。不但要面對選角的黑箱作業、老師們的嚴格要求，在一胎化政策下成長的他們還得一肩扛起全家人的期待，為自己的未來做出不同的選擇和妥協。當四年的校園生活落幕，他們該如何正視當今中國社會的現實，找到屬於自己的成功之路？
China's top drama academy stages the American musical “Fame” – China’s first official collaboration with Broadway – as the graduation showcase for its senior class. During the eight-month rehearsal, students with diverse personalities and family backgrounds compete for roles, struggle with pressure from family and authority, and prepare to graduate into China’s corrupt entertainment industry. Part of China’s single-child generation, they were spoiled growing up but are now obliged to carry on the failed dreams of their parents.
CHEN Lei, rebellious and hungry to shine in the spotlight, feels repressed in China and wants to seek freedom and success in America; Fei, naughty and street smart, hustles for money and fame to make his family proud; WU Heng, a talented musician and singer, is endowed with good looks but no prominent background. They all have big dreams for the future but struggle to make their dreams come true. In the process of staging “Fame”, they must confront their own anxieties, complex social realities and negotiate their own definitions of and paths to success in modern China.
The Road to Fame gives a rare, intimate look at the coming of age of some of China's most promising yet confused youth and, through their stories, reflects some of the most sensitive issues and conflicting values shaping China today.