Forgiveness 原谅
Chinese title (trad.):
原諒
Chinese title (simpl.):
原谅
Russian title:
Прощение
Release year:
2009
Country:
China
Number of episodes:
24
Episode running time:
45 minutes
Genre:
drama
Language:
mandarin
China release date:
Type:
TV series
Description:
"Forgiveness" tells of the emotional entanglements and complex life paths of several educated youths in the 1960s and 1970s. The story is plain yet profound, and the plot is full of twists and turns.
Plot summary:
Dancer Li Rong is about to make her stage debut, and she and her boyfriend Qu Zhe are deeply in love and preparing to marry. Just as both her career and her life are about to open a brilliant new chapter, a blow falls — right before the performance is to begin, their parents meet and discover they are old acquaintances, and Li Rong's mother, Xu Qing, loses all composure and firmly opposes their marriage. Show more Li Rong and Qu Zhe struggle desperately, but in the end the truth of those years is gradually uncovered…
In the 1970s, Xu Qing, Qu Lin, Huang Na-Na, and Meng Xiang-Dong were educated youths at the same settlement, and Qu Lin and Xu Qing fell in love. However, Huang Na-Na, who had grown up with Qu Lin since childhood, could not accept the fact that he had fallen in love with Xu Qing. Xu Qing also tried desperately to avoid Qu Lin, but the passionate love of youth finally broke through all misgivings, and Xu Qing and Qu Lin fell deeply in love. Once, trapped in a blizzard on the mountain, they thought they would surely die, and so they tasted the forbidden fruit. After being rescued, the two began preparing to marry.
Huang Na-Na was unwilling to lose Qu Lin forever just like that. Taking advantage of everyone going home for the New Year, she got drunk and seduced Qu Lin, but they were caught by the brigade secretary, and the two were put under confinement. For the sake of Huang Na-Na's reputation, Qu Lin finally shouldered a fabricated charge, and with Meng Xiang-Dong, who had always secretly loved Huang Na-Na, adding to his troubles, he was imprisoned over both political and moral accusations. On the way to prison, the prisoner transport vehicle overturned. Xu Qing saw people carrying away the dead from the crash, and from beneath the white sheet emerged a hand wearing Qu Lin's watch. Xu Qing believed it was Qu Lin, and her grief was overwhelming…
At this time Xu Qing discovered she was pregnant and fled home; her mother died of rage because of it. Unable to get an abortion and unable to die, she tried to kill herself but was saved by the good man Li Shuan-Zhu. With his help, she gave birth to a daughter — this was Li Rong. After Qu Lin was released from prison, Huang Na-Na, who had already been preparing to marry Meng Xiang-Dong, was tormented by guilt and insisted on marrying Qu Lin, and gave birth to Qu Zhe.
In other words, Li Rong and Qu Zhe are half-siblings by the same father. Upon learning this, the two were in unbearable pain. Li Rong not only developed anorexia, but also fell from the stage during a performance; although she was saved, she forever lost the dance life she loved most…
Qu Lin was also tormented by the pain of those years. Grateful for Xu Qing's many years of hardship, he sought her out and cleared up the misunderstandings. Love had never faded from their hearts, and so they too faced a choice between real life and emotion… Li Rong deeply loved her adoptive father Li Shuan-Zhu and hated Qu Lin, while Huang Na-Na's marriage to Qu Lin had never been harmonious. Although Qu Lin and Xu Qing tried their utmost to restrain themselves, a huge storm still erupted in both families. Li Shuan-Zhu chose to leave home, bitterly hoping to fulfill their love.
At this time Meng Xiang-Dong returned from abroad, having made a complete mess of his life, and therefore set his sights on Qu Lin and Huang Na-Na's family fortune, hoping to rekindle his old relationship with Huang Na-Na. But Huang Na-Na had fallen into extreme despair. It turned out that after marrying Qu Lin, she had only wanted a quiet domestic life, while Qu Lin pursued life's ideals, and the two found it hard to communicate. Under Meng Xiang-Dong's constant temptation, she had slept with him once after drinking and become pregnant. For years she had lived in terror, not knowing whether Qu Zhe was really Qu Lin's son!
With the help of her neighbor Zhao Qiao-Shen, Li Rong gradually emerged from the shadows and even discussed marriage with him. But she keenly felt that she could not find the feeling of love. Qu Zhe also discovered that he still deeply loved Li Rong and was utterly dejected. Just then, Qu Zhe keenly sensed the secret in his mother's heart and, relying on his identity as a doctor, secretly conducted a paternity test and learned that he was not Qu Lin's son…
Qu Zhe's feelings were complicated: on the one hand, he wanted to win back the love that belonged to him; on the other, he felt he had wronged the father he loved most. And Huang Na-Na finally chose suicide. After his mother was rescued, Qu Zhe, enduring the pain, swore that he would keep this secret forever…
Seeing that he could not break up Qu Lin and Huang Na-Na, Meng Xiang-Dong began plotting to bring down Qu Lin's Qu Pharmaceuticals. He sold a large quantity of a new drug for treating childhood asthma to Qu Pharmaceuticals. Qu Zhe discovered that the drug had extremely severe side effects, and Qu Lin, risking bankruptcy, resolutely destroyed all of it. He also demanded that Meng Xiang-Dong destroy all of his stock and not let it reach the market. Meng Xiang-Dong, blinded by greed, flatly refused and framed Qu Zhe, hoping to strike Qu Lin down completely.
Qu Zhe was about to be imprisoned. For the sake of her son, Huang Na-Na finally cast aside all shame and, regardless of everything, went to Meng Xiang-Dong and told him that Qu Zhe was his son. Meng Xiang-Dong was stunned… Even a tiger does not eat its own cub, and in the end he let Qu Zhe go. Yet Qu Zhe felt even more pain in his heart: he could not marry the one he truly loved, nor could he accept the baseness of his biological father, so he chose to go to Tibet as aid.
Qu Lin finally learned that Qu Zhe was not his son. Always strong-willed, he was at last deeply shaken by the blow. He left home and moved into the company. Huang Na-Na, ashamed of what she had done, took the initiative to propose divorce. Li Shuan-Zhu still insisted on divorcing Xu Qing. So could Qu Lin and Xu Qing, this pair of tormented lovers, finally come together? Toward everything that had shaped their fate, would they choose forgiveness or oblivion?
Li Rong and Zhao Qiao-Shen's wedding is about to be held, and Qu Zhe is to attend. What thoughts will be in his heart?..
Plot summary:
Dancer Li Rong is about to make her stage debut, and she and her boyfriend Qu Zhe are deeply in love and preparing to marry. Just as both her career and her life are about to open a brilliant new chapter, a blow falls — right before the performance is to begin, their parents meet and discover they are old acquaintances, and Li Rong's mother, Xu Qing, loses all composure and firmly opposes their marriage. Show more Li Rong and Qu Zhe struggle desperately, but in the end the truth of those years is gradually uncovered…
In the 1970s, Xu Qing, Qu Lin, Huang Na-Na, and Meng Xiang-Dong were educated youths at the same settlement, and Qu Lin and Xu Qing fell in love. However, Huang Na-Na, who had grown up with Qu Lin since childhood, could not accept the fact that he had fallen in love with Xu Qing. Xu Qing also tried desperately to avoid Qu Lin, but the passionate love of youth finally broke through all misgivings, and Xu Qing and Qu Lin fell deeply in love. Once, trapped in a blizzard on the mountain, they thought they would surely die, and so they tasted the forbidden fruit. After being rescued, the two began preparing to marry.
Huang Na-Na was unwilling to lose Qu Lin forever just like that. Taking advantage of everyone going home for the New Year, she got drunk and seduced Qu Lin, but they were caught by the brigade secretary, and the two were put under confinement. For the sake of Huang Na-Na's reputation, Qu Lin finally shouldered a fabricated charge, and with Meng Xiang-Dong, who had always secretly loved Huang Na-Na, adding to his troubles, he was imprisoned over both political and moral accusations. On the way to prison, the prisoner transport vehicle overturned. Xu Qing saw people carrying away the dead from the crash, and from beneath the white sheet emerged a hand wearing Qu Lin's watch. Xu Qing believed it was Qu Lin, and her grief was overwhelming…
At this time Xu Qing discovered she was pregnant and fled home; her mother died of rage because of it. Unable to get an abortion and unable to die, she tried to kill herself but was saved by the good man Li Shuan-Zhu. With his help, she gave birth to a daughter — this was Li Rong. After Qu Lin was released from prison, Huang Na-Na, who had already been preparing to marry Meng Xiang-Dong, was tormented by guilt and insisted on marrying Qu Lin, and gave birth to Qu Zhe.
In other words, Li Rong and Qu Zhe are half-siblings by the same father. Upon learning this, the two were in unbearable pain. Li Rong not only developed anorexia, but also fell from the stage during a performance; although she was saved, she forever lost the dance life she loved most…
Qu Lin was also tormented by the pain of those years. Grateful for Xu Qing's many years of hardship, he sought her out and cleared up the misunderstandings. Love had never faded from their hearts, and so they too faced a choice between real life and emotion… Li Rong deeply loved her adoptive father Li Shuan-Zhu and hated Qu Lin, while Huang Na-Na's marriage to Qu Lin had never been harmonious. Although Qu Lin and Xu Qing tried their utmost to restrain themselves, a huge storm still erupted in both families. Li Shuan-Zhu chose to leave home, bitterly hoping to fulfill their love.
At this time Meng Xiang-Dong returned from abroad, having made a complete mess of his life, and therefore set his sights on Qu Lin and Huang Na-Na's family fortune, hoping to rekindle his old relationship with Huang Na-Na. But Huang Na-Na had fallen into extreme despair. It turned out that after marrying Qu Lin, she had only wanted a quiet domestic life, while Qu Lin pursued life's ideals, and the two found it hard to communicate. Under Meng Xiang-Dong's constant temptation, she had slept with him once after drinking and become pregnant. For years she had lived in terror, not knowing whether Qu Zhe was really Qu Lin's son!
With the help of her neighbor Zhao Qiao-Shen, Li Rong gradually emerged from the shadows and even discussed marriage with him. But she keenly felt that she could not find the feeling of love. Qu Zhe also discovered that he still deeply loved Li Rong and was utterly dejected. Just then, Qu Zhe keenly sensed the secret in his mother's heart and, relying on his identity as a doctor, secretly conducted a paternity test and learned that he was not Qu Lin's son…
Qu Zhe's feelings were complicated: on the one hand, he wanted to win back the love that belonged to him; on the other, he felt he had wronged the father he loved most. And Huang Na-Na finally chose suicide. After his mother was rescued, Qu Zhe, enduring the pain, swore that he would keep this secret forever…
Seeing that he could not break up Qu Lin and Huang Na-Na, Meng Xiang-Dong began plotting to bring down Qu Lin's Qu Pharmaceuticals. He sold a large quantity of a new drug for treating childhood asthma to Qu Pharmaceuticals. Qu Zhe discovered that the drug had extremely severe side effects, and Qu Lin, risking bankruptcy, resolutely destroyed all of it. He also demanded that Meng Xiang-Dong destroy all of his stock and not let it reach the market. Meng Xiang-Dong, blinded by greed, flatly refused and framed Qu Zhe, hoping to strike Qu Lin down completely.
Qu Zhe was about to be imprisoned. For the sake of her son, Huang Na-Na finally cast aside all shame and, regardless of everything, went to Meng Xiang-Dong and told him that Qu Zhe was his son. Meng Xiang-Dong was stunned… Even a tiger does not eat its own cub, and in the end he let Qu Zhe go. Yet Qu Zhe felt even more pain in his heart: he could not marry the one he truly loved, nor could he accept the baseness of his biological father, so he chose to go to Tibet as aid.
Qu Lin finally learned that Qu Zhe was not his son. Always strong-willed, he was at last deeply shaken by the blow. He left home and moved into the company. Huang Na-Na, ashamed of what she had done, took the initiative to propose divorce. Li Shuan-Zhu still insisted on divorcing Xu Qing. So could Qu Lin and Xu Qing, this pair of tormented lovers, finally come together? Toward everything that had shaped their fate, would they choose forgiveness or oblivion?
Li Rong and Zhao Qiao-Shen's wedding is about to be held, and Qu Zhe is to attend. What thoughts will be in his heart?..
Movie crew
director:
presenter:
producer:
Zhao Duo-Jia, Zhang Guang-Bei, Zhang Ping, Liang Guo-Yong, Shi Zhao-Qi, Zhou Jun
74 m.
Zhao Duo-Jia
136 m.
Zhang Guang-Bei
Aged 49 years
84 m.
Zhang Ping
158 m.
Shi Zhao-Qi
Aged 50 years
74 m.
136 m.
Aged 49 years
84 m.
4 m.
Liang Guo-Yong
158 m.
Aged 50 years
15 m.
Zhou Jun
planning:
script:
He Qing, Liu Yu-Tong, He Ming, Lu Wen-Jing
15 m.
He Qing
Aged 35 years
15 m.
Aged 35 years
5 m.
Liu Yu-Tong
5 m.
He Ming
1 m.
Lu Wen-Jing
assistant director:
composer:
cinematographer:
art director:
costume designer:
makeup:
lighting:
props:
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