The story of 《Lighting Up The Stars》 is also very simple. Mo Sanmei, who is not popular in real life, is a mortician. After he was released from prison, the first order he received was to deal with an old man.The old man's granddaughter Xiaowen didn't understand why her grandmother suddenly disappeared, so she got into a fight with him and asked him to return her grandmother. After experiencing various things, the two changed from enemies to father and daughter.

There are also five funerals in the film, from Xiaowen's grandmother to Mo Sanmei's father. The two gradually become more like relatives. The protagonist also identifies with the identity of the undertaker and continues to run the business left by his father's generation.Funeral parlor.

Xiaowen's biological mother originally planned to take Xiaowen away, but Xiaowen would rather escape from her biological mother to be with her third brother.This behavior made Xiaowen's mother decide to stay, and joined the third brother's funeral company, became a funeral director, and established a colleague relationship with the third brother.This ending gave Xiaowen two loving fathers and two loving mothers, transforming her from a lonely orphan into a big baby cared for by multiple family members.

Theme meaning

《Lighting Up The Stars》has a strong comedy effect.On the one hand, its comedy comes from the plot design, such as giving the old man an “emperor-like funeral”, etc., and on the other hand, it comes from the metaphorical character setting.The comedy color of the film not only enhances the fun of watching the movie, but also contains a positive attitude towards life, conveying the creator's optimistic attitude of looking at life with a smile.The film ends with Sanmei, Xiaowen, and Xiaowen's biological mother eating peaches together to show the close relationship between the three, suggesting that they may form a warm and harmonious new family, thus giving the audience emotional comfort.

《Lighting Up The Stars》 is a tragicomedy with laughter and tears, and conveys a call for true love in the world.The movie emphasizes the importance of emotions between people through contrast: on the one hand, there is the estrangement and indifference between family members, such as Aunt Xiaowen's dislike of her dead mother-in-law, and another example of the old man's family who is organizing the funeral and quarreling all day long for money.There is no family affection at all; on the other hand, there are people who are not related by blood, such as Sanmei, Xiaowen, Wang Jianren, Yin Baixue, etc. Their deep feelings for each other make people feel warm and moved.The film thus reveals this philosophy: There is nothing important in life except life and death. Facing death is to better cherish the present and better understand the meaning of life.This meaning does not lie in monetary gain, but in the sincere feelings with family, friends, and people around you.

Professional evaluation

Looking directly at death is to live better in the present moment and better understand the meaning of life. This is the main theme that the work attempts to convey.People see that every life will not completely disappear because of death, and a sincere emotion will not be diminished by the distance between life and death, and they are also trying to face death calmly.(《Worker Daily》Comment)

Crying, funny, and beautiful, it has increasingly become a formula for breaking the circle of realistic themes.《Lighting Up The Stars》 lives up to this formula very well.The portrayal of the funeral industry is controlled within the acceptable range of the audience, and it is thoughtful about death. On this basis, the film spends a lot of space to show the various interesting and embarrassing things in Mo Sanmei and Xiaowen's daily relationship., tender love story, brought a lot of laughter to the audience, and several highlight moments in the movie also made the cinema sobbing.Warmth is the power to overcome heaviness and is also the catalyst for creating popularity.