Ordinary Hero (2022 film)

Ordinary Hero (Chinese: 平凡英雄) is a 2022 Chinese drama film directed by Tony Chan [zh] and starring Li Bingbing and Feng Shaofeng.^[1][2] Based on the true story of the race to save a 7-year-old Uygur boy from Hotan, Xinjiang, whose arm was severed in a freak accident. The film follows the boy's journey across 1,400 km, as rescue personnel race against time to complete emergency treatment during the critical first eight hours ("the golden hours") in which the limb could be preserved.^[1][2] The film was theatrically released on 30 September 2022, a day before China's Independence Day.^[2]

Ordinary Hero
Chinese	平凡英雄
Hanyu Pinyin	Píngfán Yīnxióng
Directed by	Tony Chan
Written by	You Xiaoying
Produced by	Rocky Shi
Starring	Li Bingbing Feng Shaofeng Huang Xiaoming
Cinematography	Fung Yuen Man
Edited by	Ron Chan
Music by	Peter Kam
Production companies	Bona Pictures Group Co., Ltd. Tianshan Film Studio China Southern Airlines Group Co., Ltd. Alibaba Pictures
Distributed by	Huaxia Film Distributors China Film Group Corporation Bona Film Group
Release date	30 September 2022 (2022-09-30) (China)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	China
Languages	Mandarin Uyghur

Plot

Cast

Main

• Li Bingbing as Zhou Yan, Chief Purser of China Southern flight CZ8620.
• Feng Shaofeng as Lin Li, Orthopedic Surgeon of Urumqi Hospital.
• Parman Parlehati as Mardan aka "Xiao Mai", 7 years old patient.
• Erfan Aziz as Abdul, Mardan's big brother.

Supporting

• Lin Yongjian as Tian Wei, General Manager of Hotan Airport.
• Huang Xiaoming as Xie Huiyang, Captain of China Southern Airlines flight CZ8620.
• Zhang Yishan as Liu Rui, a doctor on the flight who just resigned from Hotan Hospital.
• Aziguri Rexiti as Mardan's mother
• Gulnazar as Ainur, traffic policewoman on motorbike.
• Ma Tianyu as Song Hui
• Du Chun as Chen Liang
• Huang Yi as Zhang Rongqin, Deputy Head, Hotan Airport Emergency Center.
• Nijat Tursun as Akbar, Director of the Second Department of Orthopedics, Hotan Hospital.
• Zhou Yiran as Yü Li, flight attendant who was frightened.
• Wang Zixuan as Xia Yan, flight attendant.
• Zeng Yue as Zhang Muyun
• Hankiz Omar as dance teacher.
• Gulidiar Anaiti.
• Bai Ke Li as Officer, Traffic Control Center.
• Hu Bingqing
• Na Zhidong as Luo Jian Guo, passenger(father) who sacrificed their seats to Mardan and brother.
• Xi Yuli as Shen Jian, passenger(mother) who sacrificed their seats.
• Sun Xilun as Luo Yi Yao, game-addicted passenger boy(son) who sacrificed their seats.
• Zhu Yin, band leader on flight.
• Wu Hao Chen as Wang Chen Hao, co-pilot.
• Zhang Jing
• Riyat Yusup as Airport Staff, Hotan Airport.
• Akram Askar as Drunkard at Hotan Airport.
• Guo Jinglin
• Barna Parhat, the girl who started singing while Mardan has fallen asleep.
• Shi Haozheng
• Zhang Zixian
• Liu Jun as Ma Zi Jun, Head of Air Traffic Control.
• Wang Ting as Dai Yu, PLAAF Airforce Commander.
• Guo Jiahao
• Jia Qing

Soundtrack

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nameless Hero (无名英雄)" (Opening theme)	Wang Zihe	Wang Zihe	Zhou Bichang[3]
2.	"Ordinary Hero (平凡英雄)" (Ending theme)	Gao Jin	Gao Jin	Gao Jin/Tang Jun

Production

Production started in Urumqi on 15 September 2021 and ended in Qingdao at the end of October.^[4][5]

Release

Ordinary Hero was released on 30 September 2022, in China.

Reception