Chinese Film Festival at Lumière Cinema
Chinese Film Festival (September 20 – 23, 2018) will present contemporary Chinese cinema at Lumière Cinema in Bratislava. The selection of seven films reflects the wide range of genres and the actual social issues of the country as well.
Opening Night´s drama My Running Shadow (d. Gangliang Fang) tells a story of a woman who soon after abandoned by her husband discovers her son is diagnosed with Asperger´s Syndrome. Competitivity and sport are the key words of the film To the Fore (d. Dante Lam) that depicts world´s top cycling team. The main character of the romantic film Somewhere Only We Know (d. XU Jinglei) gets on trip to Prague to find mysterious „the place only we know“ mentioned in her grandmother´s love letter. Fourdays showcase will also screen So Young, debut by actress Vicki ZHAO Wei, tells a story of four women and their life journeys. The consequences of the past are dealt with in action film Wolf Warrior (d. Jacky WU Jing). Leng - after having served his time for shooting a man without given order - is transferred to the elite Wolf Warrior detachment to fight for his life threatened by a group of deadly foreign mercenaries.
The festival will also present the latest film of French director Jean-Jacques Annaud. Wolf Totem depicts the life in the endless, harsh and breathtakingly beautiful wilderness
of Inner Mongolia where a young student from Beijing is sent. Closing Night´s romantic comedy Let´s Get Married by LIU Jiang, based on the hugely popular Chinese TV series, follows the lives of four couples looking for love.
Organizer of the Chinese Film Festival is Slovak Film Institute on behalf of Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, in cooperation with Chinese Embassy in Slovakia.
All screenings are free admission.
PROGRAMME
My Running Shadow / September 20 / 18.00
To the Fore / September 21 / 18.00
Somewhere Only We Know / September 21/ 20.30
So Young / September 22. september / 18.00
Wolf Warrior / September 22/ 20.30
Wolf Totem / September 23 / 18.00
Let´s Get Married / September 23 / 20.30
published: 18.09.2018
updated: 19.09.2018