Cover News Reporter Yang Fan
November 8th is the reporter's festival. The Sino-French co-production film "The Engagement" produced by the famous French director Luc Besson was also specially selected to be released on this day because the protagonist of the film is a French journalist. This is the first time Luc Besson has joined a Chinese film, and his daughter Juliet Besson also made her screen debut in the film.
"The Engagement" tells the story of a French journalist, Snow, who came to China by chance in the early 1980s during the reform and opening up, and met Liu Changgen, a rural guy, and the two had a wonderful time together. The film is directed by An Jianjun and Yang Huilong, with Liu Yongsheng as the producer, and French film stars Vanessa Gide and Juliet Besson, together with domestic powerful actors Liu Peiqi, He Zhengjun, Du Xudong, Cao Yutong, Ding Jiali, Cao Li and others. The film has won awards such as the best feature film and the best Chinese film recommended by the Sebastian Film Festival in Spain.
Transnational love, memory killing, old drama is the highlight of the movie, but the biggest gimmick of "The Engagement" is the famous French man behind the scenes. As the most recognized European director by Chinese movie fans, Luc Besson has been in the movie for 36 years and has directed film masterpieces such as "This Killer Is Not So Cold", "Blue Sea and Blue Sky" and the science fiction action film "The Fifth Element". This time he not only supervised the film himself, but also provided his own manor as the filming location in France.
In addition, Luc Besson introduced the French film company Europa to participate in the production. He partnered with a domestic first-class production team. When the crew went to France to shoot, he personally received it, which can be said to be the final high-quality completion of the film. Provided great support, even he "contributed" his daughter.
