Modern Express News (Reporter Wang Ziyang) Recently, the organizing committee of the 77th Cannes Film Festival officially announced the film festival’s film list. The film selection team said they watched more than 2,000 movies this time and the competition was quite fierce. Modern Express reporters saw that there are many Chinese-language films shortlisted, including "The Romantic Generation" directed by Jia Zhangke, "Jiangyuan Lane" directed by Chen Kexin, "Dog Formation" directed by Guan Hu, and " Kowloon Walled City" directed by Zheng Baorui. Siege " and so on.
"The Romantic Generation" was shortlisted for the main competition unit. The story runs from 2001 to 2022. It uses the breakup and reunion of a pair of lovers in a small town in northern China as the main line to tell the story of their lives and the lives of all kinds of little people around them in the first 20 years of the new century. The story depicts the indomitable and enterprising spirit of the next generation in the context of social change, and depicts the life of a generation.
"Jiangyuan Lane" was shortlisted for the non-competition section. The film is adapted from a real incident in the 1940s, "The Case of Jiang Yuanong's Murder of Her Husband", with a suspenseful and thrilling tone. A bizarre case stirred up a thousand waves with one stone. When the whole story of the case was gradually restored like pieces of a puzzle, the truth emerged, leaving the audience to think after watching the movie.
"Dog Formation" is shortlisted for a kind of attention unit. This film focuses on a small town in the northwest more than ten years ago. In the story, Erlang, who has been wandering for ten years, returns to his hometown. In order to make a living, he joins a private dog hunting team and spends his days transporting stray dogs. At this time, a stray dog named "Hemp Rope" broke into his life...
"The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" has been scheduled for the "May 1st" period and has been shortlisted for the Cannes Midnight Screening Unit. The background of the movie has been moved to the 1980s. A young man in trouble escapes and accidentally breaks into the crisis-ridden Kowloon Walled City. But here, he unexpectedly gained brotherhood, and started a series of battles to seize the city with the gang of villains who had been coveting the city for a long time.
It is reported that the current Cannes Film Festival will be held from May 14th to 25th local time.
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(source: Modern Express All Media)
