The shortlist for the 77th Cannes Film Festival was just announced at 5pm today. In addition to new works by famous directors such as Francis Ford Coppola's "Metropolis" and David Cronenberg's "Shroud", more importantly, four Chinese-language films are on the Cannes list. Its for

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The shortlist for the 77th Cannes Film Festival was just announced at 5pm today.

In addition to new works by famous directors such as Francis Ford Coppola's "Metropolis" and David Cronenberg's "The Shroud", more importantly, four Chinese-language films are on the Cannes list.

Its scale is huge.

can be regarded as the highest peak in recent years.

Among them, Jia Zhangke's "The Romantic Generation", Chen Kexin's "Jiangyuan Lane", Guan Hu's "Dog Formation" and Cheng Baorui's " Kowloon Walled City ".

are all works that are highly anticipated by movie fans.

Chinese film renaissance?

is better to say.

This time, Chinese-language filmmakers finally gave fans the long-lost confidence.

Let’s start with what everyone is most concerned about, “Jiangyuan Lane”.

's sir has spoken about this movie many times. From the time he announced the founding of his own pan-Asian production company, changin'picture, to the decision to start filming "Jiang Yuan Lane", to the official approval of the movie, he has written about every step.

also wrote "Killing My Husband" which was adapted from the same incident.

Why are you so concerned about Peter Chan?

First of all, this film undoubtedly marks the beginning of a new stage in his career.

As one of China's directors who best balances business and art, he has only released one movie after "Dear" ten years ago, " wins ".

He put in a lot of effort, but the result is not a pity.

"Win the Championship" was renamed from "Chinese Women's Volleyball Team" and was significantly revised before its release; "Li Na" simply has no sequel now.

Now that "Jiaoyuan Lane" has been shortlisted for Cannes, it is undoubtedly the first shot of Chen Kexin's new career.

Will "Jiangyuan Lane" have a complete expression?

Will it once again prove Peter Chan's ability?

are the biggest concerns of movie fans.

Secondly, this is also an opportunity for domestic actresses.

Although the story of "Jiang Yuan Nong" has the theme of "murdering husbands", whether it is watching the lead actor Zhang Ziyi shed tears at the closing banquet, or the huge traffic of Zhao Liying and Yang Mi's topic.

are all more like this time when female actors in their 30s and 40s transform and fight their way out of a tight siege.

This time, Zhang Ziyi returned to Cannes with "Jiaoyuan Lane". Cannes Film Festival artistic director Thierry Frémaud once again mentioned Zhang Ziyi and welcomed "China's most powerful actress-Zhang Ziyi to return to Cannes."

As a frequent visitor to the Cannes Film Festival, Zhang Ziyi has served as a four-time Cannes judge and five-time Cannes award presenter. Two works of " Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon " and "House of Flying Daggers" were shortlisted for screening in the Cannes non-competition section. She collaborated with Wong Kar-wai on " 2046" was nominated for the Cannes main competition....

It can be said that this time "Jiang Yuan Lane" has given enough topics to Chinese-language movies and another hope.

In addition to "Jiang Yuan Lane", Sir is actually most concerned about the works of two sixth-generation directors, Jia Zhangke's "The Romantic Generation" and Guan Hu's "Dog Formation".

The former was shortlisted for the Cannes main competition unit.

The latter was shortlisted for a unit of concern.

Let’s talk about “The Romantic Generation” first.

Although Wang Bing's "Youth" was shortlisted for the Cannes main competition last year, the producer was a French company and did not win the Dragon Award. The road to domestic release in the future seems to be very bumpy.

So strictly speaking, the last time a film entered the main competition section of Cannes was in 2019, Diao Yinan's "The Party at Southern Station".

Five years later, Jia Zhangke was still waiting.

This is the sixth time that Jia Zhangke has been shortlisted for the main competition in Cannes - following "Ren Xiaoyao", " Twenty-Four Cities ", "Destined", " Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers " and " Children of Jianghu " Six shortlisted films.

The movie tells the story of a woman.

According to the film's filing, Jia Zhangke probably still focuses on young people in small towns to talk about the turmoil and social changes in the past 20 years:

The story is from 2001 to 2022, based on the breakup of lovers Qiaoqiao and Guo Bin in a small town in northern China. The main line of separation and reunion tells the life stories of them and the various grassroots people around them in the first 20 years of the new century.

But the interesting thing is.

Zhao Tao posted a Weibo post after the film was shortlisted for Cannes, writing, "It took 22 years of continuous filming, so sad."

What does it mean?

It turns out that this movie has actually been filming since 2001.

does not have a complete script or a clear story, but it has accumulated a lot of material around the "growth" of Qiaoqiao played by Zhao Tao.

until a few years ago.

Jia Zhangke finally sorted out a complete context and continued filming.

emm... How can this not be considered love for Sister Tao?

However, Sir was thinking of Linklater's "Boyhood" at the same time.

The same life record, the same real environment, but I don’t know if I will get on that podium in the end?

I hope so.

Another film, "Dogs", was Guan Hu's first time shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival.

are both members of the sixth generation of directors. Guan Hu’s creative path from the beginning was a sunny avenue.

"Messy Hair" became famous in one fell swoop.

In 2009, " Bullfighting " entered the Venice Film Festival and won the Golden Horse Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in the same year. After gaining popularity, his movies, whether it is "The Cook, the Actor, the Scoundrel", "Old Paoer", " King Kong River " ”, “Eight Hundred”, etc., he is getting more and more into the main theme, and the more he goes, the more money he makes.

And this time, "Dogs" in Cannes can be plated with a layer of gold and improve its reputation to increase its popularity at the box office.

sir doesn't dare to define it yet.

However, "Dog Formation" tells the story of a man and a stray dog, which reminds people of his original "Bullfighting", where one cow and one person face an absurd world.

Although I don’t know the quality, looking at the cast, Peng Yuyan, Tong Liya, Jia Zhangke (yes, Director Jia also participated in this movie), Zhang Yi...

can’t help but make people look forward to it.

Of course, there are more Chinese films in Cannes than these.

For example, "Kowloon Walled City" by Cheng Baorui.

This movie is currently scheduled to be released on May Day.

Although it is a theatrical film.

But judging from the released trailer, it can be regarded as a work of astonishing scale among domestic films this year.

In the past few years, Zheng Baorui's works have slowly begun to regain their due quality. From "Wisdom Teeth" in 2021 to last year's "Homicide", it can be seen that he is still working hard to find a more suitable environment for his creation. Return to local film production in Hong Kong.

also deserves attention.

For example, two previously popular films, Lou Ye's "Untitled Documentary" and Wang Bing's "Youth: Bitterness".

Although it does not appear in the playlist this time.

But sir guesses that next week’s second round shortlist is likely to usher in an “airborne landing”?

In short, the announcement of this year’s Cannes film shortlist also means that Chinese films have returned to the international film festival. Once again, Chinese films that have been dormant for a long time have returned to an important seat.

Chinese movies are proud again.

Among them, the most eye-catching one is undoubtedly the sixth generation.

Jia Zhangke, Guan Hu, and perhaps Lou Ye and Wang Bing, these sixth-generation directors are different from all directors before and after them. They shoot some images that are invisible to the public and truly record the current society. Life and Change doesn't care about whether it has a box office, or even whether it can be released.

They are not making movies utilitarianally.

Just like Wang Xiaoshuai said in an interview with the media, "I make movies, this is my duty, I am only responsible for the movies."

Their biggest characteristic is the creation itself.

And this is probably the most obvious essence of the sixth generation directors and most of the current new directors.

Of course.

They have also gone through many review and revisions, and have also experienced

But until now, they have finally returned to their insistence on "film-based". To this day, they still have the urge to make movies go further and be more sincere. Walking in front of the audience.

This is the most emotional part.

Sir suddenly thought of Nishina, yes, the Nishina from Wutiao, a singer

is a "traffic" in the public sense.

If you pay attention, you will find that such a singer has become the most popular "traffic" in recent years.

Last year, his dubbing "Art School" was shortlisted for the Berlin Main Competition.

He walked on the red carpet.

This year, "The Romance" he participated in was shortlisted for the Cannes main competition.

It seems that it will be a big deal

. Most of the "successful" actors have devoted themselves to the ancient puppet and fast-food movie markets, and have devoted themselves to variety shows to make money. The one who stayed in art films is a singer?

Isn't this true for those who call themselves actors? A huge irony?

The reason why sir is looking forward to this Cannes is actually this.

We don’t care how many awards these films will win in the end, and we don’t care whether they will be big hits.

What we care about is this persistence. In the era of traffic, there are still people who are willing to return to the work itself. In the solid market, there are still people who want to go out and have a try.

I hope that this kind of persistence will become a norm

. After that.

We went back to the road of traffic and never looked back.

The shortlist for the 77th Cannes Film Festival is as follows:

[Main Competition Unit]

"Destination Motel" Karim Henoz

" The Apprentice" Ali Abbasi

"The Birds" Andrea Arnold

"Emilia Pérez" Jacques Audiard

"Anola" Sean Baker

"Metropolis" Frances Fortko Pola

"The Shroud" David Cronenberg