Sixty years after the Sino-French co-production film "Kite" was screened, the documentary "Kite·Kite" landed on French TV International

At 20:55 on the evening of November 4th, Beijing time, the documentary "Kite·Kite" reflecting the friendship between China and France was broadcast on Asie on TV5 MONDE.

"Kite·Kite" shows the touching story of the friendly exchanges between the people of China and France with the clue of 60 years of "Kite" broadcasting.

The documentary "Kite·Kite" is 66 minutes long. It is the first Chinese-foreign co-produced film in New China. New China's first colorful children's feature film "Kite"-60 years of broadcasting as a clue, tells the story behind the scenes when the film was shot. Through the reunion of the three young actors in the film 60 years later, as well as the stories of Chinese and French characters related to kites in the new era, I look back at the friendship between the Chinese and French peoples through the film dreams and demonstrate the friendly exchanges between the Chinese and French peoples. touching stories.

△The film "Kite" French screenwriter Anthony Dudar

△The film "Kite" actor

△The film "Kite" director Wang Jiayi

△The film "Kite" French director Roger Begault

French TV: " "Kite" has established a deep cultural exchange between China and France.

The film "Kite" was produced in 1958 by the Beijing Film Studio and the French Garrance Production Company. The Chinese director once directed "Five Golden Flowers". The director is Wang Jiayi, and the French director is the artist Roger Begault. Premier Zhou Enlai once met Silvia, who played the role of Nicol and the creators of China and France. According to French TV, in September 1973, President Pompidou visited China and stated that art and film actually promoted diplomacy. The "Kite" co-produced by China and France established a deep cultural exchange between China and France.

In March of this year, the "Light and Shadow-China-France Friendship Story Meeting" was successfully held in Paris.

On March 24, 2019, the "Light and Shadow-China-France Friendship Story Meeting" was successfully held in Paris to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. . Gévar de Gaulle, grandnephew of former French President General Charles de Gaulle, and Alain Pompidou, son of former French President Georges Pompidou, attended the event and delivered speeches. The Chinese-French co-production color children's story film "Kite", released in 1958, caused a huge sensation in China and France, and won important awards at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival, which enhanced the friendly exchanges between the people of China and France.

△ documentary "Kite·Kite" narrator, movie "Kite" played by Song Xiaoqing Liu Xiangsheng

△ documentary "Kite·Kite" narrator, movie "Kite" narrator Silvia

"Kite" The little actors reunited in Paris 60 years later to witness the release of the "Kite·Kite" promotional film

. In the event, Silvia Rosenberg, who plays the French little girl in the film, is now nearly old. She and "Kite" China Actors Liu Xiangsheng and Hua Weimin are on the same stage again after more than 60 years, and the scene is moving. Together, they recalled the story of China-France friendship and witnessed the release of the documentary "Kite·Kite" jointly produced by Wuzhou Communication Center and TV5 MONDE.

△ The little actors of the movie "Kite" meet again in Paris sixty years later.

"Kite·Kite": "A Beautiful Film Showing Sino-French Friendship"

The documentary "Kite·Kite" is directed by the Promotion Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department. The Wuzhou Communication Center, the Central News Documentary Film Studio (Group) and other organizations jointly produced the product. Xin Shaoying, director of China Central Radio and Television, and Xu Feng, director of China Central News and Documentary Film Studio (Group), served as chief directors. The film took one and a half years from planning to filming, and has been interviewed and filmed in France many times, and traveled throughout Paris, Marseille, Lyon, etc. Filming locations in China include Beijing, Changchun, Weifang, Shanghai, Guangzhou, etc. Followed up and interviewed more than 30 people from home and abroad, traveling tens of thousands of kilometers. The film is considered a "beautiful film showing Sino-French friendship".

It is reported that the documentary film "Kite·Kite" with the same name as the documentary is about to be completed.

(CCTV reporter Ma Jinjin)