Chinese films are awesome! A concern about Jia Zhangke’s contention for the Golden Palm and Bi Gan’s shortlist.

Special feature of 1905 film network Although it is over 70 years old, Cannes International Film Festival still proves with practical actions that it is still the most dynamic one among the "Big Three in Europe" — — Before the final results of the official competition unit were officially announced, all kinds of news in the industry were brilliant and unexpected, such as the biggest "Netflix (Netflix) withdrawal", the demotion of the veteran clique, the rise of the dark horse and so on. Of course, for China fans, besides watching the excitement of other people’s homes, we are most concerned about the performance of Chinese films in the main competition unit.

Finally, at 5pm on April 12th, Beijing time, the organizing committee officially announced the first batch of films in the official competition unit of the 71st Cannes International Film Festival. A total of 1,906 works were submitted this year.

Draw a wave of key points first:

Director Jia Zhangke lived up to expectations and once again entered the main competition unit with his new work. Up to now, he has 17 competitors, including old friends like Ge Daer, Fahati and Hirokazu Koreeda, as well as "new faces" like Ryūsuke Hamaguchi and Panahi in Cannes.

The debut made young director Bi Gan a blockbuster, and with his new film, he went one step further and was selected as the "One Concern" unit of Cannes International Film Festival. Born in 1989, Bi Gan also became the youngest Chinese director in the three major film festivals in Europe.

Jia Zhangke’s new film "Jianghu Children" has a strong lineup.

The fate between Cannes and Jia Zhangke need not be described too much. After all, since 2008, all the films he directed in the past ten years have won the favor of Cannes Film Festival. Except for the documentary, which is a "concern" unit, all the other four films were selected for the main competition.

The new film "Jianghu Children" is defined by Jia Zhangke as a "violent love story", and the background is still in Shanxi, which Jia Zhangke is most familiar with. It tells the story of a 15-year-old emotional entanglement between the model Qiaoqiao and the taxi company owner Bin Ge, which is complicated by criminal incidents. The film was launched at the end of 2017 and the lineup is very strong. In addition to Zhao Tao, the imperial heroine, the leading actor invited Liao Fan, the best leading actor in Berlin Film Festival, as well as Xú Zhēng, Xiaogang Feng and Zhang Yi.

Compared with previous works, the plot of Jianghu Children looks more dramatic. According to the news previously exposed, the film will deconstruct the content of the crime romance film in the form of a road film. For this reason, the crew went to Shanxi, Three Gorges, Xinjiang and other different regions for filming. Director Jia Zhangke also revealed that in order to show the different textures of each era from 2001 to the present, he also deliberately chose six kinds of photographic equipment for filming.

Bi Gan’s "The Last Night of the Earth" or the shooting method is ahead of schedule.

Following Ruijun Li in 2017, Chinese filmmakers once again successfully entered the "One Concern" unit. Although the order of magnitude is far less than the main competition, Bi Gan’s shortlist is enough to surprise and excite us. After all, this young director born in 1989 is not yet 30 years old, and The Last Night on Earth is just his second feature film. This is a film "wrapped in the shell of a detective film, facing self-memory and family relations". When the hero played by Huang Jue returned to Guizhou, he stumbled upon the trace of the "mysterious woman" played by Tang Wei, and then recalled the secret summer he spent with her twelve years ago.

In 2015, Bi Gan made a blockbuster with his debut novel "Roadside Picnic", and successfully won the Best New Director Award of the Golden Horse Award of Taiwan Film that year. The most influential and controversial scene in this work is a 42-minute mirror to the end. At that time, the industry commented that Bi Gan’s shooting techniques combined fantasy and realism, and the visual presentation was very poetic.

As far as we know, in The Last Night on Earth, his attempt will be even bolder — — According to sources, the film will adopt a combination of 2D and 3D, and add a lens to the end that is longer than the roadside picnic. If this is the case in the end, it is not difficult to understand why Fu Mao, artistic director of Cannes Film Festival, commented that "Bi Gan’s new work inherited the styles of Hou Xiaoxian and david lynch" when he announced the finalist of The Last Night of the Earth.

Of course, besides the breakthrough shooting techniques, the cast composed of actors such as Tang Wei, Huang Jue, Zhang Aijia and Hong Chi Lee is also worth looking forward to. Compared with the roadside picnic, which cost only 500 thousand yuan, Bi Gan’s second work has obviously been upgraded by a big leap.

Netfly retires, and the big guide is unstable … … 71-year-old Cannes PK may have a surprise.

Compared with the Oscar, where the routine is getting deeper and deeper and the result is more and more predictable, the nomination of the main competition unit in Cannes is still brilliant enough.

The dispute between Netflix (Netflix) and French cinemas, which has been raging since the last session, finally ushered in a small outbreak this year. Five highly anticipated works (including Alfonso Cuarón’s Rome) finally chose to "retire" because of the escalating war between the two sides. Fu Mao admitted after the press conference that Rome was originally one of the contestants in the main competition unit, which is undoubtedly a pity from the perspective of film creation.

Of course, the "Falling" masterpiece is not just "Rome". According to the news before the release of the film list, Cannes’ biological friends who were rejected by the main competition unit included Ceylon, Naomi Kawase, sorrentino, Vontel and so on. However, the lineages of Fahati, Ge Daer and Hirokazu Koreeda still successfully entered the competition of Palme d ‘Or.

In addition, a number of "new faces" came to the 71st Cannes Film Festival to open up new positions, such as Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (Day and Night), Panahi (Three Faces) and Serebrennikov (Summer). One of them, A.B Shawky, a director from D Egypt, is worth mentioning. He entered the main competition with the film YOMEDDINE, which is also his feature film debut.

The first batch of 18 films were shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 71st Cannes, and there will be several more films after that. The 1905 film network will also continue to pay attention.

Everyone knows (Iran)

Following Moonrise Kingdom (2012), another film is the opening film, and it is also shortlisted in the main competition unit.

This is Fahati’s first Spanish thriller. Fahati was famous at the Berlin International Film Festival for "A Farewell" and has been popular in Cannes ever since. The first French film "Past" won the best screenplay and best actor for Bé ré nice Bejo in 2016, and then won the Oscar for best foreign language film.

The film tells the story of Laura, a Hispanic woman who lives in Argentina, returning to a Spanish town with her husband and children to attend her sister’s wedding. However, the child disappeared inexplicably. This sudden incident made the originally harmonious family start to suspect each other, and the secret that had been sealed for a long time gradually surfaced … …

Another World (France)

Another translation of the film is War. The director’s last work, A Woman’s Life, was shortlisted for the main competition unit in Venice. His 2015 work "Market Law" won the best actor for vincent lindon in the main competition in Cannes. This time, the story of the two people working together again seems to be very similar to the Market Law.

The film tells the story of thousands of workers marching and protesting in France.

Day and Night (Japan)

It can be said to be one of the biggest surprises. Hirokazu Koreeda and Naomi Kawase have occupied the main competition unit in Cannes almost all the year round. This time, the newcomer Hamaguchi is very surprised to get involved!

The director’s previous film "Happy Hour" lasted for five hours, and he was shortlisted for the Locarno International Film Festival (Bi Gan’s "Roadside Picnic" was also shortlisted for this film festival). The new work is adapted from the novel of the same name by Tomoko Shibazaki. Asako, a girl, couldn’t forget her ex-boyfriend who suddenly disappeared. Two years later, she met a man who looked exactly like her ex-boyfriend.

Love, Kiss and Run (France)

This film was favored by many people in the early stage. It will be "120 beats per minute" in Cannes this year. Director Christophe Honoré can be said to be a direct descendant of Cannes. In 2002, "Chapter 17 of Love Shakes" was shortlisted for the "One Concern" unit, and then the most famous "Little Love Song of Paris" was promoted to the main competition unit in Cannes, but the later works have been in a downward trend.

This new film is still a gay film, telling the story of a middle-aged writer who has lost hope in life under forty and a young student who loves to laugh and read. It is understood that this film has been screened in the French media, and its reputation has exploded.

Children of Jianghu (China)

See above.

Daughter of the Sun (France)

Eva yusong

Surprise of the French echelon! This film is the second work of Eva yusong of female directors.

The Book of Images (France)

Your uncle deserves to be your uncle! After being shortlisted as the "leading role" last year, the Great God of Ge Daer will come out in person again this year, so the main competition unit will naturally not fall behind.

This film has been filmed for more than a year, and there have been news such as making up at the beginning of the year. This film is a documentary, but judging from the current stills, it will be an experimental work just like the previous film Goodbye Language. This time, Ge Daer announced to the world with a new film: Only silence!

It can only be said that he is the founder of the "French New Wave", and the 88-year-old father can still have such strong creativity. His previous work "Goodbye Language" has been shortlisted for the main competition unit in Cannes, and finally shared the jury prize with Dolan’s "Mommy".

Doctrine (Italy)

Matteo Garrone

Another translation of this film is Dog-Keeper, and the movie script is said to revolve around the theme of Italian gangster crime.

Galloni won the jury prize twice for his films "Gomorra" and "Reality Show", and his previous work "Story of a Story" was also shortlisted for the main competition unit in Cannes. It can be said that Galloni is also the heart of Cannes.

Capernaum (Lebanon)

Nadi Labaki

Another noteworthy female directors this year, this is her third feature film.

As Cannes begins to attach importance to a new generation of directors, Labaki is likely to receive more attention in the future. Her second feature film, Where Are We Going, was shortlisted for the "One Concern" unit of the 64th Cannes International Film Festival.

The bottom of the Silver Lake (USA)

Director Mitchell’s best crime thriller theme, starring Andrew Garfield. One of the few English films in the main competition unit.

Sam, the leading actor, accidentally got involved in a surreal event in his association with a mysterious woman, and then got into a series of troubles.

Thieves’ Family (Japan)

Hirokazu Koreeda’s creativity is very strong in recent years, but its level is elusive. Last year, the new film "The Third Suspect" broke through itself and ended up in Venice. The previous "Deeper than the Sea" was downgraded to "a concern" unit by Cannes.

In fact, starting from Distance in 2001, Hirokazu Koreeda entered the main competition unit for five times. This film returns to the family field where he is good at. According to his own account, this time, although the perspective is devoted to family themes, it will stay on the discussion of social propositions.

Burning (Korea)

Li Cangdong finally returned after 8 years! The previous work "Poetry" won the Best Screenplay Award in Cannes. This novel Burning is adapted from Haruki Murakami’s short story Burning Barn. In the early stage, the film also experienced various difficulties before it was officially launched in September last year.

The film tells the story of three young people with different experiences: Zhong Xiu, Ben and Hui Mei, who meet each other and have a suspenseful event. Yoo Ah In, a popular Korean teenager, plays the pure and sensitive protagonist Zhong Xiu in order to solve the mystery of his beloved woman, steven yeun plays Ben, and the newcomer Quan Zhongshu plays Hui Mei.

Black partisans (USA)

Spike Lee returned to the main competition unit in Cannes after a long absence. The film focuses on Ron Stallworth, a black detective in Colorado Springs, and tells the legendary story of his undercover Klan gathering intelligence and cracking down on each other’s actions. John David Washington, the son of Denzel Hayes Washington Jr., will play the leading role, and Adam Dreyfus, the star wars actor, will be his partner in the film.

Three Faces (Iran)

The last fate between Panahi and the official competition unit in Cannes was 15 years ago, when his work Crimson Gold won the jury prize in the "One Concern" unit. This time, I finally entered the main competition, and everyone can’t help but expect this Iranian wizard to complete the "three gold" great cause — — After all, this person already has two heavy trophies: Venice Golden Lion (The Circle of Life) and Berlin Golden Bear (Taxi).

Cold War (Poland)

This is the first time that Polish director Pavlic Vski has entered the main competition unit in Cannes. Sister Ada won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and naturally became the new darling of the Big Three.

There is not much information about the work Cold War. As its name suggests, the film tells the love story of a pair of ill-fated lovers who have been wandering around for many years during the Cold War.

Happy lazaro (Italian)

Director Alice Lorwacher has appeared in Cannes since 2011, which is one of the "new lineages" of the younger generation. In 2015, she won the jury prize for Miracle. The new film Happy lazaro will tell the story of an ordinary person who lives on the edge of society and travels through different time and space. Although it sounds very sci-fi, it is understood that this is not a sci-fi film.

YOMEDDINE (Egypt)

A road genre film. It tells the story of a middle-aged man who was lucky enough to escape from the colony where leprosy spread, with an orphan and a donkey, struggling to cross the Egyptian mainland and reunite with his family. This is Shawky’s directorial debut, and the film is adapted from his previous short film works.

Midsummer (Russia)

Director Serebrennikov was nominated for the "One Concern" unit of the 69th Cannes Film Festival with "The Disciple".

Midsummer tells a story about rock music and Love & Friendship, which took place in Leningrad in the midsummer of 1981. At that time, Russian underground rock music was just beginning to sprout under the influence of the West. The film focuses on a group of young rock musicians who grew up in that era. The protagonists Vikt and Tsoi are among them, and they finally stand out as pioneers in Russian rock circles.

The first batch of main competition films:

Everyone knows asghar farhadi (opening), Iran.

"Another World" Stefana Briese, French

Day and Night, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, Japan.

Love to kiss and run, Honnore, France.

Children of Jianghu Jia Zhangke, China.

Daughter of the Sun yusong, French.

The Book of Images, Ge Daer, France.

Doctrine, Galloni, Italy

Capernaum, Labaki.

Thief Family, Hirokazu Koreeda, Japan.

Burning Li Cangdong, Korean.

Spike Lee, Black Party, USA

The bottom of the Silver Lake Mitchell, USA

Three Faces Panahi, Iran

"Cold War" Pavlic, Polish.

Happy lazaro, Lorvache, Italy.

YOMEDDINE》A.B Shawky, Egypt

Midsummer Serebrennikov, Russian.