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A New Old Play
26th(2021) A Window on Asian Cinema
Music/Dance · Irony · History
- CountryHong Kong, China/France
- Production Year2021
- Running Time179min
- Format DCP
- ColorColor
Program Note
Qiu Fu, a leading actor in Sichuan opera who began his stage career at age seven and has been an actor for over 40 years, dies and meets two underworld officials. He refuses to drink the liquor of oblivion, so until he departs for the underworld, the officials and his long-time friends stay with him and reminisce about the past. Amidst the tumultuous history of modern China, from the time of the Kuomintang government in the 1920s to the Sino-Japanese War, the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and the Great Famine and the Cultural Revolution, Qiu Fu’s life is shown in several acts of a play. Short captions about the historical background and the theater troupe’s situation are followed by very theatrical moments of Qiu Fu′s past. The painstakingly designed stage sets and the amazing use of cameras that make a play look like a film and a film like a play are what make A New Old Play one of the most unique and fantastic films of the year. (PARK Sun Young)
Director
QIU Jiongjiong
Born in 1977 in Leshan, Sichuan Province, Qiu Jiongjiong is a contemporary artist and filmmaker in China. As an artist, his works have been exhibited all over the world. As a filmmaker, his experiments with cinematic language and aesthetics in documentary film-making have earned him a reputation as one of China′s most important independent directors. His experimental documentary feature Mr. Zhang Believes (2015), supported by a Sundance Post-Production Grant, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and has been screened internationally.
Photo
Credit
- Director QIU Jiongjiong 치우지옹지옹
- Producer Ningyuan DING, Jin YANG
- Cast Siceng YI, Nan GUAN, Zhimin QIU, Xuchun XUE, Tao GU
- Screenplay Jiongjiong QIU
- Cinematography Yuchao FENG
- Production Design Jiongjiong QIU, Xin LV
- Editor Jiongjiong QIU
- Sound Ran WANG
- Music Lili DIAO
- Production Company
Uluka Productions
France
12 Rue Calmels, 75018 Paris
info@ulukaproductions.com
Midnight Blur Films
Hippocampe Productions
- World Sales
Parallax Films
China B-11C, Building 2, Chaoting Apartment, Wangjing, Chaoyang, Beijing
festival@parallaxchina.com