Chongqing Blues
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- Movie: Chongqing Blues
- Chinese: 日照重庆 (Rizhao Chongqing)
- Director: Xiaoshuai Wang
- Writer: Yishu Yang, Xiaoshuai Wang
- Producer: Isabelle Glachant, Hsiao-ming Hsu, Xiaoshuai Wang
- Cinematographer:
- World Premiere: May 13, 2010 (Cannes Film Festival)
- Release Date: September 2010
- Runtime: 110 min.
- Language: Mandarin
- Country: China
Plot
Captain Lin at his return from a 6 months voyage is told that his 25-year-old son Lin Bo was gunned down by the police. He wants to know what happened but he hardly knew his own son because he left years ago. Thus he starts a journey back to a city he once lived, a journey of paternal exploration and confession.
Cast
- Xueqi Wang - Lin Quanhai
- Bingbing Fan - Zhu Qing
- Hao Qin - Xiao Hao
- Yi Zi - Lin Bo
Film Festivals
- 2010 (63rd) Cannes Film Festival - May 12-23, 2010 - Competition *World Premiere
- 2010 (54th) BFI London Film Festival - October 13-28, 2010 - World Cinema
- 2010 (12th) Mumbai Film Festival - October 21-28, 2010 - World Cinema
- 2010 (23rd) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 23-31, 2010 - Film Panorama of Middle Asia-East
- 2011 (35th) Hong Kong International Film Festival - March 20 - April 5, 2011 - Auteurs
- 2011 (24th) Singapore International Film Festival - September 15-25, 2011 - C'est La Vie
