Jia Nian Hua
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 嘉年華 (Jia Nian Hua) |
| Country of production |
France , PR China |
| original language | Mandarin |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Vivian Qu |
| script | Vivian Qu |
| production | Sean Chen, Alain de la Mata |
| music | Wen Zi |
| camera | Benoît Dervaux |
| cut | Yang Hongyu |
| occupation | |
Jia Nian Hua ( Chinese 嘉年華 , German "Carnival"; English-language festival title: Angels Wear White , German: "Angels wear white") is a French - Chinese feature film by Vivian Qu from 2017 . The thriller is based on an original script by director Qu and focuses on two underage girls. After a violent incident in a hotel, the two of them get caught in an increasingly dangerous spiral of violence and try to find a way out together.
The film premiered on September 7, 2017 in competition at the 74th Venice International Film Festival .
action
16-year-old Mia came from the north to a town on the south coast. The former fishing village is currently being converted into a holiday resort. The girl with a mysterious past finds illegal employment in a hotel by the sea, where she does the night shifts at the reception. There she meets people who are convinced that everything in the world has its price. For Mia herself, love is the luxury that she cannot afford.
The twelve-year-old student Wen also lives in the coastal town and grows up in unstable circumstances. Your parents got divorced. While Wen's mother stays out most nights to go dancing, she only sees her father on birthdays. She rebels to get attention, which only gets her into greater trouble. Wen also has problems at school.
One night Wen follows friends to the hotel where Mia works. A classmate and Wen are assaulted by a man. Mia witnesses the incident. However, she hides them for fear of losing her job. When Mia and Wen get caught in an increasingly dangerous spiral of violence as a result of the incident, they both team up and try to find a way out of their difficult situation together.
background
In Jia Nian Hua is after 2013 published Shuiyin jie ( Chinese 水印街 , English-language title: Trap Street ) to the second feature film by director and screenwriter Vivian Qu This was u.. a. at the Venice Film Festival 2013 in the independent series Settimana Internazionale della Critica . At the same time, Qu had made a name for himself as one of the few independent Chinese film producers with works such as Fireworks in Broad Daylight by Diao Yinan ( Golden Bear of the Berlin International Film Festival 2014 ). Qu summarizes Jia Nian Hua as a "story about women". “About the society that shapes our perceptions and values. About the decisions we are allowed to make and the courage to make others. About the interchangeable roles of victim and spectator. About truth and justice. And above all about love, ”says Qu. Qu bravely reveals the oppressive violence of patriarchal structures that runs through all classes and continues to reproduce despite all attempts to counteract it.
The film was produced by the companies 22 Hours Films and Mandrake Films . The former company had already produced Qu's directorial debut. The Swiss fund visions sud supported the production with 50,000 Swiss francs .
reception
The organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival , at which the North American premiere of Jia Nian Hua took place on September 9, 2017 , described the film in their synopsis as a “thriller” and “disgruntled, contemporary film noir ” with “complex female characters” and raised them the camera work by Belgian Benoît Dervaux . The film is "at the same time bright and dark".
Awards
Jia Nian Hua was the only female director to compete in the Venice Film Festival for the Golden Lion , the main prize of the festival, but was not awarded.
It was also Jia Nian Hua nominated at the 25th Hamburg Film Festival for the Critics' Prize.
Web links
- Profile at Toronto International Film Festival
- Jia Nian Hua in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b "Vivian Qu - Jia nian hua (Angels Wear White) | La Biennale di Venezia ”. Accessed August 23, 2017. http://www.labiennale.org/en/program-cinema-2017/vivian-qu-jia-nian-hua-angels-wear-white .
- ↑ a b c d "visions sud est / Angels Wear White". Accessed August 25, 2017. http://www.visionssudest.ch/de/project_2765 .
- ^ A b c "Angels Wear White". Accessed August 25, 2017. Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ "Vivian Qu - IMDb". Accessed August 25, 2017. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2735954/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 .
- ^ A b "Trap Street (Shuiyin Jie): Venice Review | Hollywood Reporter ". Accessed August 25, 2017. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/trap-street-shuiyin-jie-venice-622272 .
- ^ "ND / NF Interview: Vivian Qu - Film Comment". Accessed August 25, 2017. https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/interview-vivian-qu/ .
- ^ Marie-Sophie Vorbrodt: Review: "Angels Wear White" by Vivian Qu | FINK.HAMBURG . In: FINK.HAMBURG . October 13, 2017 ( fink.hamburg [accessed October 17, 2017]).
- ↑ "ANGELS WEAR WHITE | Wild Bunch ”. Accessed August 25, 2017. http://www.wildbunch.biz/movie/angels-wear-white/ .
- ↑ Program (PDF) Filmfest Hamburg. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
