Mongolian ping pong
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Mongolian ping pong |
| Original title | Lǜ Cǎo Dì |
| Country of production | China |
| original language | Mongolian |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK o.A. |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ning Hao |
| script | Ning Hao |
| production |
Hey Bu , Lu Bin |
| music | Wu He |
| camera | You Jie |
| cut | Jiang Yong |
| occupation | |
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Mongolian Ping Pong ( Chinese 绿草 地 , Pinyin Lǜ Cǎo Dì ) is a Chinese feature film from 2005, which depicts the traditional way of life in the Mongolian steppe in Mongolian . Ning Hao , who also wrote the screenplay, directed the film, which was created as a university project on the subject of table tennis .
The director is the Chinese cinema of the so-called "7. Generation ”, a system-critical association of filmmakers who deliberately challenge state power with their films and who do not shy away from conflict with the omnipresent censorship. The everyday life of simple people is used as the motif, but without portraying it too critically.
action
One day, the Mongolian boy Bilike finds a table tennis ball in the Mongolian steppe , an object he has never seen before. Together with his friends, he searches for the origin and function of the ball. His grandmother tells him about a mystical luminous pearl, and later he hears on television that it is a table tennis ball, the "national ball".
To give the ball back to the nation, he and his two friends set off for Beijing , but only make it to the steppe on the edge of the Gobi Desert , where the police find him and then bring him home. But the ball also provides conflict for the friendship of the Mongolian children, because everyone wants the ball to themselves. Eventually the fathers find a solution and cut the ball up - everything is shared fraternally in the steppes.
During his school enrollment in the city, Bilike recognizes the sound of ping pong balls jumping in the sports hall, and he watches the athletes playing ball in disbelief.
Reviews
The reviews were mostly positive, especially the impressive landscapes of the Mongolian steppe and the narrative style. Schnitt.de writes: “Ning Hao [created] a touching and loving film that inspires due to its wonderful initial idea. Strictly following the child's logic, the film repeatedly develops new amusing and heartbreaking twists, which owe their emotional intensity mainly to the lack of an arrogant, laughing narrative. "
Some critics also liked the director's humor, which is expressed, for example, through allusions about the difference between life in the steppe and the modern city. However, this leads to the fact that "in its admittedly unsurpassable beauty, the Mongolian steppe, which is photographed at wide angles, no longer appears quite as tempting with its charms as in the films by Byambasuren Davaa ."
The lexicon of international films found that the film pursued the protagonists' quiet life with “a sense of small comical moments”, “casually clashes tradition and modern civilization”, “but in places it seems a bit forced”, "To give poetic, fairytale-like traits to simple everyday life".
Awards
In 2005, Ning Hao received the Asian New Talent Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival . His film was also nominated for a Golden Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival and for a Golden Star at the Marrakech International Film Festival.
Web links
- Mongolian Ping Pong in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Mongolian Ping Pong in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ Overview of Rotten Tomatoes' film reviews
- ↑ Film review ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2007 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. on schnitt.de
- ↑ Film review ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2008 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. by ARTE
