China’s Seventh Artwork Footage is launching gross sales in Cannes on $80M warfare epic Dong Ji Island, directed by Guan Hu, who received the Un Sure Regard prize in Cannes final 12 months for Black Canine.
The movie is co-directed by Fei Zhenxiang and stars Zhu Yilong (Lighting Up The Stars), Wu Lei (Shadow, Dwelling By The West Lake) and Ni Ni (Misplaced In The Stars, The Flowers Of Struggle). Zhu Yilong’s credit additionally incude Wei Shujun’s Solely The River Flows, which was chosen for Cannes Un Sure Regard in 2023.
Fei has labored as Guan Hu’s assistant director since Mr Six and in addition directed a few of the hottest Chinese language TV sequence lately, together with Love Like The Galaxy (2022).
Primarily based on actual occasions throughout the Second World Struggle, Dong Ji Island follows the tragic story of a Japanese warship secretly transporting British prisoners of warfare and mistakenly attacked close to the easternmost waters of China. A gaggle of brave islanders set out on a dangerous journey to rescue the trapped prisoners from the sinking ship, going through the wrath of Japanese troopers and the ocean.
The movie’s producer, Liang Jing, was an acclaimed actress earlier than changing into a producer and chair of The Seventh Artwork Footage. She has produced most of Guan Hu’s works, together with The Eight Hundred which was launched as China’s cinemas had been reopened after the primary wave of the pandemic in 2020 and have become the highest-grossing live-action movie on the planet that 12 months.
A 17-min promo of the movie can be screened within the Palais on the Marche du Movie on Could 14. The movie is co-presented by Shanghai Tao Piao Piao Film & TV Tradition Co and Nezha 2 producers Beijing Enlight Footage. China launch is being lined up for later this 12 months.
Guan Hu is repped by UTA.
