Sons (1996 film)
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| Sons | |
| Directed by | Zhang Yuan |
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| Produced by | Wang Shize Zhang Yuan |
| Written by | Ning Dai |
| Starring | Fu Derong Li Ji Li Maojie Li Wei |
| Cinematography | Sun Hongqing Zhang Jian |
| Editing by | Fen Sihai |
| Release date(s) | 1996 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese |
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| Chinese name | |
| Simplified Chinese: | 儿子 |
| Traditional Chinese: | 兒子 |
| Pinyin: | Érzǐ |
Sons is a 1996 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yuan. Detailing the collapse of a family due to alcoholism, Sons straddles the line between fiction and documentary, as the film's "actors" all play themselves in reenactments of their own lives.
Zhang came upon the idea of making a film about a family's collapse into alcoholism after hearing about the story of his downstairs neighbors, former professional dancers, and their two grown sons.
The film was privately financed and was made outside of the traditional studio system. As a result, Sons was never screened in China.[1]
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[edit] Cast
- Li Maojie, the father, a former professional dancer, he has long since succumbed to alcoholism and is eventually committed to a mental asylum by his family. The father, Li Maojie, was given special permission to leave the mental asylum he had been committed to in order to film his scenes.
- Fu Derong, the mother, also a former dancer.
- Li Ji & Li Wei, Li Maojie and Fu Derong's two sons who have also begun to drink heavily. Both sons also helped guide the writing of the script by Ning Dai to accurately reflect what really happened to their family.[1]
[edit] Reception
Though never screened in its native China, Sons helped cement Zhang Yuan's reputation abroad as a major creative force in Chinese cinema. The film was therefore screened in several international cities and film festivals including New York in 2001.[1]
The film was also one of the three Tiger Award winners at the 1996 International Film Festival Rotterdam,[2] where it also managed to win the FIPRESCI prize.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Klawans, Stewart (2001-02-18). Glimpses of China Never Seen in China. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
- ^ VPRO Tiger Awards. International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
- ^ FIPRESCI AWARD. FIPRESCI. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.
[edit] External links
- Sons at the Internet Movie Database
- Sons at Allmovie
- Sons at the Chinese Movie Database
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