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Chinese family movie opens Berlin film festival
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February 12, 2010, Friday
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THE 60th Berlin Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale, kicked off yesterday with Chinese director Wang Quan'an leading the opening night celebration with his new film "Tuan Yuan," or "Apart Together."
The story is about a retired soldier, who was separated from his lover for decades after going to Taiwan, returning home only to find she had long since married.
"We really liked it," said Festival Director Dieter Kosslick, adding that the film is very symbolic, as 2010 is the 20th anniversary of Germany's reunification. "Family is one of the main themes this year," he said.
"Reunion is really something Chinese people yearn for, no matter what they have endured, and though life is not always so perfect as they hoped," said Wang who won Berlinale's Golden Bear in 2007 with "Tuya's Marriage."
Another well-known Chinese director, Zhang Yimou will come back again with his new film "San Qiang Pai An Jing Qi" or "A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop" in the main competition.
In 1988, Zhang won the first Golden Bear for Chinese film makers with his directorial debut "Red Sorghum," which would have a reshow in the festival's Retrospective Series "Play It Again."
Ten Chinese-language films entered the festival, two of which compete for the Golden Bear.
"I think Berlinale is really important for Chinese films," said Chinese actress Yu Nan who will sit on this year's jury.
Oscar winning actress Rene Zellweger, also this year's jury, told reporters yesterday that she was honored to be invited. She said she would see it as an opportunity to watch films and savor again what makes her love the medium.
Asked about the criteria for selecting a good film, jury president Werner Herzog said, "What makes a good film is always a puzzle. It's definitely a question of trueness and sympathy."
The seven-member jury is to hand out the prizes at an awarding ceremony on February 20. Highlights of this year's movies vying for the Golden Bear include "The Ghostwriter," directed by controversial Oscar winner Roman Polanski.
The story is about a writer who is hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister, starring Pierce Brosnan, finds something unbelievable.
The Berlin Film Festival, which opened since 1951 with a screening of Hitchcock's "Rebecca," has become one of the three most important festivals in Europe, alongside Venice and Cannes.
A total of some 400 films will be presented on February 11-21 this year.
The story is about a retired soldier, who was separated from his lover for decades after going to Taiwan, returning home only to find she had long since married.
"We really liked it," said Festival Director Dieter Kosslick, adding that the film is very symbolic, as 2010 is the 20th anniversary of Germany's reunification. "Family is one of the main themes this year," he said.
"Reunion is really something Chinese people yearn for, no matter what they have endured, and though life is not always so perfect as they hoped," said Wang who won Berlinale's Golden Bear in 2007 with "Tuya's Marriage."
Another well-known Chinese director, Zhang Yimou will come back again with his new film "San Qiang Pai An Jing Qi" or "A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop" in the main competition.
In 1988, Zhang won the first Golden Bear for Chinese film makers with his directorial debut "Red Sorghum," which would have a reshow in the festival's Retrospective Series "Play It Again."
Ten Chinese-language films entered the festival, two of which compete for the Golden Bear.
"I think Berlinale is really important for Chinese films," said Chinese actress Yu Nan who will sit on this year's jury.
Oscar winning actress Rene Zellweger, also this year's jury, told reporters yesterday that she was honored to be invited. She said she would see it as an opportunity to watch films and savor again what makes her love the medium.
Asked about the criteria for selecting a good film, jury president Werner Herzog said, "What makes a good film is always a puzzle. It's definitely a question of trueness and sympathy."
The seven-member jury is to hand out the prizes at an awarding ceremony on February 20. Highlights of this year's movies vying for the Golden Bear include "The Ghostwriter," directed by controversial Oscar winner Roman Polanski.
The story is about a writer who is hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister, starring Pierce Brosnan, finds something unbelievable.
The Berlin Film Festival, which opened since 1951 with a screening of Hitchcock's "Rebecca," has become one of the three most important festivals in Europe, alongside Venice and Cannes.
A total of some 400 films will be presented on February 11-21 this year.
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